From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2005-11-01T19:17:08+09:00
Subject: Re: bug in REXML escape codes


Phlip wrote:
> Rubies:
>
> REXML can't escape & properly:
>
>     require 'test/unit'
>     require 'rexml/document'
>     include REXML
>
>     class RexmlIssue < Test::Unit::TestCase
>         def test_transmitHTMLescapes()
>             doc = Document.new('<zone/>')
>             zone = XPath.first(doc, '/zone')
>             zone.text = '< > &gt;'
>             File.open('sample.xml', 'w') {|fh| doc.write(fh) }
>             sample = File.read('sample.xml')
>             assert_equal '<zone>&lt; &gt; &amp;gt;</zone>', sample
>         end
>     end
>
> When I feed REXML &gt; in clear text, it does not expand that into
> &amp;gt;.
>
> So when we read zone.text back, we get '< > >', not '< > &gt;' again.
>
> I have a patch in my code - I just call a generic escapeHTML() before
> stuffing the node's text. But naturally a real fix would be welcome.
>


This is so like a thread from 11 days ago:

http://qurl.net/mz             (quod vide)


daz