org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The reference to entity “T” must end with the ';' delimiter

Question

I am trying to parse an XML file whcih contains some special characters like \"&\" using DOM parser. I am getting the saxparse exception \"the reference to entity must e

Answer 1

As a workaround, you can:

1. Replace all the occurrences of & with & in the original input;
2. Parse it;
3. In your code that handles the result, handle the case where you now get escaped characters (e.g. < instead of <).

Depending on the parser you're using, you can also try to find the class responsible for parsing and unescaping &-strings, and see if you can extend it/supply your own resolver. (What I'm saying is very vague, but the specifics depend on the tools you're using.)