--- Ben Bookey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear List, > > I am drowning in a dangerous sea of xml and Java ! > (and I cant swim!) >
Sie haben vergessen, die Haifische zu erwaehnen. ;) > Please can confirm if my understanding is correct. > The Java SDK 1.4 contains > the jaxp package, which contains default parsers > (crimson 1.1.3 at the > moment! and xalan for xslt processing) > > By obtaining a new instance of a > DocumentBuilderFactory, this method creates > a new factory instance. Assuming no plugin is > specified, and nothing is > specified in the system.properties (jaxp.properties) > then crimson or xalan > will > be used. > > Am i right? > Probably, [1] gives you the official rules: [1] http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/standards/ Here's some examples [2] of using JAXP (with FOP, in these cases), and helpful reading on XML/Java in general [3]: [2] http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/xml-fop/examples/embedding/java/embedding/ [3] http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/chapters/index.html Glen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]