Comments on: Using Java XML API http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/using-java-xml-api/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Matt McGinty http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/using-java-xml-api/#comment-163 Matt McGinty Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:12:23 +0000 http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-163 Thanks for the information. But I don't quite follow your example code which includes doc1Node and doc2Node. It does not actually make use of doc2Node. So I'm not sure that it would work as written. I am currently dealing with the "WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR" issue using Xalan 2.7.1 so could you please clarify the sample code? Thanks. Matt Thanks for the information.
But I don’t quite follow your example code which includes doc1Node and doc2Node.
It does not actually make use of doc2Node.
So I’m not sure that it would work as written.

I am currently dealing with the “WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR” issue using Xalan 2.7.1 so could you please clarify the sample code?

Thanks.

Matt

]]> By: Toan.Vu http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/using-java-xml-api/#comment-157 Toan.Vu Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:29:50 +0000 http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-157 You add at the top of html page. You add
at the top of html page.

]]> By: fazalgupta http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/using-java-xml-api/#comment-135 fazalgupta Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:52:25 +0000 http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-135 One interesting thing i found with html output method was the issue with self closing tags. E.g. for a tag like which is a self closing tag, trying to generate the HTML String using html output method leaves such tags open breaking the actual well formed structure. I am not sure if this is a reported bug in Xalan but I am still figuring out why this happens. Also as such Outputkeys Class the method parameter documentation states that xhtml can be used as a method if implemented by spefic providers. Following is the java doc Other non-namespaced values may be used, such as "xhtml", but, if accepted, the handling of such values is implementation defined. If any of the method values are not accepted and are not namespace qualified, then {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer#setOutputProperty} or {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer#setOutputProperties} will throw a {@link java.lang.IllegalArgumentException}. But when I tried this with Xalan, the xhtml output method though not supported (checked by debugging in the code), it never throws an exception.. I think the people implementing XML APIs need to become more consistent to make life easier for people like us. In this context comment given by Christopher Sahnwaldt is relevant as we may need to make well formed the html string generated. One interesting thing i found with html output method was the issue with self closing tags. E.g. for a tag like which is a self closing tag, trying to generate the HTML String using html output method leaves such tags open breaking the actual well formed structure. I am not sure if this is a reported bug in Xalan but I am still figuring out why this happens.

Also as such Outputkeys Class the method parameter documentation states that xhtml can be used as a method if implemented by spefic providers. Following is the java doc

Other non-namespaced values may be used, such as “xhtml”, but, if accepted, the handling of such values is implementation defined. If any of the method values are not accepted and are not namespace qualified, then {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer#setOutputProperty}
or {@link javax.xml.transform.Transformer#setOutputProperties} will
throw a {@link java.lang.IllegalArgumentException}.

But when I tried this with Xalan, the xhtml output method though not supported (checked by debugging in the code), it never throws an exception..

I think the people implementing XML APIs need to become more consistent to make life easier for people like us.

In this context comment given by Christopher Sahnwaldt is relevant as we may need to make well formed the html string generated.

]]> By: Christopher Sahnwaldt http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/using-java-xml-api/#comment-113 Christopher Sahnwaldt Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:01:11 +0000 http://pitfalls.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-113 To parse HTML that may not be well-formed XML, try http://htmlcleaner.sourceforge.net To parse HTML that may not be well-formed XML, try http://htmlcleaner.sourceforge.net

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