Tomcat and struts: expanding empty XML tags in XHTML

[yzzzzz]

Hi,

I am using Tomcat 5.5 and struts 1.2.4, everything in XHTML.
Here is my problem:

If file.jspx contains
<script type="text/javascript" src="file.js"></script>
after it is parsed by Tomcat, the browser receives
<script type="text/javascript" src="file.js"/>

This is correct, and Firefox understands it, but it is not backwards
compatible with HTML, so MSIE doesn't. I just get a blank page with MSIE.

Is there any solution to this problem? (Maybe a filter that could change
<script/> back to <script></script> or something)

Thank you.

(PS. no I'm not going back to serving HTML4!)

 

[Ryan Stewart]

Hi,

I am using Tomcat 5.5 and struts 1.2.4, everything in XHTML.
Here is my problem:

If file.jspx contains
<script type="text/javascript" src="file.js"></script>
after it is parsed by Tomcat, the browser receives
<script type="text/javascript" src="file.js"/>

I haven't seen this one before. Are you *sure* it goes in Tomcat correctly
and comes out changed? Do you have any thoughts on what might be causing it?

 

[yzzzzz]

I haven't seen this one before. Are you *sure* it goes in Tomcat correctly
and comes out changed? Do you have any thoughts on what might be causing it?

I don't know if this is normal, but all my jspx files are parsed and
come out on a single line (when I view source). I suppose the jspx is
parsed as XML (whitespace being ignored, as with any XML), and the
canonical form in the XML parser is then interpreted (doing stuff with
elements in the <html:> and <c:> namespaces) and then it regenerates the
output, so it is not surprising I loose the code's "layout", the HTML
comments, and empty elements are in their short form.

I can give you config details if you like.

BTW I have the same problem with empty <td>s becoming <td/> instead of
<td></td> (but this is less important, as </td> is not required in HTML4).

 

[Wendy S]

Is there any solution to this problem? (Maybe a filter that could change
<script/> back to <script></script> or something)

What happens if you put something in between the script tags, a <!--
comment --> maybe?