including file paths in XML

[Yell Srik]

Hi,
consider the code given below,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<userchoice>
<user userID="Joe" pd="Soap" profession="student" level="user"> Sam </user>
<user userID="Dude" pd="Dude" profession="programmer" level="user"> Peter </user>
<user userID="James" pd="sunny skies" profession="sales" level="admin"> Martin </user>
</userchoice>
the above example XML file is a file from which data is read by a JSP page. in the above example, i want to know how is it possible to include a entire file instead of a name ie for example, is this right,
<user userID="D:\mydocuments\name.txt" pwd="Soap" profession="student" level="user"> Joe </user>
if it is wrong, how can represent an entire file path in a XML file.
thanks in advance.

[Lasse Koskela]

The XML parser doesn't care what the attribute's value is (whether it's a file path, a random string, or a number) as long as the character's are legal. In short, the example you posted is perfectly valid XML.