Stripping Invalid XML characters in Java

Question

I have an XML file that\'s the output from a database. I\'m using the Java SAX parser to parse the XML and output it in a different format. The XML contains some invalid c

Answer 1

Is it possible your invalid characters are present only within the values and not the tags themselves i.e. the XML notionally meets the schema but the values have not been properly sanitized? If so, what about overriding InputStream to create a CleansingInputStream that replaces your invalid characters with their XML equivalents?