hi
  my xml data in a node contains semicolon its a needed data. while parsing this xml doc with an xsl

to get an html data im getting an error in the java transformer object. the error message is as

follows
"XML document structures must start and end within the same entity"

the sample data is shown:

<file-send>to isa server; the data is sent</file-send>(note: the semicolon here used is not for

seperating or spliting the data).

this node containg xml file is given to the code like this

1. TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
2. InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStre am(xslPath); (note:

here xslPath is ip xsl string)
3. Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer(new StreamSource(inputStream));
4. transformer.transform(new StreamSource(new StringReader(XMLString)), new StreamResult(html));

(note: here XMLString is ip xml string)

in the line 4 the problem arises and the execption caught. the Execption message is "XML document

structures must start and end within the same entity"

pls help me to get the semicolon in the generated html

There's nothing wrong with the semicolon, but it does seem as if your input file contains invalid XML.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

the input xml is working fine, i say this because while applying xml on the xsl manually without the code in the browser using this tag
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="formatsampleXML.xsl"?>

while applying this i get the semicolon in the generated html output . but this not the scenario while im doing this in the java code, pls tel me if i can respesent the semicolon in some other reference entity format eg & -> &amp; like wise . im using UTF-8 encoding . pls help its needed urgently thanks in advance

You haven't shown us the declaration and initialization of the java variable XMLString.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

sir thats all working fine. i want to know whether an ; in the xml data when applied to an transformation xsl can it retain the ; in the generated xml. im not talking in the standalone transformation, instead im talking abt the transformation using java TransformerFactory

You *still* haven't shown us the declaration and initialization of the java variable XMLString.

Please stop asking the same question again and again, while ignoring the responses.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference