Ampersand being escaped twice during xml parsing

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  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Labels:
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  • Environment:
    Maven, xml parsing

Description

Within my Maven navigation.xml i would like to include a URL that includes parameter (&s). So if I place & or & after the xml is parsed the URL that is generated in the html files have '&' instead of an '&'
I have the xml encoding ISO-8859-1

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dion gillard added a comment -

Did u try just using & ?

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dion gillard added a comment - Did u try just using & ?
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Daniel Rabe added a comment -

I have a similar problem. In my navigation.xml, I have an link item whose href contains a query string. If I juse use an ampersand in the href, xdoc complains because it should be &. But if I use &, then the href on the resulting web page also contains &, instead of just &.

Daniel Rabe
drabe@opentext.com

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Daniel Rabe added a comment - I have a similar problem. In my navigation.xml, I have an link item whose href contains a query string. If I juse use an ampersand in the href, xdoc complains because it should be &. But if I use &, then the href on the resulting web page also contains &, instead of just &. Daniel Rabe drabe@opentext.com
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Julien Kirch added a comment -

Sample

project.xml :

###
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<project>
<id>Foo</id>
<name>The Marvelous Foo project</name>
</project>
###

navigation.xml :

###
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Foo">
<body>
<links>
<item
name="Changelog"
href="http://Foo/jira/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10050&report=changelog"
/>
</links>
</body>
</project>
###

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Julien Kirch added a comment - Sample project.xml : ### <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <project> <id>Foo</id> <name>The Marvelous Foo project</name> </project> ### navigation.xml : ### <?xml version="1.0"?> <project name="Foo"> <body> <links> <item name="Changelog" href="http://Foo/jira/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10050&report=changelog" /> </links> </body> </project> ###
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Brett Porter added a comment -

fixed a while ago. confirmed.

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Brett Porter added a comment - fixed a while ago. confirmed.

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    Brett Porter
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