Re: [xml] XML:: LibXml not recognising windows style paths in external entity references.

[Petr Pajas <pajas ufal mff cuni cz>]

Arun,

1) Generally, perl-bindings for libxml2 are discussed on 
perl-xml listserv activestate com as well as other XML modules.

2) in this case, I believe libxml2 is right (..\..\..\ref_file.xml isn't a 
valid URI) and with XML::DOM you're just being lucky. Fix your XML data.

-- Petr

Dne Saturday 13 August 2005 12:18 Arun S K (RBIN/EDM3) * napsal(a):
> Hi,
>
> I am parsing xml files using XML::LibXML with the perl installation
> under windows. I installed LibXML using ppm with packages from the
> location
> http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/
>
> For xml files that have external (parsed) entity references in the
> following form,
>
> <!ENTITY entity_name SYSTEM "..\..\..\ref_file.xml">  ### Note the
> windows style path...
>
> LibXML parser aborts saying
> parser error : Invalid URI: ..\..\..\ref_file.xml  <!ENTITY entity_name
> SYSTEM "..\..\..\ref_file.xml">
>
> But XML::DOM can parse the same file with out any problems. Could any
> body help???
>
> Note: The problem does not exist with LibXML if the path style is
> changed to "../../../ref_file.xml"
>
> Thanks,
> Arun.