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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? - Dave andyclar@u... wrote: > > In working on the IBM XML Parser in Java, we have found that > a number of classes from the SAX 1.0 API were useful to all > of our XML parsers, regardless of the higher level parser > API. For example, entity resolution, error handling, and > parse location are common to all XML parsers. Even parsing > a document from an input source is the same. > > We think that it would be extremely beneficial to XML parser > users to break out the common classes into a separate package. > In this way, users have consistent access to the XML parser > and basic parser features even when the results of parsing > are different. For example, parsing and error handling are > common whether the result of the parse is an event stream, > tree structure, JavaBean, transaction process, etc. > > Since there is ongoing work to define the SAX2 interfaces, > it seems that now would be the perfect time to address whether > refactoring the SAX 1.0 classes makes sense. > > Have other users encountered these issues and is there > interest in refactoring the SAX 1.0 classes in order to take > advantage of the commonality? > > -- > Andy Clark * IBM, JTC - Silicon Valley * andyclar@u... > > xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... > Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 > To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; > (un)subscribe xml-dev > To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; > subscribe xml-dev-digest > List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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