2008/8/5 Aaron Digulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sorry. I've written code with about any XML parser out there and none of > them would even get close to what DecentXML can do. In DecentXML, there are > no private fields or methods. Everything is meant to be extended or reused. > It's meant to be useful instead of limiting what you can do.
ouch, there's a reason to use private fields, etc. - if you open everything up then you don't know what people are using and can't be sure that you don't break them when you change or refactor your implementation That said, I haven't thought about building Maven on DecentXML and get rid > of StAX. Pull parsers are a step forward to what we had before (SAX&DOM) but > they still suck (any parser sucks, pull parsers just suck a bit less). > *any* parser sucks? does that include DecentXML? ;) > As of right now, there are two reasons not to use XML: > > 1. You documents are huge (10MB and more) > kind of orthogonal to choosing a parser - besides I can write large documents in any format 2. You must be compliant to some API. > I actually like APIs, because it gives me confidence I can swap in other implementations later on > 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] > > -- Cheers, Stuart
