Hi Neil Thanks for the clarification. And you're right, the latest Xerces does come with xmlParserAPIs.jar not xml-apis.jar. I've been getting confused lately as they seem to have been used interchangeable lately in various projects.
e.g. in Maven's jar repository... http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/xml-apis/jars/ So to set the record straight. xmlParserAPIs.jar (with Xerces) = SAX + DOM + the parsing part of JAXP xml-apis.jar (with Xalan) = SAX + DOM + all of JAXP So I guess the confusion has come with some versions of xml-apis.jar being created that don't have all of JAXP. So xml-apis.jar should have all of JAXP right? James ------- http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 5:29 PM Subject: Re: is there such a thing as a common xml-apis.jar > Hi James, > > If you download any version of Xerces2, I very much hope you *don't* get a > file called xml-apis.jar, because we don't ship one. :) Our api jar is > xmlParserAPIs.jar. > > xmlParserAPIs.jar should always be a proper subset of xml-apis.jar from a > similar version of Xalan. That isn't true at the moment, but that'll get > straightened out shortly. > > Xerces has never shipped the transform half of JAXP. That's because we've > always felt it's misleading to users--especially newbies--to ship > interfaces we neither need nor implement. If you just want a parser, you > don't need to know about the transform half of JAXP and you can happily > stick with xerces; if you need an XSLT processor, you can grab Xalan which > will come with an appropriate xerces implementation and all the APIs you > need. (Does Xalan ship our xmlParserAPIs file? I doubt they do; I hope > they don't. :) ) > > Hope that helps, > Neil > Neil Graham > XML Parser Development > IBM Toronto Lab > Phone: 905-413-3519, T/L 969-3519 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | "James Strachan" | > | | <james_strachan@y| > | | ahoo.co.uk> | > | | | > | | 11/06/2002 12:16 | > | | PM | > | | Please respond to| > | | general | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | cc: | > | Subject: is there such a thing as a common xml-apis.jar | > | | > | | > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > I've just downloaded the latest & greatest xerces and xalan and they both > come with a jar called xml-apis.jar but seem to contain different bits of > the XML-api set. Most notably the one with xerces doesn't come with the > XSLT > part of JAXP. Is this by design or just an oversight? > > Things are getting a bit confusing. We've jaxp.jars lying around the place, > then 2 different kinds of xml-apis.jars which may or may not contain the > JAXP API to work with XSLT. (I'm not even gonna go into old xerces or xalan > jars that have some of JAXP inside them). > > Any chance we could come up with a new single JAR that always comes with > SAX, DOM and all of JAXP? Maybe this could just be a new version of > xml-apis.jar; we just need to upgrade Xerces to come with the full-monty > version? > > James > ------- > http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
