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CDATA in MarkupParser #528

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@mbeckerle

I've had to override this method of MarkupParser due to what I think is a bug:

def xCharData: NodeSeq = {
      xToken("[CDATA[")
      def mkResult(pos: Int, s: String): NodeSeq = {
         handle.text(pos, s) // NOTE: Handle the text
         PCData(s)             // Ignores the result of handling, and creates a PCData with the original string!
      }
      xTakeUntil(mkResult, () => pos, "]]>")
}

I put comments in there to illustrate what I think is the issue.

I think this is the fix:

  override def xCharData: NodeSeq = {
    xToken("[CDATA[")
    def mkResult(pos: Int, s: String): NodeSeq = {
       cdata(pos, s)
    }
    xTakeUntil(mkResult, () => pos, "]]>")
  }

  // This method below  gets a prototype on MarkupHandler and is overridden here 
  // with a default implementation that creates a PCData node.

  override def cdata(pos: Int, s: String): NodeSeq = {
    PCData(s) // by default, just create PCData with the string.
  }

I am not sure whether that method should be named cdata or pcdata.

If this makes sense, I can create a PR for this. But I wanted to run it by you first.

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SethTisue

SethTisue commented on Sep 9, 2021

@SethTisue
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does @dubinsky's #558 fix this?

ashawley

ashawley commented on Sep 9, 2021

@ashawley
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I believe #558 only fixes when the Java Xerces parser reads XML.

I believe MarkupParser is part of the Scala-based ConstructingParser.

ashawley

ashawley commented on Sep 9, 2021

@ashawley
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I see no reason to not have both XML facilities in the library support CDATA going forward, so a PR would be welcomed.

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          CDATA in MarkupParser · Issue #528 · scala/scala-xml