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NSXMLParser and entity references

What do I need to do for the NSXMLParser to make it handle entity characters? For example, if I have the following <anElement> Left and Right </anElement> element, I only get "Right" in the parser: foundCharacters: delegate method.

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I put together a very quick prototype app to test this. What you are describing is not the behavior I see:

XML file:

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"? >
<my_element> Left & Right </ my_element>

Implementation:

#import "XMLMeController.h"

@implementation XMLMeController

- (IBAction)parse:(id)sender
{
    NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"/Users/robertwalker/Desktop/test.xml"];
    NSXMLParser *parser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
    [parser setDelegate:self];
    [parser parse];
    [parser release];
}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string
{
    NSLog(@"Found: %@", string);
}

@end


Console output:

2008-11-11 20: 41: 47.805 XMLMe [10941: 10b] Found: Left
2008-11-11 20: 41: 47.807 XMLMe [10941: 10b] Found: &
2008-11-11 20: 41: 47.807 XMLMe [ 10941: 10b] Found: right

As you can see, the parser finds "left", then "&" and then "right" as three separate events that are sent to the delegate.

I can't tell from your post, but you need to make sure the corresponding object is used in the XML file "& amp;" not just the "&" character, which is of course not valid in XML files.

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