> > The scope of POI seeks to be really small and focused: Java > ports of OLE 2 > >Compound Document based file formats. We have no XML classes nor do I > >really want any there. > > > XML is now a dominant technology in the software arena, because it moves > software development from sequential logic to data transformation. And > reading/writing legacy formats *is* data transformation. > > Don't you have great ambitions for your baby ? Announcing > XML<->Word/Excel roundtrip support in POI is likely to attract _a lot_ > of people. A lot more than just a Java API.
You bet it would be great, after all, Office 2000 and XP use native XML formats to store their data. Sure would be nice to convert older, legacy docs into those formats easily, via Java! Per --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
