& chars in strings under 1.1

[Rob Walker <ro...@ascert.com>]

Has anyone found a problem with "&" characters in XML/RPC 1.1.

We're getting the following exception on the client side:

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Fatal error parsing XML: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: invalid Character 
Entitiy com.softsell.sovt.api.VtConnectionException: i/o exception in vmon 
proxy       at 
com.softsell.sovt.framework.VtVmonMPProxy.call(VtVmonMPProxy.java:59
1)
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Looking at the code, the server side seems to be coded to write these out 
as the appropriate literal strings. Briefly looked at the MiniML code, but it's a 
tad difficult to follow at first pass so thought I'd check before diving in.

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-- Rob

Ascert - Taking systems to the Edge
robw@ascert.com
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Re: & chars in strings under 1.1

[Ryan Hoegg <rh...@isisnetworks.net>]

Are you using SimpleXmlRpcClient?  This was a problem but is now fixed 
in 1.2-beta, which should be released this week.

--
Ryan Hoegg

Rob Walker wrote:

>Has anyone found a problem with "&" characters in XML/RPC 1.1.
>
>We're getting the following exception on the client side:
>
>===
>Fatal error parsing XML: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: invalid Character 
>Entitiy com.softsell.sovt.api.VtConnectionException: i/o exception in vmon 
>proxy       at 
>com.softsell.sovt.framework.VtVmonMPProxy.call(VtVmonMPProxy.java:59
>1)
>===
>
>Looking at the code, the server side seems to be coded to write these out 
>as the appropriate literal strings. Briefly looked at the MiniML code, but it's a 
>tad difficult to follow at first pass so thought I'd check before diving in.
>
>Note: I tried to subscribe before sending this but got:
>
>===
>Hi. This is the qmail-send program at apache.org.
>I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
>addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work
>out.
>
><rp...@xml.apache.org>:
>Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)
>===
>
>
>-- Rob
>
>Ascert - Taking systems to the Edge
>robw@ascert.com
>+44 (0)20 7488 3470
>www.Ascert.com
>