XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>]

> I was surprised to see XOM remove newlines in my text:
>
> <element>There was a new line here:
> 2nd line.
> </element>
>
> After using Builder and Xerces 2.4 Builder, I get
>
> <element>There was a new line here: 2nd line.
> </element>
>
> My reading of XML spec says that any text within an element (but 
> outside tags) is significant, including new lines.
>
> Whats up?

Did you turn on any of the pretty printing options in the Serializer? 
(They're all off by default.) If so, that's what's happening. If not, 
see if you can come up with a simple test case. There might be a bug.
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Yes, example:


    public static void main( String[] args )
        throws IOException,
        ValidityException,
        ParseException,
        SAXException
    {
        XMLReader myReader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader(
                "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");

        Builder b = new Builder( myReader, false );

        String txt =
        "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n"+
        "<element>This is a first line.\n"+
        "And here is a second line</element>";

        Document d = b.build( new StringReader(txt) );

        Serializer serializer = new Serializer( System.out );
//        serializer.setIndent(2);
        serializer.write(d);
    }


If just the setIndent() is called on the Serializer, then the problem 
occurs.  So you have identified when the problem can happen.

However, one could certainly make an argument that the pretty printing 
should be limited to the XML markup and not the content.

See here FYI:

        http://xmlsoft.org/messages/0404.html

Thank you for your support and fine work!