XmlTextReader problem with & in element text

[Nathan Alden]

I have an XSD defined as the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="Application">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ReceivedDate" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

I have the following XML I am validating against the XSD:

<Application><ReceivedDate>Test &amp; Date</ReceivedDate></Application>

When validating with XmlValidatingReader I receive the following exception:

This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'EndElement'. Line 1,
position 28.

Removing the &amp; causes the XML to validate properly. If I validate this
XSD/XML in Altova XMLSpy it validates perfectly (as it should).

Is there some setting/bug I do not know about with XmlValidatingReader or
XmlTextReader that causes it to get confused when an entity exists in
element text?

Thanks,

Nate

[societopia.net]

I did not get an error when I tried XmlValidatingReader against your xsd and
xml. Would you post the code that you used?

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"Nathan Alden" wrote:

I have an XSD defined as the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="Application">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ReceivedDate" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

I have the following XML I am validating against the XSD:

<Application><ReceivedDate>Test & Date</ReceivedDate></Application>

When validating with XmlValidatingReader I receive the following exception:

This is an unexpected token. The expected token is 'EndElement'. Line 1,
position 28.

Removing the & causes the XML to validate properly. If I validate this
XSD/XML in Altova XMLSpy it validates perfectly (as it should).

Is there some setting/bug I do not know about with XmlValidatingReader or
XmlTextReader that causes it to get confused when an entity exists in
element text?

Thanks,

Nate