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Yeah, I've seen inconsistencies in behavior between different parsers in this regard. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@p...] > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:37 AM > To: Heikki Toivonen; xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: Non-validating parser, non-existing DTD, > undefined entity and error reporting > > > SAX parsers will report some kind of fatal exception, > likely an IOException, unless you have one (say, AElfred2) > that supports disabling the external-parameter-entities > feature (setting the flag value to "false"). > > If the processor isn't handling external PEs then the XML > spec says you'll get a report that it skipped those entities. > And maybe a validity error, but that bit in the spec is > excessively short of crystalline clarity ... :) > > - Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heikki Toivonen" <heikki@n...> > To: <xml-dev@l...> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:21 AM > Subject: Non-validating parser, non-existing DTD, > undefined entity and error reporting > > > > What should a non-validating XML parser report in the below cases: > > > > 1) > > > > <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> > > <!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "notexist.dtd"> > > <test>a&foo;b</test> > > > > > > 2) > > > > <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> > > <!DOCTYPE test SYSTEM "notexist.dtd"> > > <test>a&foo;b</test> > > > > > > Should it report that the notexist.dtd could not be loaded, or that > > entity foo is undefined, or totally ignore any errors? > > > > -- > > Heikki Toivonen
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