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Re: JLDAP DSMLWriter doesn't handle special characters

To: Jon Roberts <man@mentata.com>
Subject: Re: JLDAP DSMLWriter doesn't handle special characters
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:46:46 -0700
Cc: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <4083F2C3.9080808@mentata.com>
References: <4083F2C3.9080808@mentata.com>

At 08:39 AM 4/19/2004, Jon Roberts wrote:
>When I use the DSMLWriter class to output an entry as DSML, the output contains XML special characters like &, <, >, etc. that appear in attribute values as they are. This of course causes parsers to barf. Is there a plan to make character substitutions in the DSMLWriter.writeAttribute() method a la string.replaceAll("&", "&amp;"), or are we working under an assumption that directory attribute values just won't contain these characters? I know a change would slow things down significantly, but the feature unfortunately won't be useful if arbitrary data can make it break.

I suggest you file an ITS describing the behavior you believe
is appropriate.  Patches are, of course, welcomed.

Kurt

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- JLDAP DSMLWriter doesn't handle special characters
  - From: Jon Roberts <man@mentata.com>

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