[jira] [Created] (MSITE-933) mvn site fails when contains &

[Heiko Selber (Jira)]

Heiko Selber created MSITE-933:
----------------------------------

             Summary: mvn site fails when <name> contains &amp;
                 Key: MSITE-933
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSITE-933
             Project: Maven Site Plugin
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 4.0.0-M6, 3.12.1
         Environment: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Apache Maven 3.9.0
Java version: 17.0.4.1, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium
            Reporter: Heiko Selber


A project containing an escaped ampersand in the name element fails in mvn site.

Consider a project containing nothing but this pom.xml:

 
{code:java}
<project>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>experiments</groupId>
    <artifactId>experiments</artifactId>
    <name>client for A&amp;B services</name>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</project> {code}
This project builds fine with the standard build cycle, e.g. mvn install.

However, with mvn site (or explicitly mvn site:4.0.0-M6:site) it throws an 
error:
{code:java}
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal 
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:4.0.0-M6:site (default-cli) on 
project experiments: SiteToolException: Error parsing site descriptor: entity 
reference name can not contain character  ' (position: START_DOCUMENT seen 
...//maven.apache.org/xsd/decoration-2.0.0.xsd" name="client for A&B ... 
@2:142) -> [Help 1]
{code}
Escaping the ampersand twice helps, but it shouldn't be necessary:
{code:java}
    <name>client for A&amp;amp;B services</name>  {code}
 

 



--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.20.10#820010)