>From what I see in the 5.5.8 code the external entities cannot be resolved since we provide an InputSource to the documentBuilder in ParseUtils :
private void processWebDotXml(ServletContext ctxt) throws JasperException { InputStream is = null; try { is = ctxt.getResourceAsStream(WEB_XML); if (is == null) { // no web.xml return; } ParserUtils pu = new ParserUtils(); TreeNode webApp = pu.parseXMLDocument(WEB_XML, is); if (webApp == null || !"2.4".equals(webApp.findAttribute("version"))) { defaultIsELIgnored = "true"; return; } As such when the documentBuilder found a partial external entities, like <!ENTITY base SYSTEM "base.xml">, it has no idea of its root location and as such consider as a file and provide it a dummy base location. What could be done it to use the ctxt.getResourceAsStream() after cleaning the systemId reference from any file:// reference (ie: file:///C:/eclipse3/base.xml => WEB-INF/base.xml). Remmy do you agree on this since which such we stay independancy from being on file or other way ? Regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]