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Re: How do you remove comments from XML?

• To: Dominica DeGrandis <Dominica.DeGrandis@c...>,"'xml-dev@l...'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: How do you remove comments from XML?
• From: Alaric Snell <alaric@a...>
• Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:03:48 +0000
• In-reply-to: <306F012D0A00D611BC9D0008C7919274038E94CF@s...>
• References: <306F012D0A00D611BC9D0008C7919274038E94CF@s...>

On Wednesday 05 March 2003 18:41, Dominica DeGrandis wrote:

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <configuration>
> 	<appSettings>
>        <!-- Start xxxx.Net -->
>             <!-- ServerType, PartnerAPI = 2, CorbisInternal = 1 -->
>             <add key="ServerType" value="1"/>
>             <!-- Framework -->
>             <add key="xxxxOne.Validations.ValidationConstructString"
> value="CONNECTIONSTRING=data"/>
>
> 	 <!-- End xxxx.Net -->
> 	</appSettings>

Are you really sure you don't want to be using PIs or just plain old 
attributes and elements for this?

Really REALLY sure?

Because if you are then you're probably wrong :-)

Giving semantics to comments is a BAD THING because XML has other 'escape 
routes' for putting pragmas/metadata/processing instructions and so on in. 
Such as PIs.

<appSettings>
<?Corbis Start xxxx.Net ?>
<?Corbis ServerType, PartnerAPI = 2, CorbisInternal = 1 ?>
   <add key="ServerType" value="1"/>
   <?Corbis Framework ?>
   <add key="xxxxOne.Validations.ValidationConstructString"
        value="CONNECTIONSTRING=data"/>

<?Corbis End xxxx.Net ?>
</appSettings>

OR (because I don't like the matching <? Start ?> and <? End ?>:

<appSettings xmlns:Corbis="http://corbis.com/foo">
<Corbis:xxxxNet ServerType="..." PartnerAPI="2" CorbisInternal="1">
   <add key="ServerType" value="1"/>
   <add Corbis:Framework="..."
        key="xxxxOne.Validations.ValidationConstructString"
        value="CONNECTIONSTRING=data"/>

</Corbis:xxxxNet>
</appSettings>

ABS

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Heed the path that led me to that place, Yellow desert screen

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