HARMONY-948 has a serialized dtd file called transitional401.bdtd.
When I try to read it by calling DTD.read(DataInputStream) I get a
java.io.EOFException. But, on the other hand, when I create a binary
DTD by calling DTDUtilities.create(String) I can get it with succeed.

How can I read transitional401.bdtd file? I used the JRE Harmony
424571 release in GNU/Linux.

Thanks,

Diego Mercado

On 7/28/06, Miguel Montes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/28/06, Stepan Mishura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 7/28/06, Miguel Montes wrote:
> >
> > So, it seems there is consensus on the following steps:
> > 1) We ask Sun again about the bdtd specs
> > 2) We do NOT reverse engineer the bdtd
> > 3) We choose a format, and document it.
> >
> > It also seems that serialization is not the proper way of doing 3), so
> we
> > must select a format that doesn't depend on the implementation of, say,
> > Hashtable, and we remain compatible with future versions of the class
> > libraries.
> > What about using ASN.1? We already have a decoder, so it shouldn't be
> > difficult
>
>
> Yep, using  ASN.1 for binary format seems logical. If we agree on this I
> can share my experience of working with ASN.1.


In fact, I was thinking in using your decoder, Stepan, so  that's great
news.


Thanks,
> Stepan.
>
> On 7/27/06, Ivanov, Alexey A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:08 PM
> > > >To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > >Subject: Re: [classlib][html] Should we try to be binary compatible
> > > with
> > > >Sun's bdtd?
> > > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > > >> The method read(DataInputStream). It's poorly  documented, but it
> > > reads a
> > > >> DTD in an unspecified binary format. The default DTD is stored in
> > > this
> > > >> format in a file named html32.bdtd (or html401.bdtd, in the case of
> > > the
> > > >> recent contribution).
> > >
> > > This method seems to be undocumented at all until people asked for it
> > > [1].
> > >
> > > >> As Alexey pointed out, there is no method to write a DTD, so maybe
> > > nobody
> > > >> uses the method read() anyway. But I see no point in having a
> public
> > > >method
> > > >> that nobody can use. So I think we can:
> > > >> 1) Ask Sun to release the specification (if there is one)
> > >
> > > We should try this once more (The first attempt was made in [1]).
> > >
> > > >> or
> > > >> 2) Figure it out, and document it
> > > >> or
> > > >> 3) Release our own specification
> > >
> > > Maybe specification is not the right word here. I believe we _can_
> > > document which format we use. So that anyone can prepare their own
> > > archive file with DTD, read it using jx.s.t.html.parser.DTD.read, pass
> > > it to parser.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >since the method is public and part of javax.swing, we need to
> > > implement
> > > >it, but this looks like a mistake or an overlook (and there are no
> > > swing
> > > >tests in the TCK anyway so we can do whatever we please).
> > >
> > > It is not the only place where a public method is present, but it has
> no
> > > use because of lack of documentation.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >I think it's safe to try #1 and #2 in parallel with different people.
> > > >Geir can do #1 while you can do #2.
> > > >
> > > >/me loves to delegate ;-) (aka lazy ass mode)
> > > >
> > > >I would suggest against #3: specifications are something that we are
> > > not
> > > >tasked to do (even to compensate lack of such), as it might deliver
> the
> > > >wrong message.
> > > >
> > >
> > > [1] http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4216248
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alexey A. Ivanov
> > > Intel Middleware Product Division
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Stepan Mishura
> Intel Middleware Products Division
>
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Miguel Montes



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