XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

Brian Slesinsky wrote:

> Hi, has anyone had any success parsing OpenOffice documents with XOM?  I 
> get a mysterious error:
>
>   nu.xom.ParsingException: Reference to undefined parameter entry 
> "%{0};".  at line 548, column -1.

The {0} looks like a parser bug to me. I suspect it's reporting the 
index of a parameter entity in some internal table rather than its 
actual name. (Just a guess, though. Could be something else.) Which 
parser are you using?

> The thing is, I can't find the line that has the error.   It think it 
> must be one of the files included by office.dtd, but which one?  A grep 
> doesn't any such parameter entry.  It sure would be nice if XOM reported 
> both file and line number for errors in included files.

OK. Possibly I could add this, but it would help if I had a reproducible 
test case of the problem. If the document you're parsing is not private, 
could you send me a copy? If it is, could you possibly create a test 
case that demonstrates the problem? Doe sit occur with all OpenOffice 
documents or just this one?

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