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pcdata and cddata

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  • 16-12-2007 7:02pm
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    Balo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    i am having trouble understanding pcdata, i know that pcdata means that the parser will look at every character, but when is it appropriate to declare data as pcdata, i have to do an xml project and am using Honda Garage as my application area, but am troubled with which data within my project should be pcdata??? can anyone simplify this for me???


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    Hobbes
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    Anything that is data that can be mapped to an attribute/data block should go in the PCDATA area. It just means the XML reader will parse control codes (eg. & = &) and strip out: " < > & (may be more).

    CDATA is for data that contains control characters and you don't wish to escape them out. Generally I use them for large blocks of data that would be faster to send as is, rather then parsing through it. Binary data for example.

    Here is a tutorial that might help.
    http://www.javacommerce.com/displaypage.jsp?name=cdatasec.sql&id=18238


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    esperer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭esperer


    Could somebody recommend some books on computers. I am totally lost when I encounter tasks like downloading software, firewalls, spyware ... the list is endless.
    Where do I click to post this message....


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