Re: XML parsing in RPG.

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds to me like you are handling the XML_CHARS event, but not handling 
the XML_UCS2_REF, XML_PREDEF_REF or XML_UNKNOWN_REF events.

If you were handling those events properly, the parser wouldn't "freak" 
(which I doubt it's doing, anyway) and you wouldn't have to do any 
special "manipulating" of the data.

Remember, refs like & are a normal part of XML.  They shouldn't 
require any special processing on your part!


On 2/26/2013 1:14 PM, rick baird wrote:
> hey all,
>
> I'm working on a program to parse XML using the "new" XML-SAX handlers and
> have a question.
>
> I did not write the program, so I'm kind of working backwards here - I
> don't fully understand the XML operations - trying to learn as I go, but
> I'm sure others must have run across this problem and can give me an idea
> of where to look to fix it.
>
> the program works just fine 99.9% of the time, but one of the data elements
> comes through with replacement characters for an ampersand '&' - i.e. &
>
> the parser sees this and freaks, losing all the characters before and
> including that string, making the value whatever is after the ampersand.
> basically, it interprets this:
>
> the value is supposed to be:  'TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA'
> which comes in from the 3rd party (after ebcdic translation) as:
> <value xsi:type="soapenc:string">TRAVELERS CASUALTY &amp;  SURETY  CO. OF
> AMERICA</value>
>   when the parser is done with it, it looks like this:
> '  SURETY  CO. OF AMERICA'
>
> I can manipulate the characters any way I want, but is '&' the only
> character that gets treated this way?  are there other &xxxx; replacement
> variables for other characters?
>
> I feel like I'm fishing without a worm here.  I don't want to read every
> XML link on infocenter or elsewhere searching for something that should be
> simple.
>
> thanks in advance!
>
> Rick