Problems with expat parsing entity string in element data...

[Sean Pedersen <sean.pedersen@corp.usa.net>]

I am using expat to parse some simple xml messages.  I only use a
start element CB, end element CB, and element data CB.  I discovered
recently that if the element data contains entities (like '''),
it breaks the element data text apart and makes multiple calls to my
element data CB.  Since I was assuming that the element data CB would
receive everything between the start and end tag (ie. the len parameter
would be that large), I don't do any state tracking.  Now that I know
the inclusion of entities will result in multiple calls to the the
element data CB, I will have add state maintainence code.  Is there
any way to force expat to NOT seperate the element data when it includes
entities?

I realize that expat is probably conforming to some XML standards
requirement, but I don't know XML that well, so I don't know.  I have
read the article on expat by Clark Cooper, and the expat FAQ, but did
not find the answer to my problem there.  If someone could point me in
the right direction, I would appreciate it.

Also, why will a '%' character be converted to '%25' by expat?  Since my
code has to do some encoding after processing ( '&', '=', and '%'), this
action by expat complicates my task.

Thanks for any help.                             -- Sean Pedersen


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