Quoting Sylvain Wallez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi team,
> 
> After seeing the recent changes to Parser, I wondered why this component
> cannot be ThreadSafe. The answer is simple : Parser extends XMLProducer
> and thus setConsumer() must be called before parse().
> 
> Searching for Parser use in the sources, I found that it doesn't seem to
> be used as an XMLProducer, but always as a Parser, and that the two
> calls setConsumer() and parse() always come together.
> 
> So, what about a stateless interface for parsing, which would simply
> mean moving the XMLConsumer parameter from setConsumer() to parse() ?
> 
> interface StatelessParser extends DOMFactory {
>   void parse(InputSource source, XMLConsumer consumer);
>   void parse(InputSource source, ContentHandler ch);
>   Document parseDocument(InputSource is);
> }
> 
> Since XML parsing is widely used, this would be a step further for
> speeding up Cocoon.
> 
> Thoughts ?

I was under the impression that xml parsers (at least Xerces) couldn't be thread 
safe.

Giacomo

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