[erlang-questions] beginner: Generating HTML with ">" from Erlang

[Ulf Wiger]

You don’t need to copy xmerl_xml.

Simply write the following module.

====================================
-module(szoboszlay_xml).
-export([‘#text#’/1, ‘#xml-inheritance#’]).

‘#xml-inheritance#’() -> [xmerl_xml].

'#text#'(Text) -> ["<![PCDATA[", xmerl_lib:export_text(Text), "]]>”].
====================================

And you’re done. ;-)

BR,
Ulf

On 13 Feb 2014, at 15:48, Szoboszlay Dániel <dszoboszlay@REDACTED> wrote:

> I think it's not possible to add CDATA or PCDATA directives in out-of-the-box xmerl. But you can write your own callback module by simply copying xmerl_xml and changing '#text#'/1 slightly:
> 
> '#text#'(Text) -> ["<![PCDATA[", xmerl_lib:export_text(Text), "]]>"].
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> 
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:25:43 +0100, Bengt Kleberg <bengt.kleberg@REDACTED> wrote:
> 
>> This also sounds like a good idea. You would not happen to know how I
>> could get "![PCDATA[" into xmerl tuples?
>> 
>> 
>> bengt
>> 
>> On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 15:20 +0100, Szoboszlay Dániel wrote:
>>> What about wrapping the Javascript code in a <![PCDATA[ ... ]]> section?
>>> The browser shall parse > as < in PCDATA before interpreting it as
>>> Javascript code.
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:13:56 +0100, Bengt Kleberg
>>> <bengt.kleberg@REDACTED> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Javascript needs ">".
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 13:59 +0100, Anthony Ramine wrote:
>>> >> Mmmmh, right. Was thinking about <.
>>> >>
>>> >> That being said, code consuming HTML or XML shouldn’t see a difference,
>>> >> and not escaping could also introduce other bugs, as ]]> is not
>>> >> supposed to appear in content (in XML). This leads us to the original
>>> >> question, which was « why do you need to do this? ».
>>> >>
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