[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8095: Invalid XML is produced by write_xml when there is a special character in the key

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8095: Invalid XML is produced by write_xml when there is a special character in the key
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-18 16:23:13

#8095: Invalid XML is produced by write_xml when there is a special character in
the key
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 Reporter:  martongabesz@…          |       Owner:  cornedbee    
     Type:  Bugs                    |      Status:  new          
Milestone:  To Be Determined        |   Component:  property_tree
  Version:  Boost 1.52.0            |    Severity:  Problem      
 Keywords:  xml                     |  
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 I have the following property tree, dumped in INFO format:

 {{{
 CudbAppServiceId=1
 {
     userLabel ""
     sqlAppSrvPlSchema identities-pl.sql
     CudbAppServiceId CudbAppServiceId=1
 }
 }}}

 When I dump it in XML format, I got the following:

 {{{
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <CudbAppServiceId=1>
 <userLabel/>
 <sqlAppSrvPlSchema>identities-pl.sql</sqlAppSrvPlSchema>
 <CudbAppServiceId>CudbAppServiceId=1</CudbAppServiceId>
 </CudbAppServiceId=1>
 }}}

 This is not a valid XML, because we have a tag "CudbAppServiceId=1".
 Of course, any other xml parser like xmllint will fail to parse it,
 because of the equality sign in the tag.

 Is there any solution to this problem? Like somehow emitting &#61;
 instead of the raw '=' inside the tag and in the text?

 This is a possible problem in 1.53 as well, since property tree was not
 updated.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8095>
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