Netx and invalid xml files

[Deepak Bhole]

* Omair Majid <omajid at redhat.com> [2009-06-18 13:59]:
> Hi,
>
> I just came across a jnlp file [1] that is not valid xml. The file  
> contains a <vendor> starting tag, but ends it with </vender> (the 'o'  
> has been replaced by an 'e'). Netx fails to run this file, complaining  
> it's not valid xml. However, Sun's Web Start runs it just fine. So now I  
> am wondering what the correct behaviour should be. Should Netx attempt  
> to deal with invalid xml files? or should Sun's implementation refuse to  
> run this?
>

It is a bug in Sun's plugin IMO. It should not be accepting bad xml files.

Deepak

> Omair
>
> [1] http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/das2/Calculator.jnlp