Public entity rewriteURI.

Hello!

 

   This question is in reference to how one would
change the system value of a public entity by using either rewriteURI or
rewriteSystem elements. Example below:

 

Catalog File:

<!DOCTYPE catalog

   PUBLIC
"-//OASIS/DTD Entity Resolution XML Catalog V1.0//EN"

  
"http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/release/1.0/catalog.dtd"

> 

<catalog
xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog">

  <group
prefer="public">

 

     
<rewriteSystem

           
systemIdStartString="file:///sandbox/"

           
rewritePrefix="file:///D:/sandbox_prev/sandbox/" />

      

     
<rewriteURI

           
uriStartString="file:///sandbox/"

           
rewritePrefix="file:///D:/sandbox_prev/sandbox/” />

  </group>

</catalog>

 

Entity line:

<!ENTITY % manuals_ent PUBLIC
"-//ENTITIES docbook Entities//EN" "file:///sandbox/manuals.ent">

 

Note: we have 100’s of entities like this, which is
why we would prefer a rewriteURI/rewriteSystem as opposed to 100’s of
public tags for each individual entity.

 

Verbosity 4 output:

 

java: Loading catalog:
file:/D:/sandbox_prev/sandbox/catalog.xml

java: Resolved URI:
flatten_only.xsl

java:  
file:/D:/sandbox_prev/sandbox/flatten_only.xsl

java: Resolved URI: copy_all.xsl

java:  
file:/D:/sandbox_prev/sandbox/XSL/utilities/copy_all.xsl

java: Error on line 6 column 1 of
file:/D:/sandbox_prev/sandbox/advanced/ans_adv.xml:

java:   Error reported
by XML parser: Cannot read from file:/sandbox/manuals.ent (\sandbox\manuals.ent
(The system cannot find the path specified))

java: Transformation failed:
Run-time errors were reported

 

No matter what I try, I can’t seem be able to edit our
entity to be file:/sandbox_prev/sandbox. What’s confusing is that the
output shows that the URIs are resolved to the path that we want, but when it
comes to applying with “&manual.ent;” they don’t have the
new URI. It seems to not be working on certain URIs, I’m thinking that it
just says that they’re resolved when they’re actually not. Maybe
this is just for a Public entity? I have no idea. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. 

 

Thank you.

 

Michael Ziemba

Software Developer

Ansys Inc.

275 Technology Dr.

(724) 514-2889