How to send request through SOAP UI with CDATA within CDATA to Java Application?

Question

I am getting following exception while parsing XML

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed.

SOAp Request i am sending:

<soap:Envelope>
   <soap:Header/>
   <soap:Body>
      <ver:ReceiveOnlineBatchExternalAttachment>
         <web:username>user</web:username>
         <web:passwd>pass</web:passwd>
         <web:receiversReference>1232323</web:receiversReference>
         <web:sequenceNumber>1</web:sequenceNumber>
         <web:batch>
            <![CDATA[
              <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
              <DataBatch>
                <DataUnits>
                 <DataUnit>
                  <FormTask>
                   <ServiceCode>323015</ServiceCode>
                   <Form>
                    <FormData>
                            <![CDATA[<melding> </melding>]]
                    </FormData>
                   </Form>
                  </FormTask>
               </DataUnit>
             </DataUnits>
           </DataBatch>
         ]]>>
        </web:batch>
      </ver:ReceiveOnlineBatchExternalAttachment>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

I have done changes to CDATA multiple times but getting same error. Could anyone suggest how CDATA within CDATA can be handled in this request?

Tried following but failed:

         <![CDATA[ <elements> <![CDATA[<melding> </melding>]] <elements> ]]>>
         <![CDATA[ <elements> <![CDATA[<melding> </melding>]]> <elements> ]]>
         <![CDATA[ <elements> &lt;![CDATA[<melding> </melding>]]&gt; <elements> ]]>

have you seen this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12860754/using-cdata-inside-another-cdata — marco, Nov 03 '17 at 11:38

Tim Biegeleisen · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-03T12:10:01.620

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I speculate that your problem is actually being caused by nested CDATA content. Can you try the following:

<![CDATA[
    <DataBatch>
      <DataUnits>
         <DataUnit>
          <FormTask>
           <ServiceCode>323015</ServiceCode>
           <Form>
            <FormData>
                    <![CDATA[
                        <melding> </melding>
                    ]]]]><![CDATA[>
            </FormData>
           </Form>
          </FormTask>
       </DataUnit>
     </DataUnits>
   </DataBatch>
 ]]>

The gist of the trick here is that when the parser hits the inner nested <![CDATA[ it will actually ignore it. Then, when it hits this:

]]]]><![CDATA[>

the first ]] will also be ignored, the following ]]> will be consumed, closing the outer CDATA, and then a new CDATA is immediately opened again which should last until the outer closing for that.

Edit by @fatherazrael:

Remove the XML tags <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Reference: Nested CDATA - correctly

edited Nov 03 '17 at 12:10

answered Nov 03 '17 at 11:36

Tim Biegeleisen

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Same error. <> – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 11:42
I somehow doubt this...are you certain that you used my exact code? Also, check the link I provided. I am fairly certain the nested CDATA tags are the culprit here, and you need fix this. – Tim Biegeleisen Nov 03 '17 at 11:43
I double checked but i am doing the same you told. but getting same error. Do i need to add in second CDATA or something like this? – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 11:46
No...everything between the first CDATA and the middle `]]]]>` should be getting ignored. – Tim Biegeleisen Nov 03 '17 at 11:48
Take the problem apart. Remove the inner CDATA tag and see if it works. – Tim Biegeleisen Nov 03 '17 at 11:49
If remove inner cdata it says : Content is not allowed in prolog. – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 11:50
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/158160/discussion-between-fatherazrael-and-tim-biegeleisen). – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 11:52
I think your XML has some other problems then. But what I said is my answer I believe to also be relevant to you. – Tim Biegeleisen Nov 03 '17 at 11:52
I adjusted spaces like bring all brackets in same line and next and it is saying XML document structures must start and end within the same entity <![CDATA[ ]]]]> <![CDATA[> – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 11:56
Do i need to put everywhere or something like this? – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 11:58
We need to remove from these XML's and problem is fixed with your solution. Kindly update your answer so that i can mark it as fixed :) :) :) – fatherazrael Nov 03 '17 at 12:08

How to send request through SOAP UI with CDATA within CDATA to Java Application?

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