XMLConfiguration load problem - External Entity not found

[William Evans <wi...@ronin-capital.com>]

I am using 'commons-configuration-1.2.jar' to make it easier to read XML
configuration files.

 

The files are not terribly complex but do have associated DTDs. Ideally
I would like to specify the DTD location using a local, relative path.
The problem is that when I try and load the file, I get:

 

Relative URI "../../../yyyy.dtd"; can not be resolved without a base
URI.

 

So, after reading about a similar problem with solution posted by
Oliver, I tried specifying the full path. Now I get:

 

External entity not found:
"file://C:/eclipse/workspace/xxxx/dtds/yyyyy.dtd". 

 

Or...

 

External entity not found: "C:/eclipse/workspace/xxxx/dtds/yyyyy.dtd".

 

What is up here? Is the use of DTDs not really supported? In the article
I found, Oliver said that he had fixed the relative path problem. Is
there some other issue going on?

 

Any help much appreciated...

 

Bill

 

Re: XMLConfiguration load problem - External Entity not found

[Oliver Heger <ol...@t-online.de>]

William Evans wrote:

>I am using 'commons-configuration-1.2.jar' to make it easier to read XML
>configuration files.
>
> 
>
>The files are not terribly complex but do have associated DTDs. Ideally
>I would like to specify the DTD location using a local, relative path.
>The problem is that when I try and load the file, I get:
>
> 
>
>Relative URI "../../../yyyy.dtd"; can not be resolved without a base
>URI.
>
> 
>
>So, after reading about a similar problem with solution posted by
>Oliver, I tried specifying the full path. Now I get:
>
> 
>
>External entity not found:
>"file://C:/eclipse/workspace/xxxx/dtds/yyyyy.dtd". 
>
> 
>
>Or...
>
> 
>
>External entity not found: "C:/eclipse/workspace/xxxx/dtds/yyyyy.dtd".
>
> 
>
>What is up here? Is the use of DTDs not really supported? In the article
>I found, Oliver said that he had fixed the relative path problem. Is
>there some other issue going on?
>
> 
>
>Any help much appreciated...
>
> 
>
>Bill
>
>  
>
Could you please provide a code fragment how you setup and load your
XMLConfiguration instance? And full stack traces of exceptions might be
useful, too.

The mentioned fix should be in 1.2. There is a unit test that tests
loading a document that refers to a local DTD. But maybe not all
posibilities are covered?

Oliver

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Re: XMLConfiguration load problem - External Entity not found

["Bond - James D." <ja...@telesoft.com>]

I reported this same issue back in August or earlier ... I thought the fix 
would be in 1.2 .... guess not.  :(

> I am using 'commons-configuration-1.2.jar' to make it easier to read XML
> configuration files.
> 
>  
> 
> The files are not terribly complex but do have associated DTDs. Ideally
> I would like to specify the DTD location using a local, relative path.
> The problem is that when I try and load the file, I get:
> 
>  
> 
> Relative URI "../../../yyyy.dtd"; can not be resolved without a base
> URI.
> 
>  
> 
> So, after reading about a similar problem with solution posted by
> Oliver, I tried specifying the full path. Now I get:
> 
>  
> 
> External entity not found:
> "file://C:/eclipse/workspace/xxxx/dtds/yyyyy.dtd". 
> 
>  
> 
> Or...
> 
>  
> 
> External entity not found: "C:/eclipse/workspace/xxxx/dtds/yyyyy.dtd".
> 
>  
> 
> What is up here? Is the use of DTDs not really supported? In the article
> I found, Oliver said that he had fixed the relative path problem. Is
> there some other issue going on?
> 
>  
> 
> Any help much appreciated...
> 
>  
> 
> Bill
> 
>  
> 
> 

-- 
James Dalrymple
Telesoft Corp.


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