[4suite] [Amara] CDATA problem

[Uche Ogbuji]

Sorry for the slow response.

Jim Urban wrote:
> I’ve been using Amara/4Suite to modify an existing XML document.  This
> document has a number of elements that contain CDATA.  In the original
> document, they appear like this:
> 
> <Description>\n
> 
> <![CDATA[Bulk Bin #11 Dist Metal Detector Faulted\n
> 
> -----\n
> 
> ]]>\n
> 
> </Description>
> 
> I make modifications to the .XML document and write it back out to a new
> .XML document.  My write command looks like this:
> 
> outfile.write(doc.xml(cdataSectionElements=[u'Description' ]))
> 
> I can successfully add the CDATA statement back in, but unfortunately,
> two additional carriage returns are added to my description so it ends
> up looking like this:
> 
> <Description><![CDATA[\n
> 
> Bulk Bin #11 Dist Metal Detector Faulted\n
> 
> -----\n
> 
> \n
> 
> ]]></Description>
> 
> I have tried adding rules when I bind the file, but have been
> unsuccessful in figuring out the syntax.  I can go through and strip the
> ‘\n’ s but that seems kind of inelegant and I was hoping for a better
> solution.  Also, I have no control over the original .XML document.  It
> is an export from a ControlLogix PLC and there are no output options. 
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions? 

That would be a wart in 4Suite's writer framework (It doesn't look as if
you used the indent option, so there should be no added whitespace),
except that in a quick test I can't reproduce that.

Can you post a minimal test that reproduces the problem?

Thanks.


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