Reinier Zwitserloot wrote:
I'm not sure if this idea is new, but over the weekend I developed a rather simple to use XML parser that uses annotations and POJOs (plain old java objects) to directly load XML data into objects.
I haven't read through it in detail yet, but it looks like you've simply invented yet another data binding framework. Perhaps unique is that you've used annotations here, butn otherwise what does this do that several other databinding frameworks (JAXB, Castor, Zeus, etc.) don't?
According to the site, "MOX only works if you know the structure of the XML beforehand. However, unless you are writing some sort of XML editor, this is virtually always the case." I respectfully disagree, I routinely write code for systems the full structure of which is only determined reflectively at runtime. I even more commonly write code where the structure is only somewhat specified in advance.
The limitation you advertise is a common problem with data binding frameworks. They are very rigid and inflexible, and can't handle the extensibility of XML. Properly written DOM or SAX (or XOM) code does much better. XSLT does much better still.
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