Hi Knut,
I think that xml-apis.jar was added in revision 395643. Here's the svn
info entry for that submission:
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r395643 | fuzzylogic | 2006-04-20 10:07:39 -0700 (Thu, 20 Apr 2006) | 4
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DERBY-1078: Move more files to 1.3 source/target tags. Add xml-api jars to
compile XML classes with 1.3. Break shared hierarchy up into 1.3 and 1.4
parts.
JDK 1.3 now passes basic tests when compiled with 1.5.
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I have repeated your experiment of successfully building Derby without
xml-apis.jar. Narayanan raises a cautionary note about running the xml
tests so I'm running all the regression tests now. I'll let you know how
it turns out.
Thanks,
-Rick
Knut Anders Hatlen wrote:
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.
