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[jira] Commented: (COCOON-2249) XHTMLSerializer uses entity
references " and ' which cause JavaScript parse errors
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Antonio Gallardo commented on COCOON-2249:
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In the patch MinimalXMLEncoder.java is missing. Would you post it?
> XHTMLSerializer uses entity references " and ' which cause JavaScript parse errors
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> Key: COCOON-2249
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COCOON-2249
> Project: Cocoon
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Blocks: Serializers
> Affects Versions: 2.1.12-dev (Current SVN), 2.2-dev (Current SVN)
> Reporter: Andreas Hartmann
> Attachments: COCOON-2249-2009-01-21-1601.txt
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> The XHTMLSerializer, or, more specifically, the XHMLEncoder, from the serializers block in Cocoon 2.1.x escapes all characters with a corresponding HTML 4.0 character entity reference into this entity reference. This causes issues with inline JavaScript, since e.g. the double quotes are transformed to " which causes a JavaScript parsing error. Another minor negative effect is the increased document size.
> If I understand the W3C correctly, see e.g. [2], the recommended approach is to use the character set of the encoding as far as possible,
> and use escapes only in exceptional circumstances. I didn't find a reason why the XHTMLSerializer uses escapes, but I suspect that it is related to browser compatibility issues.
> Maybe we could make this behaviour configurable, e.g.
> <use-entity-references>true|false</use-entity-references>
> [1] http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-XHTMLSerializers-to1311360.html#a1311360
> [2] http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/tutorial-char-enc/
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