[Expat-discuss] Manage unknown entityes?

[Bjorn Brox]

How can I manage unknown entities?

When parsing the following xml file I get the error: "undefined entity
at line 7" and the parser stops.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE doc [
   <!ELEMENT doc ANY>
   <!ELEMENT para (#PCDATA)>
]>
<doc>
    <para>Hello World&iquest;</para>
</doc>
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The &iquest; entity is one of the standard SGML character entities
defined in ISOPub, but unknown by the expat parser.

I know that I could solve this by adding an entity declaration, but very
often users asssume that a parser have a knowledge about all the ISO
defined entities.

Is it possible to set up a callback where I can handle unknown entities
where I can deside myself if I want the parser to terminate or simply
return the correct UTF-8 code if my callback know the entity?

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