REXML bombs out in a javascript section of a well formed XHTML document

[Xeno Campanoli]

As far as I can see, this javascript should just be text for the XML parser,
n'est-ce pas? But I bomb out several lines into it with:

Illegal character '&' in raw string (referring to a javascript and (&&) operator
presumably. So, do we need to preparse the javascript out or something to be
able to do this stuff? What gives with that?

xc

 

[James Britt]

As far as I can see, this javascript should just be text for the XML parser,
n'est-ce pas? But I bomb out several lines into it with:

"this javascript" did not make it to my mail reader; did you include it?

Illegal character '&' in raw string (referring to a javascript and (&&) operator
presumably. So, do we need to preparse the javascript out or something to be
able to do this stuff? What gives with that?

Unless you are hiding the script element content with XML comment markup
or wrapping it in CDATA markup, then it is interpreted as normal XML
fodder, and the ampersand has a special meaning.

James
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[Phrogz]

Unless you are hiding the script element content with XML comment markup
or wrapping it in CDATA markup, then it is interpreted as normal XML
fodder, and the ampersand has a special meaning.

To elaborate by example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<foo><script>if (a && b || 5 < 6) alert("Hi!")</script></foo>
^---------^-------- ILLEGAL CHARACTERS

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<foo><script><![CDATA[if (a && b || 5 < 6)
alert("Hi!")]]></script></foo>
LEGAL!


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<foo><script>if (a &amp;&amp; b || 5 &lt; 6)
alert("Hi!")</script></foo>
LEGAL!