how do you deal with newly added content? just overwriting a value for existing elements is relatively easy. I mean if I add a new dependency to the pom file, how do I make sure it's properly indented? That's been the major issue for me now with the jdom modello writer (which I wrote). I don't really care if it screws up attribute spacing, but newly added content needs to fit in.
Milos On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> But I think looking at StAX and possibly trying to patch that to be >> smarter about formatting, if necessary, might be a better route for us. > > StAX can't preserve whitespace between attributes, between "<" and the > element name, whitespace after the last attribute and the ">", between "</" > and the end element name. Same goes for all pull parsers. > > Not sure about CDATA but I guess StAX can't preserve that, either. Lastly, > StAX is about *reading* XML. DecentXML is about *writing* XML *preserving* > the original format 100%, no compromises. > > As for patching it: StAX is a standard API (JSR-173). How big are my chances > that the standard API is going to be extended to allow the features I need? > I mean, there was *no* XML parser which can do 100% round-tripping before > DecentXML. It's just a non-issue for the XML guys. > > Just looking at an XML gives you a visual clue: these guys couldn't care > less how it *looks* as long as their tools can read it. > > As I said: My parser is probably not so useful as a general purpose > replacement for POM *reading* in general. It ought to be used in the Maven > artifact plugin and any other code which *writes* POM files. > > Regards, > > -- > Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark > "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. > Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." > http://www.pdark.de/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
