> Thanks for the links Tom - I knew that there were open-source > EntityResolver implementations that supported OASIS catalogs but didn't > know one was at Apache! > > It should be noted, though, that writing a trivial EntityResolver to > simply ignore external entities is only about 10 lines, which might be > better than introducing an external dependency. Of course for more > flexibility the xml.apache.org classes look to be the way to go..
and about the reinvention of the wheel ;-) > However ignoring the DTD can potentially change the meaning of a > document, and so should only be done when the DTD is known to have > nothing but validation rules in it. The main reason for the xml-resolver component is AFAIK to allow the bundling of the DTD while maintaining the full URL i.e. for offline mode. At least that's what Forrest uses it for. Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
