[XOM-interest] mixed content
Elliotte Harold
elharo at metalab.unc.edu
Sun Oct 7 07:13:52 EDT 2007
Dave Pawson wrote:
> Problem.
> I have a string which is to be marked up with 'p' element, and
> contains acronyms.
>
> A function is called to parse the string for acronyms, recursively.
>
> How can I build the mixed content without passing in an Element to the function?
> xom complains
>
> Exception in thread "main" nu.xom.CycleException: Cannot add a node to itself
> at nu.xom.Element.checkCycle(Element.java:1020)
> at nu.xom.Element.insertionAllowed(Element.java:1001)
> at nu.xom.ParentNode._insertChild(ParentNode.java:113)
> at nu.xom.ParentNode.insertChild(ParentNode.java:106)
> at nu.xom.ParentNode.appendChild(ParentNode.java:160)
> at uphill.Markup.findAcrs(Markup.java:123)
>
>
This exception means that at some point you tried to make an element
its own child (or its own grandpa) or some such. That's almost certainly
a bug, but probably not the one you think it is.
Actual code would be really helpful here. I can't say more than that
without seeing the program.
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