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eskimoblood
xml libary CDATA
Apr 5th, 2008, 9:26pm  
I try to load a xml file from the colourLovers API using the processing xml library but it fails on the following line:

Code:

<url><![CDATA[http://www.colourlovers.com/color/FF262D/electric_Miles]]></url>


with this error message: "XML Parse Exception during parsing of a colors element at line 23: Expected: Comment or Element"

Can someone explain whats wrong here and if there is a way to handle CDATA section. Does someone know if proXML is an opinion?
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Andreas Köberle {eskimoblood}
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eskimoblood
Re: xml libary CDATA
Reply #1 - Apr 12th, 2008, 11:06pm  
Ok, after digging deeper I found out that it wasn't the url line but this:  

Code:

<description><![CDATA[]]></description>


It seems that the xml library can't handle empty CDATA, cause adding a simple SPACE as content it will pass.

After digging in the source I think it's a bug and I use this hack to deal with:

Code:

String[] s = loadStrings(url);
StringBuffer buf =new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
  buf.append(s[i].replaceAll("CDATA.]", "CDATA[ ]"));
}
XMLElement xml = new XMLElement(buf.toString());

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