Re: XML and PDF...

Peter Flynn (peter.no-sp_at_m.silmaril.ie) wrote:
: Verner Jensen, �borg wrote:

: > cause I can't figure out how the XML text
: > format is able to hold binary data?

: It can't. XML is a text file format.

: > The assignment is to extract the PDF from the XML - put it in an Oracle
: > BLOB - and store it in an Ora-DB.
: >
: > The part which extract the PDF from XML - should this contain some kind of
: > conversion (text => binary) ?

: The code which extracts the encoded data would trigger a decoder which
: would recreate the PDF document.

: I realise it's a college assignment, but I have difficulty imagining any
: circumstances in which I would want to do this. I'd be interested to know
: what the person who set the assignment envisages.

I suspect they envisage that the student will gain a thorough understanding of the xml format - including incidently what kind of data can and cannot be stored directly within it.

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