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Bug 72550

Summary:	Bad serialization of '&' in XML config files
Product:	java	Reporter:	convolver <convolver>
Component:	Project	Assignee:	Tomas Zezula <tzezula>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P2
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	One of the symptoms.Where are the Java Plateforms ? See the 'The reference to entity "JDKs" must end with the ';' delimiter.' exception

Description convolver 2006-02-10 21:59:46 UTC

Netbeans doesn't seem to like my win2003 server roaming profile.
I'm using Netbeans 5.0 on my home network win XP workstations.
I recently trade my multiple local user profiles for a single roaming profile.
Failure Scenario:

Install of netbeans with default parameters (JDK1.5.6).
Everything works fine.
Logout.
Login.
Netbeans Exception on startup.
Java Platform settings corrupted, no more platform...
Adding a platform manualy does not fix anything. Netbeans is unusable :(

Workaround:
erase .netbeans directory before startup. I loose my settings, macros ... :'(

I classified this problem as a P1 DEFECT however this may be a misconfiguration
of the platform. I'll try to change my netbeans user profile directory from
%USERPROFILE%\.netbeans to %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\.netbeans which will
be uploaded and downloaded during login and logout.
However on windows platform I'd recommned to move computer local settings (JDK
location, Java Platforms, ...) to:
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\.netbeans
and user specific settings (fonts, macros, ...) here:
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\.netbeans

Comment 1 convolver 2006-02-12 00:20:49 UTC

Created attachment 28831 [details]
One of the symptoms.Where are the Java Plateforms ?

Comment 2 convolver 2006-02-12 00:26:02 UTC

Created attachment 28832 [details]
See the 'The reference to entity "JDKs" must end with the ';' delimiter.' exception

Comment 3 convolver 2006-02-12 00:51:04 UTC

It seems that the roaming profile may not be problem.
Instead, it may be my javadoc settings.
My javadocs are shared on the network using a CIFS/SMB share.
The group policy maps Z: to the net share.
So the netbeans JDK javadoc is located here:
Z:\Prog\Java\Runtimes&JDKs\jdk-1_5_0-doc.zip

Could this possibly the cause of my troubles ?

Arg I think I finaly spotted the problem writing the previous question.
The '&' in the directory may screw up the XML parser. That explains why the log
mention a 'reference to entity "JDKs"'

How netbeans handles those special characters in string settings ?

Comment 4 convolver 2006-02-13 13:38:42 UTC

Renaming the directory solved the problem.

Somewhere '&','<','>'... should be changed by their respective entity to avoid
this kind of problem.

Comment 5 Lukas Hasik 2006-02-13 19:49:47 UTC

not sure if it belong to java/j2seproject...

Comment 6 Tomas Zezula 2006-02-24 15:48:19 UTC

Checking in
src/org/netbeans/modules/java/j2seplatform/platformdefinition/PlatformConvertor.java;
/cvs/java/j2seplatform/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/j2seplatform/platformdefinition/PlatformConvertor.java,v
 <--  PlatformConvertor.java
new revision: 1.16; previous revision: 1.15
done