Using Java SAX XML writer to construct an XML file with elements containing HTML tags

You can try setting xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" to indicate tags without any namespace should be treated as XHTML.  You can then prefix all other XML tags with another namespace to distinguish if needed.

mwvisa1,
Thanks for the quick response! Could you please provide a small example of what you mean.

Please post what you have so far and I will post in what I am talking about in context of your code so it is clear.

here is the method responsible for creating XML elements

private void writeSimpleProp(ContentHandler handler, String name, String value)
			throws SAXException
			
	{
		String nodeName;
		AttributesImpl attrs = null;
 
		if (validName(name)) {
			nodeName = name;
		} else {
			nodeName = "prop";
			attrs = new AttributesImpl();
			attrs.addAttribute(nsURI ,localName, "name", "CDATA", name);
		}
		handler.startElement(nsURI, localName, nodeName, attrs);
		char[] str = String.valueOf(value).toCharArray();
                handler.characters(str, 0, str.length);
		handler.endElement(nsURI, localName, nodeName);
	}

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Also, I'm open to other Java XML writers, doesn't have to be SAX

So your HTML is coming through the Value attribute?

Sorry, I meant to say value parameter of the method.

Yes, the HTML is contained within the value parameter, basically its a String.

I'm experimenting with DOM4J XML parser at the moment, seems to be a lot easier to use then SAX. So far I've got the HTML being written into the XML file as is within CDATA elements. E.g.:

<additionalInformation><![CDATA[<p>One, two! One, two! And through and through<br />&nbsp; The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!<br />He left it dead, and with its head<br />&nbsp; He went galumphing back.</p>]]></additionalInformation>

This probably will be acceptable as the XML reader shouldn't care if the element is CDATA or not. Still, would have been good to know if it was possible to avoid using CDATA.

Hey Kevin,

I think I'll go with DOM4J for now, I know what you meant by text for html element nodes, but hoping to avoid doing it.
Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Vlad