itext - can BR tag work inside TD with XmlWorker? -

<td>text text text</br>text text<td> 

is legitimate html - throws error xmlworker 5.5.5 , itext 5.5.5

com.itextpdf.tool.xml.exceptions.runtimeworkerexception: invalid nested tag br found, expected closing tag td.

if remove 'br' code works, of course not multiline row

this not fixed using white-space:pre in td css, , converting 'br' carriage return, new line ignored itext

is feature/ issue/ never been asked before thing? or missing not in examples?

html file... link

this invalid xhtml:

<td>text text text</br>text text<td> 

this valid xhtml:

<td>text text text<br />text text<td> 

please change </br> <br />. because when xml parser encounters closing tag </br> without having encountered opening tag <br> first, throw exception because xml invalid.

note <br /> shorthand <br></br> (an opening tag followed closing tag).