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I should have clarified some things. :] My parser is actually for a subset of XML, with no attributes, comments, or CDATA. I looked at existing XML pull-parsers, but didn't find one that made use of an event broadcasting mechanism like I wanted. The only reason I'm interested in counting lines is for the error reporting. After reading the messages I think I've got more of a Java problem than an XML problem. It really doesn't matter what the XML Specs say in this particular case. What I need to figure out is how to count the lines in text files created in different operating systems. I do appreciate everyones help and suggestions. Scott Huey P.S. - When I get the functional code for my parser online I'll post a message to this list. Most won't be interested in the parser design, but a few might be. :] On 12/5/06, Klotz, Leigh <Leigh.Klotz@x...> wrote: > Also note that XML 1.1 makes changes in newlines, which you might want > to read since you're interested in this area. > Leigh. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Tobin [mailto:richard@i...] > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:39 AM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: How to handle "newline" characters in an XML > parser. > > In article <e24752a10612051124j501ffe3i7469c64a94ea4959@m...> > you write: > > >I'm having some trouble figuring out how to handle "newline" > >characters in XML text files on different platforms. I typically > >ignore all whitespace in the parser, > > To conform to the standard, an XML parser must return all whitespace > in content to the application, except that line breaks must be > normalized to a linefeed character. The idea is that XML applications > don't have to worry about the platform's line-end conventions. Any of > the following count as a line break: LF, CR LF, and CR not followed by > LF. So if you get two CRs followed by a LF, you should return two > LFs. The easiest way to do this is to convert them as you input them, > before parsing. You can count line numbers at the same time. > > -- Richard > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS > to support XML implementation and development. To minimize > spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. > > [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ > Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... > subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... > List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php > >
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