[Saxdotnet-devel] SAX holes

[Elliotte H. <el...@me...>]

I know of two holes in the SAX API where it fails to address all 
possible XML documents. It would be worth considering these and if 
possible plugging them:

1. Maximum limits:

XML places no size limits on anything. SAX does. There cannot be more 
than 2.1 billion or so attributes in an element, characters in an 
attribute values, characters in an element name, data in a processing 
instruction. Possibly .NET does not have these issues. Does .Net have a 
maximum string size or array size like Java does? If it does, this 
concern should at least be addressed in the documentation if not solved.

2. Skipped entities in attribute values: SAX says nothing about how to 
handle these. Most parsers just drop them out, though a few add 
something like &entity; to the attributer's string value. This should be 
fixed, but it might require some major redesign.

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Elliotte Rusty Harold  el...@me...
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