xml-dev - Re: parsing entity values

["James Tauber" <jtauber@jtauber.com>]

><!ENTITY % ap "&#38;#39;" > ( 38 = "&" , 39 = "'" )
><!ENTITY msg "he said %ap;hi!%ap;" >
>
>
>as i understand it, the replacement text for "ap" should be stored
>as "&#39;" because char ref's and pe's must be replaced by their values.

Right. The replacement text for ap is

    &#39;

With msg, the parameter entity is included as part of the replacement text
and so the replacement text of msg is

    he said &#39;hi!&#39;

When the entity msg is referenced within the document element, the character
reference is interpreted, resulting in

    he said 'hi!'

Replacement text is never reparsed at the point of declaration.

James








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