From: Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2007-09-22T00:04:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Prevent REXML from doing any character decoding

On 9/21/07, helzer <amir.helzer@gmail.com> wrote:
> How can I ask REXML to NOT DO any sort of character decoding or
> encoding when it processes XML files?
> My files include all sorts of encoding, which is unfortunately not
> recognized by REXML. I just want to process it so that all characters
> are maintained exactly as they are.
>
> For example, Unicode HTML encoded characters (like &#160;) should just
> stay this sequence, and not transformed into �.
>
> It it possible?
> Can I do this without adding a character encoding line to the XML
> files?
>
> Thanks,
> Helzer

http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/docs/tutorial.html :

There is a programmatic solution: :raw. If you set the :raw flag on
any Text or Element node, the entities within that node will not be
processed. This means that you'll have to deal with entities yourself:

Entity Replacement

doc = Document.new('<!DOCTYPE
        foo [ <!ENTITY ent "replace"> ]><a>replace
        &ent;</a>',{:raw=>:all})
        doc.root.text #-> "replace &ent;" doc.to_s # Generates: #
        <!DOCTYPE foo [ # <!ENTITY ent "replace"> #
        ]><a>replace &ent;</a>