ParserException for XML file with ampersands using VTD-XML

Question

I am attempting to parse the JMDict_e.xml file from the JMDict project using VTD-XML. However, I am running into a parsing error.

The only error message that appears is:

ParserException: com.ximpleware.EntityException: Errors in Entity: Illegal entity char

A short excerpt from the xml looks like:

<entry>
    <ent_seq>1279770</ent_seq>
    <k_ele>
        <keb>構成要素</keb>
    </k_ele>
    <r_ele>
        <reb>こうせいようそ</reb>
    </r_ele>
    <sense>
        <pos>&n;</pos>
        <pos>&adj-no;</pos>
        <field>&comp;</field>
        <gloss>components</gloss>
        <gloss>elements</gloss>
        <gloss>parts</gloss>
    </sense>
</entry>

I believe that in the pos fields, the illegal characters are likely the ampersands. Is there a way to have vtd-xml to not treat these ampersands as special characters? Or is there a different approach to this problem?

XML doesn't allow ampersands; perhaps if you replace with "&", that will help. I am not familiar with vtd-xml. — arcy, Jun 29 '17 at 01:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 29 '17 at 06:08

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VTD-XML only recognizes those built-in character entities. It seems to me that most of the entities are invalid. You probably need to fix those problems before feeding it to the parser.

answered Jun 29 '17 at 06:08

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Thanks! I went through the file and removed the ampersands and then vtd-xml was able to parse it. – waylonion Jul 05 '17 at 15:29

ParserException for XML file with ampersands using VTD-XML

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