Wednesday, March 20, 2013

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type

Problem: While using tag <shellscript>  as example given below the word boundaries < and > does not work with build file and throws the error as given below:
Sample <shellscript> block:



                  echo "mybuild.xml" | grep "\.xml\>" 1> /dev/null
                  OUTPUT1=$?



Error stack trace:


BUILD FAILED
/opt/appl/project/build.xml:274: Element type "build" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:225)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:138)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:97)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:683)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:200)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:257)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:104)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type "build" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:195)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:174)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:388)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1414)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.seekCloseOfStartTag(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1395)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:269)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:140)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522)
        at weblogic.xml.jaxp.WebLogicXMLReader.parse(WebLogicXMLReader.java:133)
        at weblogic.xml.jaxp.RegistryXMLReader.parse(RegistryXMLReader.java:173)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:209)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:138)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:96)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:683)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:199)
        ... 2 more
--- Nested Exception ---
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Element type "build" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:195)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:174)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:388)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1414)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.seekCloseOfStartTag(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1395)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:269)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:140)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205)
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522)
        at weblogic.xml.jaxp.WebLogicXMLReader.parse(WebLogicXMLReader.java:133)
        at weblogic.xml.jaxp.RegistryXMLReader.parse(RegistryXMLReader.java:173)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:209)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.ProjectHelper2.parse(ProjectHelper2.java:138)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java:96)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:683)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:199)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:257)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:104)



Cause: < is assumed to be the start tag for build.xml file i.e. in the above example <build is assumed to be the start tag and it complains about the missing closing tag >

Solution: Replace <s; with b i.e. word boundries. Start boundary \< can be replaced with \b and end boundry \> can be replaced with \b in the regular expression.

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