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Subject: Problems with "deserializeCasFromXmi" after using C++ AS Annotator
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Hi,

I currently encountered a problem with the XMI deserialization of a feature 
structure after calling a remote C++ AS annotator from a CPE. The szenario is 
the following:

1. I add a custom feature structure "DocumentData" containing an String Feature 
(the document URL) to the CAS in my CPE. The exact URL causing the problem is:

documentURL="http://www.gesundheitsnachrichten.net/live/navigation/live.php?navigation_id=11&_psmand=1"

2. The CAS get's serialized to XMI before sending it to a remote C++ TAE. I 
added a breakpoint to UimaSerializer.serializeCasToXmi() and get the following 
part in the XMI string:

documentURL="http://www.gesundheitsnachrichten.net/live/navigation/live.php?navigation_id=11&amp;_psmand=1"

So here the "&" character seems to be excaped correctly.

3. When the document comes back, the same feature in the XMI string received in 
UimaSerializer.deserializeCasFromXmi() reads:

documentURL="http://www.gesundheitsnachrichten.net/live/navigation/live.php?navigation_id=11&_psmand=1"

an now the SAXParser throws the following exception:

org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The reference to entity "_psmand" must end with 
the ';' delimiter.
	at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
	at 
org.apache.uima.aae.UimaSerializer.deserializeCasFromXmi(UimaSerializer.java:170)
	at ...

because the "&" comes back unescaped. I'm sure the C++ annotator in question 
doesn't change the feature in question and it also correctly adds its own 
annotations. I suspect there's something wrong in deserializing/serializing the 
CAS from XMI and back on the C++ side of things.
Do you have any idea what might cause this problem or any suggestion where I can 
start to further narrow down the problem?

The remote C++ AE is running with version "uimacpp-2.2.2-incubating".


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