Bug 130425 – Can't embed HTML in localized strings

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Bug 130425 - Can't embed HTML in localized strings

Summary:	Can't embed HTML in localized strings

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Network
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	RHN/R&D (Show other bugs)
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Version:	RHN Devel
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Ryan Bloom
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Reported:	2004-08-20 09:37 EDT by Ryan Bloom
Modified:	2007-04-18 13:10 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-08-24 09:18:57 EDT
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Description Ryan Bloom 2004-08-20 09:37:42 EDT

Because we are using XML for storing our localized strings, you can't
embed HTML in the localized version of the string.  If you try to use
straight HTML, the XML parser gets confused, and only includes the
part of the string within HTML tags.  For example:

    <msg id="message.defaultSystemGroups">Default system groups
updated for<strong>HA HA</strong></msg>

Will resolve to "HA HA".  If you escape the HTML and use:

    <msg id="message.defaultSystemGroups">Default system groups
updated for&lt;strong&gt;HA HA&lt;/strong&gt;</msg>

This resolves to: "Default system groups updated for <strong>HA
HA</strong>

Neither of these is correct.  I need the <strong>/</strong> to be
unescaped when printed in the HTML stream.

Comment 1 Mike McCune 2004-08-20 12:10:17 EDT

Use CDATA around the body of the tag:

for example:

    <msg id="errors.header"><![CDATA[<div
class="local-alert"><ul>]]></msg>

Feel free to close this bug if this works for you.  It definitely
works for me and was my intention to use CDATA for all messages that
contain XML or HTML.

Comment 2 Jesus M. Rodriguez 2004-08-23 17:50:12 EDT

CDATA should most definitely work.  I suggested this to Ryan last week.

Comment 3 Ryan Bloom 2004-08-24 09:18:57 EDT

Turns out it is a combination of CDATA and telling the JSP to not
escape the xml tags.  Fixed now.

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