Nor does it seem likely that such a change will be made to the official code. Xerces implements standards, which makes it predictable and relatively easy to maintain. If such non-standard behavior is a requirement, I think you'll have to make your own modifications.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gareth Reakes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: element names > > Hi, > > I cannot think of a way of doing this without changing the code base. > > Gareth > > Lei Jiang wrote: > > >Hi everyone, > > > >I have a rather silly question: > > > >Is there a workround if I want to be able to use numbers as > element names? > > > > > >I'm writing a WebDAV client libray, which uses Xerces-C to parse XML > >response from different servers. Some days ago someone wrote me and > >complained that my library kept raising DOM exceptions while he was > >trying to connect to a MS Exchange2000 server. It turned out that > >Exchange2000 is using some element names like "0x001a". It > is obviously > >a violation to XML specification. But since Xerces-C is quite a big > >library, I think chances are there might be a way to live > with this MS > >reality. > > > >I use XercesDOMParser as my parser so I checked the > documentation. But > >to my dissapointment, there is no such method in Grammar to > bypass name > >check. And the exception turned out to be raised from > >DOMDocumentImpl::isXMLName() which in turn calls > >XMLChar1_0::isValidName(), nothing related to Grammar. Here > is a stack > >trace showing where and how the exception is raised: > > > > > >#0 xercesc_2_6::DOMElementNSImpl::setName (this=0x8935698, > >namespaceURI=0x8948100, qualifiedName=0x8948640) > >at DOMElementNSImpl.cpp:228 > >#1 0x00bbcb8f in DOMElementNSImpl (this=0x8935698, > ownerDoc=0x8934ad8, > >namespaceURI=0x8948100, > >qualifiedName=0x8948640) at DOMElementNSImpl.cpp:46 > >#2 0x00bae943 in xercesc_2_6::DOMDocumentImpl::createElementNS > >(this=0x8934ad8, fNamespaceURI=0x8948100, > >qualifiedName=0x8948640) at DOMDocumentImpl.cpp:571 > >#3 0x00b675d2 in xercesc_2_6::AbstractDOMParser::createElementNSNode > >(this=0x892cb00, namespaceURI=0x8948100, > >qualifiedName=0x8948640) at AbstractDOMParser.cpp:1124 > >#4 0x00b6695f in xercesc_2_6::AbstractDOMParser::startElement > >(this=0x892cb00, [EMAIL PROTECTED], urlId=7, > >elemPrefix=0x892fc88, [EMAIL PROTECTED], attrCount=0, > isEmpty=false, > >isRoot=false) at AbstractDOMParser.cpp:897 > >#5 0x00c1150f in xercesc_2_6::IGXMLScanner::scanStartTagNS > >(this=0x892d978, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >at IGXMLScanner.cpp:2745 > >#6 0x00c0d525 in xercesc_2_6::IGXMLScanner::scanContent > (this=0x892d978) > >at IGXMLScanner.cpp:886 > >#7 0x00c0b956 in xercesc_2_6::IGXMLScanner::scanDocument > >(this=0x892d978, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) at IGXMLScanner.cpp:204 > >#8 0x00cc7581 in xercesc_2_6::XMLScanner::scanDocument > (this=0x892d978, > >systemId=0x8933688) at XMLScanner.cpp:412 > >#9 0x00cc7623 in xercesc_2_6::XMLScanner::scanDocument > (this=0x892d978, > >systemId=0x80544a3 "./ill.xml") > >at XMLScanner.cpp:420 > >#10 0x00b65610 in xercesc_2_6::AbstractDOMParser::parse > (this=0x892cb00, > >systemId=0x80544a3 "./ill.xml") > >at AbstractDOMParser.cpp:510 > > > > > >Can anyone tell me if it's possible? Any clue or hint? > > > > > >Thanks a lot. > > > > > >Lei > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > Gareth Reakes, Managing Director Parthenon Computing > +44-1865-811184 http://www.parthcomp.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]