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Re: Refactoring SAX 1.0

• From: andyclar@u...
• To: David Brownell <db@e...>
• Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 16:53:18 -0600

David,

David Brownell wrote:
> There aren't that many classes in SAX 1.0, and they can be used
> as-is without "refactoring" anything at all.  And, importantly,
> without sacrificing compatibility.
>
> Or am I missing something in what you're suggesting?

Slightly.

Consider the case of an XML parser implementing org.xml.sax.Parser.
Should a DOM parser have methods to register stream based handlers?
Yet, besides the handler registration, DOM parsers would benefit
from a standard programmatic way of initiating a parse, resolving
entities, and handling errors.

And the factoring would not have to sacrifice compatibility. I'm
not completely caught up on the SAX2 discussion but I seem to
recall talk about new interfaces/packages. I thought that if
that work is going to be done, we could refactor the general SAX
interfaces and classes at the same time.

--
Andy Clark * IBM, JTC - Silicon Valley * andyclar@u...



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