Narayanan wrote:
Knut Anders Hatlen wrote:
Hi,
I took a brief look at the contents of tools/java/xml-apis.jar in the
subversion repository, and it looked as if most of the classes are
part of the Java 1.4.2 runtime library. I also tried to remove the
file and all references to it in the build system, and the code still
built just fine. Does anyone know if the file is still needed? Or was
it only needed before when we built the code against the Java 1.3
runtime library?
Thanks,
I believe xalan 2.7 jars are needed to run xml tests. The jars that come
with 1.4 are 2.4.1 and are not sufficient.
Thanks Narayanan,
I'm aware of the fact that we need a newer Xalan for some of the XML
support at runtime. What I would like to know, is if xml-apis.jar is
still needed in order to build Derby. I think it mostly contains
interfaces, not Xalan implementation classes, and these interfaces now
seem to be part of Java SE. If it's not needed to build Derby anymore, I
think it would be good to remove it from the repository. The fewer
third-party jar files we have checked in, the better, IMO.
--
Knut Anders
