Bug #12609: rexml attribute class is using &quote instead of &quot when replacing " for the XML character entity "

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: kou (Kouhei Sutou)
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.1: REQUIRED, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: DONE

[jmarrero (Joseph Marrero)]

lib/rexml/attribute.rb to_string method is using &quote instead of &quot when replacing double quotes.

https://www.w3.org/standards/xml/core

States:
" In XML, there are only five built-in character entities: <, >, &, " and ' for <, >, &, " and ' respectively. "

Notice it is &quot and not &quote

Also here is an exaple (http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_attributes.asp) on how to use quotes, notice ", ' and &quot are mentioned not &quote this follows the above spec.

The included patch fixes the simple issue.

[kou (Kouhei Sutou)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• Assignee set to kou (Kouhei Sutou)

Good catch!
I've applied your patch at r55726.

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN to 2.1: REQUIRED, 2.2: REQUIRED, 2.3: REQUIRED

[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: REQUIRED, 2.2: REQUIRED, 2.3: REQUIRED to 2.1: REQUIRED, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: REQUIRED

ruby_2_2 r55922 merged revision(s) 55726,55727.

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Backport changed from 2.1: REQUIRED, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: REQUIRED to 2.1: REQUIRED, 2.2: DONE, 2.3: DONE

ruby_2_3 r55958 merged revision(s) 55726,55727.