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Problem reading XML-files when using symbolic links

           Summary: Problem reading XML-files when using symbolic links
           Product: Xerces-C++
           Version: 2.1.0
          Platform: Sun
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Validating Parser (DTD)
        AssignedTo: xerces-c-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: dominik.stadler@gmx.at


I tried to query newsgroups/mailing lists if this is the intended behavior, but
didn't get an answer...

I have a problem when I use Xerces to parse a local XML File with a DTD
in the same directory where both files are symbolic links to different
directories.

I have a file somefile.xml which contains a reference to the DTD mydtd.dtd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE MSGSET SYSTEM "mydtd.dtd">
...

The two files in the current directory are actually symbolic links to
files in two different directories:

somefile.xml -> /tmp/directory1/somefile.xml
mydtd.dtd -> /tmp/directory2/mydtd.dtd


Now when I try to parse the XML file with Xerces, I get an error saying:

Checking XML-File ./somefile.xml for validity.
Fatal Error at
/tmp/directory1/somefile.xml,
line 2, char 39
Message: An exception occurred! Type:RuntimeException, Message:Could not open
DTD file
'/tmp/directory1/mydtd.dtd'
XML-File: ./somefile.xml was not valid!
Cannnot load input DTD or XML file

Is this the expected behavior of Xerces? I currently think this is a bug,
because I am not able to parse the XML file in this case and I don't have a
workaround except to copy the two files into the same directory!?

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