I find it interesting that the default value can have the '['
<!ATTLIST myelement myattribute1 (value1|value2) "value[">
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Fillion [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:25 AM
> To:
> Subject: [xml-dev] need a [ in an ATTLIST
>
> The following is a DTD snippet that I am trying to get to work.
>
> <!ELEMENT myelement EMPTY>
> <!ATTLIST myelement myattribute1 (value1|value2) #REQUIRED>
> <!ATTLIST myelement myattribute2 (value1|value2|value[) #REQUIRED>
>
> The issue is that I need to have a potential value for myattribute2 to be
> "value[".
>
> The first attribute "myattribute1" works just fine, but when I add the
> "value["
> to the list of potential values, I get the following error when I try to
> parse an
> XML file (it never makes it passed the parsing of the DTD)
> javax.servlet.ServletException: Name tokens must not start with "["
> characters.
> I am using a DOM implementation with tomcat/jboss. Maybe I need a newer
> parser
> to get this working?
> I tried using differnet Entities but still could not get this to work. Any
> help?
> Larry
