Ampersand characters cannot be used in profiles.xml (XML parsed twice)

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • Affects Version/s: 2.0.9
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Profiles
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    OS X (Leopard), Ubunut 8.04
  • Complexity:
    Intermediate

Description

It is not possible to use ampersand characters in the profiles.xml because this is evaluated twice.

My case:
In my profiles.xml, I specify a database connection URL for MySQL where the ampersand character is
used for separating connection parameters:
jdbc:mysql://localhost/myproject?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8

Because of the XML format, amperands are specified as "&". However, this results in an exception (see attached
excerpt of the stack trace). Is is also not possible to specify the URL in a CDATA section (or even in a combination
of & and CDATA).

Issue Links

duplicates

Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MNG-3662 Model interpolation crashes if property resolves to value with ampersand

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Closed - The issue is considered finished, the resolution is correct. Issues which are not closed can be reopened.
relates to

Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MNG-4625 Interpolation of settings.xml fails if an expression's value contains XML markup

  • Major - Major loss of function.
  • Closed - The issue is considered finished, the resolution is correct. Issues which are not closed can be reopened.

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Brett Porter added a comment -

does & work?

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Brett Porter added a comment - does & work?

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  • Assignee:
    Benjamin Bentmann
    Reporter:
    Marcus Spiegel
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