SAX parser's characters[] method

[Tiju Thomas]

My characters method overridden from the DefaultHandler for SAX parsing is returning a character less

My xml is <resource>All Roles1/UOP[XIY]</resource>

The characters method is returning only "All Roles1/UOP[XIY"


public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException
{
String cdata = new String(ch,start,length);
activeHandler.setParameterValue(activeParameter,cdata);
}

activeHandler is a TagActionHandler object

I have even tried <resource><![CDATA[All Roles1/UOP[XIY]]]></resource> to no avail

[William Brogden]

Everybody runs into this when starting with SAX.

You can never count on characters() getting an entire String from a text element. As explained in the JavaDocs, a parser may call characters multiple times as it works its way through one or more bufferloads read from an input stream. It is up to you the programmer to handle this.

Bill