Re: SV: Parse error in httpapi

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI: I have put a beta release of HTTPAPI with Expat 2.1.0 on my site 
for you to try.  You can find it here:
http://www.scottklement.com/httpapi/beta

On 12/31/2015 9:48 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> Julius,
>
> If I remember correctly, the version of Expat in HTTPAPI actually 
> contains the 2.0.1 updates, even though I ported it before 2.0.1. You 
> might have noticed that some of the changes they logged for Expat were 
> related to EBCDIC -- they got those changes from me.  I actually 
> incorporated those changes into my copy, as well as the other fixes, 
> before including it in HTTPAPI.  So the version in HTTPAPI is shown as 
> 2.0.0, but it's actually 2.0.0 plus the fixes I added.  Shortly 
> afterwards, the Expat project released 2.0.1 with the same fixes.
>
> I see they now have 2.1.0.  I have not looked into that one.  I have 
> not run into any need for an update, so haven't updated it.
>
> I think before looking into this, we should determine if that update 
> would address Magne's error.  Indeed, at this point, it's not clear to 
> me what is causing the problem Magne is experiencing.   I think we 
> should set up a test case and see if we can determine where things are 
> going wrong.
>
> If we can determine that an update to 2.1.0 will help, then I'll be 
> happy to make one.  But, this update is not easy to do properly, so 
> I'd like to know that it will help before doing it. I don't see 
> anything on http://www.libexpat.org that seems to address the 
> situation Magne is experiencing...
>
> -SK
>
>
> On 12/31/2015 11:00 AM, Julius Kaj wrote:
> > Correction!
> > The current version of Expat is actually more recent (I linked to an 
> > apparently abandoned older project page):
> > http://www.libexpat.org/
> >
> > Someone with C knowledge may be able to interpret what has been 
> > changed since Scott did his IBM I port of Expat. :-)
> >
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] På vegne af Julius Kaj
> > Sendt: 31. december 2015 17:20
> > Til: 'HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects'
> > Emne: SV: Parse error in httpapi
> >
> > Actually, according to this 
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091945/what-characters-do-i-need-to-escape-in-xml-documents
> > the > character doesn't need to be escaped inside an element text.
> >
> > The OP's XML would thus pass the W3C Markup Validation Service test 
> > and be considered valid. But the parser used (Expat?) may still 
> > require that > be escaped, though that should then be considered a 
> > bug, I think.
> >
> > I see that the Expat version on Scott's homepage is listed as being 
> > version 2.0.0, while the Expat site lists version 2.0.1 as the 
> > current one. The list of changes in that bugfix release doesn't 
> > directly state anything about the described scenario, but it may 
> > still be worth looking into as some of the listed fixes are pretty 
> > high-level descriptions that doesn't really say what has actually 
> > been fixed.
> >
> > http://expat.sourceforge.net/
> > http://www.scottklement.com/expat/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] På vegne af Koester, 
> > Michael
> > Sendt: 31. december 2015 14:43
> > Til: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
> > Emne: RE: Parse error in httpapi
> >
> > I am going to guess that the trouble might be caused by the > just 
> > before "Skatteetaten"?  is that a character imbedded in the 
> > CorrespondenceTxt that needs to be escaped?
> >
> > I had a similar issue with a < symbol recently.
> >
> > Michael Koester
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ftpapi-
> > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Magne Kofoed
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:48 PM
> > > To: ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Parse error in httpapi
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I get an error (the parsing just ends - no error msg, but RC = -1)
> > > when I try to parse this tag:
> > >
> > > <a:CorrespondenceTxt>&lt;p>Skatteetaten har behandlet innsendingen. Du
> > > må åpne tilbakemeldingene under for å se hva du skal gjøre
> > > videre.&lt;/p></a:CorrespondenceTxt>
> > >
> > > Any idea on how to parse this?
> > >
> > > HTTPAPI_VERSION is 1.24
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Magne
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