XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

At 1:42 AM -0800 11/19/03, Marc Ramsey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When Serializer.setMaxLength has been called with a value greater 
> than zero, line breaks will be inserted in attribute values which 
> happen to cross the boundary.  Is this the intended behavior, or 
> should white space be preserved within attribute values?

Yes, this is the intended behavior. XOM does everything it can to 
ensure preservation of white space, unless you tell it to not 
preserve white space. In this case, it will break anywhere it can.

You should note that preserving white space in attributes is *very* 
tricky. Parsers often remove, trim, and compress white space in 
attributes before XOM ever sees them.
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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
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  Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
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