Hello,

I use SAXBuilder to parse and add an extra element to an existing WSDL file. I am facing problem for WSDLs which have & in their namespace declaration. When I use XMLOutputter to write back the changed WSDL “&” gets replaced with “&”.

This happens only with extra namespaces. That is “&” in targetNameSpace and in rest of the WSDL document remain same, however “&” in other namespace declarations change.

Here is a simple code snippet that I use:

SAXBuilder builder = new SAX…;

Document doc = Builder.build(InputStream);

// Add some elements to doc

XMLOutputter out = new XMLOut…

Out.output(doc, OutputStream);

“tns” namespce in <wsdl:definitions> has value http://abc.com?a=b&amp;c=d which gets converted to http://abc.com?a=b&c=d. This results in invalid WSDL document as “&” is a preserved entity.

With Regards,

Aniruddha Deshpande