[jira] Created: (JXPATH-145) Problem Setting Value to an XPath containing a "+" in the XPATH Name

["Alexandre GIGLEUX (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Problem Setting Value to an XPath containing a "+" in the XPATH Name
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                 Key: JXPATH-145
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JXPATH-145
             Project: Commons JXPath
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 1.3
            Reporter: Alexandre GIGLEUX


Hi,

Here is the code which fail into Exception:

{code}
    Trade trade = new Trade();
    JXPathContext ctx = JXPathContext.newContext(trade);

    ctx.setValue("keywords", new Hashtable());
    ctx.setValue("keywords/ExternalSystem", "TEST");
    ctx.setValue("keywords/A+Rate", "1.2");
{code}

When I try to set the value of "keywords/A+Rate" I get the Exception:
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathException: Exception trying to set value with xpath keywords/A+Rate; Cannot set value for xpath: keywords/A+Rate

When I change the "A+Rate" to "A-Rate". It's OK.

Is it a bug or a special feature of XPath ?

Thanks


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[jira] Commented: (JXPATH-145) Problem Setting Value to an XPath containing a "+" in the XPATH Name

["A. Bargull (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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A. Bargull commented on JXPATH-145:
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> Is it a bug or a special feature of XPath ?

It isn't a bug. Only "-" is a valid NameChar [1], so "+" must not appear in valid xml element names [2]. That means your expression "keywords/A+Rate" is treated as "keywords/A  +  Rate", so as an additive expression [3]. Also see the note on [4]:
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NOTE: Since XML allows - in names, the - operator typically needs to be preceded by whitespace. For example, foo-bar evaluates to a node-set containing the child elements named foo-bar; foo - bar evaluates to the difference of the result of converting the string-value of the first foo child element to a number and the result of converting the string-value of the first bar child to a number.
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[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-NameChar
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#NT-NCName
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#NT-AdditiveExpr
[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#numbers

> Problem Setting Value to an XPath containing a "+" in the XPATH Name
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JXPATH-145
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JXPATH-145
>             Project: Commons JXPath
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 1.3
>            Reporter: Alexandre GIGLEUX
>
> Hi,
> Here is the code which fail into Exception:
> {code}
>     Trade trade = new Trade();
>     JXPathContext ctx = JXPathContext.newContext(trade);
>     ctx.setValue("keywords", new Hashtable());
>     ctx.setValue("keywords/ExternalSystem", "TEST");
>     ctx.setValue("keywords/A+Rate", "1.2");
> {code}
> When I try to set the value of "keywords/A+Rate" I get the Exception:
> Exception in thread "main" org.apache.commons.jxpath.JXPathException: Exception trying to set value with xpath keywords/A+Rate; Cannot set value for xpath: keywords/A+Rate
> When I change the "A+Rate" to "A-Rate". It's OK.
> Is it a bug or a special feature of XPath ?
> Thanks

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