Re: [xsl] Saxon errors

[Kamal Bhatt <kbhatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Newman wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to parse a file (1.xml) that has the form:
>
> 1 <pfarr name="<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>">
>
>
>
> When I run Saxon (version 8.9J), I get the following errors:
>
> saxon -o output.xml -s summary.xml convert.xsl
> Error on line 1 of file: 1.xml:
>   SXXP0003: Error reported by XML parser: Use "&lt;" for "<" in 
> attribute values.
> Error on line 9 of file:convert.xsl:
>   FODC0005: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Use "&lt;" for "<" in 
> attribute values.
>
> No new (output.xml) file gets created. Should I just trash that header 
> line (<pfarr name="<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>">) if 
> that is the problem?
In your input, change "<" to &lt; and ">" to &gt; .

You cannot use < and > in XML data (unless it is enclosed in CDATA 
"tags"). Actually, you probably could use < in some circumstances, but 
it is best to play it safe.

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Kamal Bhatt