Java XML processing entity problem?

Question

I get the following error when I try to run my java program(it's supposed to read an xml file and print out some of the content).

From what I understand there is an unreferenced entity which is not part of the xml standard so my question is; how can I fix this problem?

Thanks,

[Fatal Error] subject.xml:4:233: The entity "rsquo" was referenced, but not declared.
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The entity "rsquo" was referenced, but not declared.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source)
at DomParserExample2.parseXmlFile(DomParserExample2.java:42)
at DomParserExample2.runExample(DomParserExample2.java:24)
at DomParserExample2.main(DomParserExample2.java:115)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at DomParserExample2.parseDocument(DomParserExample2.java:54)
at DomParserExample2.runExample(DomParserExample2.java:27)
at DomParserExample2.main(DomParserExample2.java:115)

can you show us the xml? Is the ’ html encoded? – Roel Jul 23 '19 at 10:59 — Roel, Jul 23 '19 at 10:59

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 29 '21 at 03:34

The entity ’ is not an XML-Entity. Its defined in HTML: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references

If you created the XML you can add entitiess to your DTD. To fix the issue, add a DTD to the XML file (if not already defined).

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE demo SYSTEM "./demo.dtd">
<demo>
    &rsquo;
</demo>

DTD:

<!ELEMENT demo (#PCDATA)>
<!ENTITY rsquo   "&#8217;">

Provide the DTD to the application and the error goes away. I wouldn't write all entities myself, I would use one from W3C, such as: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-lat1.ent

How to include the DTD for your XML is another Question. As far as I remember you can set the path to the DTD, or an Catalog-File.

edit 2: Take a look at the EntityResolver: http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/org/xml/sax/EntityResolver.html

so should I add the line <!ENTITY rsquo "’"> to my xml document and my problems will go away? — anonymous, Nov 04 '10 at 10:38

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 10:49

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Following the answer of Christian, you also have the possibility to declare your entities right into the XML

<!DOCTYPE your_type [
   <!ENTITY rsquo "&#8217;">
   <!ENTITY lsquo "&#8216;">
]>

answered Feb 08 '16 at 10:49

Marc

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 28 '13 at 09:36

/**
         * This Inner class is written to solve the XML parsing DTD validation
         * checking from online because if Internet is not connected, then it
         * throws Exception.
         * 
         * @author Ravi Thapa
         */




public class CustomEntityResolver implements EntityResolver
    {
        public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId)
        {
            InputSource source = null;
            Pattern pattern1 =
                    Pattern.compile("^-//(.*)//DTD(.*)$", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
            Matcher match1 = pattern1.matcher(publicId.trim());

            Pattern pattern2 =
                    Pattern.compile("^http://(.*).dtd$", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
            Matcher match2 = pattern2.matcher(systemId.trim());
            if (match1.find() || match2.find())
            {
                source = new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream("".getBytes()));
            }

            // return null to signal default behavior
            return source;
        }
    }

Java XML processing entity problem?

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