XQJ (JSR 225)

[Michael Kay]

>   I wonder why the design was not based on the JAXP API for 
> XSLT rather than on JDBC...  

Largely NIH syndrome (not-invented-here). It's true JAXP has major faults
too, but that's no excuse for ignoring its good points. I suspect the XQJ
designers had never used JAXP in anger - no-one is familiar with all
possible precedents, after all.

Regards,

Michael Kay
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