cool. thanks. as far as the syntax, we'll just call it an "experiment"... ;-) seems like it couldn't hurt to test out ant's pluggability, even if the general public regards it as a test case.
jon --- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Jonathan Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is the SAX part of ant's XML parsing 100% pluggable? > > is there a mechanism for doing this? > > Well, sort of. Ant uses JAXP to get its parser and it uses SAX 1.x, > at least at the moment and is not really tight to an XML input. > > All you'd have to do to swap the SAX parser was to provide a > SAXParserFactory of your own, see > > <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.html#newInstance()> > > Whether I think that you syntax is easier to read than Ant's "normal" > XML is a different question, though 8-) > > Stefan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>