Javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException throws when present '&' character

Question

Hi
I am writing a code using stax parser. But recently I got an error when "&" or "&" present in the xml document.
This is the error I am getting
javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[30,30]
Message: The reference to entity "name" must end with the ';' delimiter.This is my xml
<url>  http://url?id=1&name=aaa  </url>  This is my code
XMLInputFactory xmlInputFactory =  XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
            xmlInputFactory.setProperty(
                    XMLInputFactory.IS_REPLACING_ENTITY_REFERENCES,
                    Boolean.TRUE);
            xmlInputFactory.setProperty(
                    XMLInputFactory.IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES,
                    Boolean.FALSE);
            xmlInputFactory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_COALESCING, Boolean.FALSE);
String xmlSource;
XMLStreamReader reader = xmlInputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlSource.getBytes("UTF-8")));
while (reader.hasNext())
  reader.next(); // error throws in this line
}Can someone please help me.

Answer 1

Sorry for the late reply. I was waited with the intention because this was my fault.
Yes I am using & amp;
But the problem return persist.
Now I have identified the problem.
The problem was I am using same xml for process multiple time.
First time it does not fail.
But the second time I am assigning the processed xml to a string and use this string as a input to the second xml processing.
This time it automatically replace all & amp; with & .
Now it fails.
To eliminate this What I have done is when reading text and attribute values I am do a simple string replacing process.
protected String encode2XML(String source)
        String src = source;
        if (src != null)
            src = src.replace("&", "&");
            src = src.replace("<", "<");
            src = src.replace(">", ">");
            src = src.replace("\"", """);
            src = src.replace("\'", "&#039;");
            return src;
        else
            return "";
    }