Re: [Htmlparser-developer] HTMLParser Candidate Release 1 is out

[Somik R. <so...@ya...>]

Dear Dhaval,
    More responses like yours, and we should be able to finish the
production release in no time.

>However when I ran my program with it, I got an error. This has
>happened since earlier the HTMLFormScanner was not being registered by
>default whereas now it is happening. Once I remove this scanner, once
>again my program starts working :)

Previously this scanner was not registered, as erroneous form tags would
crash the scanner. After that, the exception model was introduced, and I
thought that it would be good to have a form scanner that throws an
exception when it goes into a potential loop. Can you post the exact
exception, and your opinion as to why it should not have been thrown ?

>I have added the same as a bug report as well. Urge you to check it out.

As always, there's only one way to prove a bug - with a testcase.
I tried writing one - but mine passes! I have added it to CVS, and for your
purpose, here is HTMLScriptScannerTest.java for you. Use it and build the
parser. I might have gone wrong in building it, so you can modify this, make
it fail, and send it back to me.

>Some points I noted while scanning through the javadocs:
>1. HTMLFormTag needs documentation so to does HTMLFormScanner.
>2. HTMLParser::registerScanners() - HTMLFormScanner is now registered by
>default. (documentation needs to be updated)
>3. HTMLFormScanner - Does not have a no-args constructor like the other
>scanners.

I will work on these..

Regards,
Somik