XML element without closing tag is parsed successfully

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Try to parse XML without closing tag (like "<root>").
It is parsed successfully but shouldn't be.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected:
  A new exception like XPathException or some other should be raised.
Actual:
  No exception is raised

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
OS: Win XP

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 24 Jan 2012 at 9:12

[GoogleCodeExporter]

can u give details of the piece of code you are using.

i mean are you using XMLDog or AsyncXMLReader....

Original comment by [email protected] on 25 Jan 2012 at 12:52

[GoogleCodeExporter]

If your xpath gets hit before reaching the invalid region of xml, then XMLDog 
doesn't throw exception.

XMLDog stops reading xml file once all xpaths given are evaluated.

Original comment by [email protected] on 25 Jan 2012 at 12:57

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I'm using XMLDog.
This is a piece of code:

            StringReader reader = new StringReader(message.getText());
            DefaultNamespaceContext nsContext = new DefaultNamespaceContext();
            XMLDog XML_DOG = new XMLDog(nsContext, null, null);
            XPathResults results = XML_DOG.sniff(new             InputSource(reader));
            List<NodeItem> resultList = (List<NodeItem>) results.getResult(XML_DOG.addXPath("/XPATH"));

If input XML message is equal to  "<root>" (element name without closing tag) 
then "sniff" method doesn't throw any exception.

Original comment by [email protected] on 13 Feb 2012 at 12:35

[GoogleCodeExporter]

sniff method should be called after adding xpaths. but in your code sniff is 
called first and then you are adding xpath. the correct code is:

            StringReader reader = new StringReader(message.getText());
            DefaultNamespaceContext nsContext = new DefaultNamespaceContext();
            XMLDog XML_DOG = new XMLDog(nsContext, null, null);
            Expression xpath = XML_DOG.addXPath("/XPATH");
            XPathResults results = XML_DOG.sniff(new InputSource(reader));
            List<NodeItem> resultList = (List<NodeItem>) results.getResult(xpath); 

Original comment by [email protected] on 13 Feb 2012 at 1:50