characters() may be called multiple times for contiguous text. It's one of the finer details of SAX. This gets reported so often it has its own FAQ [1].
[1] http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-sax.html#faq-2 "Ranjith Kodikara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/05/2005 10:30:59 PM: > Hi, > I am parsing an XML file with SAX with java. My java class extends > DefaultHandler and I m overrriding startElement(), characters() and > endElement() methods. Special characters like ',< are replaced with > appropriate strings like ' and > etc in my xml document. I > replace the apostrophe( ' ) symbol with ' for it to be <book>Rober Nox > 's Stories</book> and in Internet explorer it displays the tag > content accurately. > The problem is when a string in xml file contains a ' symbol, it > truncates the content of the string up to ' symbol. > For example if there is an element like <book>Rober Nox's Stories</book> > , the parser outputs 's Stories instead of Rober Nox's Stories. > > Is there any way to overcome this problem? Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Ranjith > > > [image removed] > > Ranjith Kodikara > Systems Engineer > > DMS Software Technologies > 165, Dharmapala Mawatha, > Colombo 00700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > tel: > tel2: > > +94-11-2673973 > +94-11-2696648 Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
