Hello,
I have a simple Android RSS reader app in which I am using SAX parser to fetch the data. All the records are being fetched correctly except for the "desc" element. The XML structure is as below.
<item>
<title>Boilermaker Jazz Band</title>
<link>http://eventur.sis.pitt.edu/event.jsp?e_id=1805</link>
<type>Music Concerts</type>
<s_time>09-02-2010 05:00 PM </s_time>
<venue>Backstage Bar at Theater Square</venue>
<venue_addr/>
<desc>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">
<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; max-width: 600px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: top;">Authentic American Jazz, Ragtime and Swing The Boilermaker Jazz Band is an ecstatically fun band performing authentic hot jazz, ragtime, and swing. The group has ....</desc>
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<img_link>
http://eventur.sis.pitt.edu/images/Boilheadshot1.jpg
</img_link>
</item>
Data from all field is fetched as a whole. But when it comes to <desc>
, the 'characters' method just fetches "<" and ignores the rest. Could some one please advise what could be done.