SourceForge StAX version 1.0 finally released In the summer of 2001 the package org.biojava.utils.stax was migrated to a project on SourceForge to allow it to have a life of its own outside of biojava. Although some documentation and features were added, a proper release was never made and the project languished in cvs.
Stack API for XML (StAX) is an event-based interface for XML parsing, very similar to Simple API for XML (SAX). However, instead of passing parse events for a whole document to a single ContentHandler, sub-trees can easily be delegated to other handlers. StAX also provides an event-based interface for the process of mapping XML ids to java objects. After a bit of refactoring, documentation, and unit testing, a version 1.0 release of the SourceForge StAX has been made and a new web site has been created at > http://stax.sourceforge.net Changes made since the migration from biojava: DelegationManager replaced by StAXContext and StAXDelegationContext Added IdMapper and IdListener, support for mapping XML ids to objects Built-in handlers return value in endTree instead of requiring subclassing Added convenience delegators DispatchForChild and DispatchOnElement Changes made to prepare the sf StAX for release: Created maven build and web site Added simple unit test cases Built-in handlers are reusable Refactored IDMapper --> IdMapper and similar Source code cleanup and documentation Refactored from biojava to net.sf.stax package The 1.0 release has been thoroughly documented and has nearly complete unit test coverage. The javadoc for each class has an example of how to use that class in a handler, and each unit test contains complete examples of handlers for test xml files. Thank yous to StAX developers Matthew Pocock and Thomas Down, and to Mark Schreiber for unintentionally providing the motivation to get a release done. michael _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - Biojava-l@biojava.org http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l
