CoreData bug, XML-related

FROM : Ondra Cada
DATE : Wed Jul 26 16:30:02 2006

Hello mmalc and all,

I've bumped into a CoreData bug, which self-evidently is related to 
its XML generator and/or parser. Here's a simple repeat procedure:

(i) take the standard Apple example /Developer/Examples/CoreData/
EventManager
(ii) build the thing and launch
(iii) create a new event, name it

"#990000"><

(incl. quote marks), set some dates, save using XML format, close
(iv) reopen the file. The name is now '"#990000"><&#990000">&lt;'.

Is this a known bug? More important, is there a known work-around?

Searching Cocoabuilder I've found just http://www.cocoabuilder.com/
archive/message/cocoa/2005/10/12/147940 which may be the same 
problem, but Greg's solution of storing HTMLs in binary won't help: 
one would have to store all strings binary to fix it all right, and 
that's quite bad with a more complex database...

Also, of course, one could use the binary format, but I would rather 
not: thanks to XML human readability I could pin-point this problem 
(which, of course, was caused by much more complex setup originally) 
in a few hours; had I use the binary format and bumped into a similar 
problem there, I'd have a corrupt database and no way to find what 
the problem is...

Thanks for any help,
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