XML verification issue

[yogesh]

Hi,
I am working in a socket application where I am sending the data to the server in xml form and receiving reesponse for it in an xml format. The problem is that when I am trying to parse the message I am getting the error that it cannot parse the xml.
I am using the API
QDomDocument setContent(byteArray);
in the byteArray there is a message in xml format from the server. When I debugged the API I found that the error was because of the comment format in the server response.
The server response was

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--- TCP probe server response v0.121 --->
<probeResponse version="1.0" xmlns="https://www.xxxx.com/schemas/probe/v1_0">
 <params>
  <period>45</period>
  <next>90</next>
  <dec>0.71</dec>
  <valid>604800</valid>
  <count>10</count>
 </params>
 <detect>
  <xaddress>0x0a24654e</xaddress>
  <xport>0x068c</xport>
 </detect>
 <timestamp>44675436</timestamp>
 <nonce>JwMFecnLFUz/REJ8HuQE45943</nonce>
 <signature method="HMAC-SHA1">ZajDI9xJLFfP3B8UFSVCmk9oyLY=</signature>
</probeResponse>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--- TCP probe server response v0.121 --->
<probeResponse version="1.0" xmlns="https://www.xxxx.com/schemas/probe/v1_0">
 <params>
  <period>45</period>
  <next>90</next>
  <dec>0.71</dec>
  <valid>604800</valid>
  <count>10</count>
 </params>
 <detect>
  <xaddress>0x0a24654e</xaddress>
  <xport>0x068c</xport>
 </detect>
 <timestamp>44675436</timestamp>
 <nonce>JwMFecnLFUz/REJ8HuQE45943</nonce>
 <signature method="HMAC-SHA1">ZajDI9xJLFfP3B8UFSVCmk9oyLY=</signature>
</probeResponse>

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Now the comment understood by QDomComment is in the form of
<!-- XXXXX -->
Since the server response is having the comment as <!--- XXXX --->
an extra "-" so it is giving error there. When I try to write the response in file and manually remove the "-" from comment and then try to use setContent() it works like charm.
Please help me is there any way I can define the rule to accept such comment as valid comment because the server implementation cant be changed I have to have some kind of work around to make this accept as valid xml message.

Regards,
Yogesh

[Lykurg]

Well, the trolls - or better nokias(?) - have something against tree dashes. Have a look at the QDomCommentPrivate::save() implementation:

if (value.endsWith(QLatin1Char('-')))
        s << ' '; // Ensures that XML comment doesn't end with --->

if (value.endsWith(QLatin1Char('-')))
        s << ' '; // Ensures that XML comment doesn't end with --->

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So the best would be as you self have written:

byteArray.replace("<!---", "<!--").replace("--->", "-->")

byteArray.replace("<!---", "<!--").replace("--->", "-->")

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Lykurg

P.s.: I am not sure if three dashes are valid XML even if it is only said that comments starts with "<!--" and ends with "-->"...