Re: invalid XML on PROPFIND?

Branko ÄŒibej wrote:

> ...
>>2) it should be checked why the XML parser inside the svn client does
>>not reject the XML (possibly running in non-namespace-aware mode???).
>
>
> I'm pretty sure it is.

Well then it's still unclear why it doesn't throw a parsing error.

>>3) it should be prevented that customer properties with invalid XML
>>names are entered in the first place.
>
>
> No again. DAV is only one of the repository access protocols, and what
> goes into the repository should not be constrained by the fact that DAV
> uses XML. We should just make sure to properly XML-escape everything in
> the ra_dav layer.

That's a possible approach, but I think it's unwise. Being compatible
with XML for the syntax of names makes a lot of sense -- whether you use
DAV or not.

Anyway, if you keep it that way you'll need a way to tunnel illegal name
characters inside XML names. That'll be non-trivial, as there is no
out-of-the-box XML escaping that you can apply.

Regards, Julian

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