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Replace invalid xml character with their escape sequence in xml body text

Posted on Aug 23, 2016 at 02:51 PM 795 Views

I have requirement to replace invalid xml characters in xml body text.

& with &

< with &gt;

> with &lt;

" with &quot;

' with &apos;

for eg: <SizeCode>white <> black & green ' "</SizeCode>

Current result:

&lt;SizeCode&gt;white &gt;&lt; black &amp; green &apos; &quot;&lt;/SizeCode&lt;

Expected result:

<SizeCode>white &gt;&lt; black &amp; green &apos; &quot;</SizeCode>

I am using below java mapping, But It's replacing XML tags as well.

  1. package com.javaMapping;
  2. import java.io.*;
  3. import com.sap.aii.mapping.api.*;
  4. public class WellformedXML_JavaMapping extends AbstractTransformation {
  5. @Override
  6. public void transform(TransformationInput transformationInput, TransformationOutput transformationOutput) throws StreamTransformationException {
  7. try {
  8. InputStream inputstream = transformationInput.getInputPayload().getInputStream();
  9. OutputStream outputstream = transformationOutput.getOutputPayload().getOutputStream();
  10. // a) Copy Input content to String
  11. byte[] b = new byte[inputstream.available()];
  12. inputstream.read(b);
  13. String inputContent = new String(b);
  14. inputContent = inputContent.replaceAll("&amp;", "____someTEXT_____").replaceAll("&", "&amp;").replaceAll("____someTEXT_____", "&amp;").replaceAll("&gt;", "____someTEXT_____").replaceAll(">", "&gt;").replaceAll("____someTEXT_____", "&gt;").replaceAll("&lt;", "____someTEXT_____").replaceAll(<", "&lt;").replaceAll("____someTEXT_____", "&lt;").replaceAll("&quot;", "____someTEXT_____").replaceAll("/"", "&quot;").replaceAll("____someTEXT_____", "&quot;").replaceAll("&apos;", "____someTEXT_____").replaceAll("'", "&apos;").replaceAll("____someTEXT_____", "&apos;");
  16. outputstream.write(inputContent.getBytes());
  17. } catch (Exception exception) {
  18. getTrace().addDebugMessage(exception.getMessage());
  19. throw new StreamTransformationException(exception.toString());
  20. }
  21. }
  22. }

Please help me to correct this Java code or Provide me some working code

Thanks,

Tanuja

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    author's profile photo Stefan Grube
    Stefan Grube
    Posted on Aug 24, 2016 at 05:10 AM
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    When you replace all < and > in the whole XML, you also replace regular tag delimiters and make your XML corrupt. As your incoming XML is not valid, I would recommend that the issue would be fixed at the sender side. The sender must provide valid XML.

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  • author's profile photo Anupam Ghosh
    Anupam Ghosh
    Posted on Aug 23, 2016 at 02:54 PM
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    Hi Tanuja,

    Please provide exact input xml payload during runtime.

    Regards

    Anupam

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    Posted on Aug 23, 2016 at 03:03 PM
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    Hi Anupam,

    We have removed CDATA before this java mapping. It's failing at receiver end due to this special characters.

    I have issue with only this field <MessageText>Special characters Test &amp;apos; &amp;apos; # ~ + = </MessageText> .

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

    <test>

    <content>

    <data>

    <Deliveries>

    <Delivery>

    <DeliveryHeader>

    <ShipToParty>

    <Title>Mr</Title>

    <FirstName>er</FirstName>

    <LastName>sdghfd</LastName>

    <AddressLine1>51 BERTRAM ROAD</AddressLine1>

    <AddressLine2/>

    <AddressLine3/>

    <AddressLine4/>

    <AddressLine5/>

    <AddressLine6/>

    <City>ENFIELD</City>

    <PostCode>en11lr</PostCode>

    <County>MIDDX</County>

    <CountryName>United Kingdom</CountryName>

    <Country>GB</Country>

    <Email>abc@test.com</Email>

    <PartyID/>

    <PhoneNumber>+457456754</PhoneNumber>

    </ShipToParty>

    <DeliveryDate>2016-08-27T00:00:00+01:00</DeliveryDate>

    <DeliveryMethod>Saturday</DeliveryMethod>

    <DeliveryOption>SA</DeliveryOption>

    <DeliveryOptionDescription>Saturday</DeliveryOptionDescription>

    <DeliveryNumber>0</DeliveryNumber>

    <DeliveryCharge>15.95</DeliveryCharge>

    <Messages>

    <Message>

    <MessageType>GIFT</MessageType>

    <MessageText>Special characters Test &amp;apos; &amp;apos; # ~ + = </MessageText>

    </Message>

    </Messages>

    </DeliveryHeader>

    <OrderLines>

    <OrderLine>

    <OrderLineNumber/>

    <OrderLineType>GM</OrderLineType>

    <ItemID>000000000004126152</ItemID>

    <Charges>

    <Charge>

    <ChargeID>Shipping_Charge</ChargeID>

    <Description>Shipping</Description>

    <Amount>15.95</Amount>

    <ChargePerUnit>0.00</ChargePerUnit>

    <IsDiscount>N</IsDiscount>

    <isBillable>Y</isBillable>

    </Charge>

    </Charges>

    <Taxes>

    <Tax>

    <TaxID>Sales_Tax</TaxID>

    <Description>Sales_Tax</Description>

    <Amount>7.66000</Amount>

    </Tax>

    <Tax>

    <TaxID>Shipping_Tax</TaxID>

    <Description>Shipping_Tax</Description>

    <Amount>2.66000</Amount>

    </Tax>

    </Taxes>

    <SizeCode>NONE</SizeCode>

    <Colour>No Colour</Colour>

    <Brand>Cochine</Brand>

    <ItemDescription>CC CANDLE JUNIPER &amp; GINGER XMAS 3</ItemDescription>

    <LongDescription/>

    <ShortDescription>CC CANDLE JUNIPER &amp; GINGER XMAS 3</ShortDescription>

    <Quantity>1</Quantity>

    <UnitOfMeasure>EACH</UnitOfMeasure>

    <UnitPrice>45.95</UnitPrice>

    <TotalAmount>45.95</TotalAmount>

    <LineTax>0.00</LineTax>

    <LineDiscount>0.00</LineDiscount>

    <LineCharge>15.95</LineCharge>

    <ExtendedAmount>45.95</ExtendedAmount>

    <OriginalQty>0</OriginalQty>

    <ChangedQty>0</ChangedQty>

    <Messages>

    <Message>

    <MessageType/>

    <MessageText/>

    </Message>

    </Messages>

    <Status/>

    </OrderLine>

    </OrderLines>

    </Delivery>

    </Deliveries>

    </data>

    </content>

    </test>

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