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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:39:17 +0100
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On 25/08/2011 05:57, Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:
> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:10:26 -0400, /Arne Vajhøj/:
>
>> Any correct XML parser should convert the XML &quot; to a " in
>> a Java String.
>>
>> Any correct XML formatter/serializer should convert it back again
>> when generating new XML.
>
> I think any sane XML serializer should not output " as &quot; in text
> content.
>

If you use an XML parser to read '<foo delimiter="&quot;">...' you will 
get a structure with an attribute with a value of '"'.

If you serialise that structure back to XML again, I would hope to get 
'<foo delimiter="&quot;">...' again. Am I wrong?

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