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Andreas Hartmann updated COCOON-2249:
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Description:
The XHTMLSerializer, or, more specifically, the XHMLEncoder, from the
serializers block in Cocoon 2.1.x escapes all characters with a corresponding
HTML 4.0 character entity reference into this entity reference. This causes
issues with inline JavaScript, since e.g. the double quotes are transformed to
" which causes a JavaScript parsing error. Another minor negative effect
is the increased document size.
If I understand the W3C correctly, see e.g. [2], the recommended approach is to
use the character set of the encoding as far as possible,
and use escapes only in exceptional circumstances. I didn't find a reason why
the XHTMLSerializer uses escapes, but I suspect that it is related to browser
compatibility issues.
Maybe we could make this behaviour configurable, e.g.
<use-entity-references>true|false</use-entity-references>
[1] http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-XHTMLSerializers-to1311360.html#a1311360
[2] http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/tutorial-char-enc/
was:
The XHTMLSerializer, or, more specifically, the XHMLEncoder, from the
serializers block in Cocoon 2.1.x escapes all characters with a corresponding
HTML 4.0 character entity reference into this entity reference. This causes
issues with inline JavaScript, since e.g. the double quotes are transformed to
" which causes a JavaScript parsing error. Another minor negative effect
is the increased document size.
If I understand the W3C correctly, see e.g. [2], the recommended approach is to
use the character set of the encoding as far as possible,
and use escapes only in exceptional circumstances. I didn't find a reason why
the XHTMLSerializer uses escapes, but I suspect that it is related to browser
compatibility issues.
Maybe we could make this behaviour configurable, e.g.
<use-entity-references>true|false</use-entity-references>
> XHTMLSerializer uses entity references " and ' which cause
> JavaScript parse errors
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>
> Key: COCOON-2249
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COCOON-2249
> Project: Cocoon
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Blocks: Serializers
> Affects Versions: 2.1.12-dev (Current SVN), 2.2-dev (Current SVN)
> Reporter: Andreas Hartmann
>
> The XHTMLSerializer, or, more specifically, the XHMLEncoder, from the
> serializers block in Cocoon 2.1.x escapes all characters with a corresponding
> HTML 4.0 character entity reference into this entity reference. This causes
> issues with inline JavaScript, since e.g. the double quotes are transformed
> to " which causes a JavaScript parsing error. Another minor negative
> effect is the increased document size.
> If I understand the W3C correctly, see e.g. [2], the recommended approach is
> to use the character set of the encoding as far as possible,
> and use escapes only in exceptional circumstances. I didn't find a reason why
> the XHTMLSerializer uses escapes, but I suspect that it is related to browser
> compatibility issues.
> Maybe we could make this behaviour configurable, e.g.
> <use-entity-references>true|false</use-entity-references>
> [1]
> http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-XHTMLSerializers-to1311360.html#a1311360
> [2] http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/tutorial-char-enc/
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