Kristian's additions let us use the standard xml catalog format to identify locations looked up by publicId or systemId during xml processing. I think everything possible should be listed in one or more catalogs and no reliance placed on a local repository or on the classpath.
Before discussing reorganization, I have a question that I hope an xml expert can answer. The documentation I have been able to find for EntityResolver seems to indicate that it is intended only to look up entities by publicId or systemId, and mentions nothing about resolving namespace locations. However, xerces appears to resolve schemas mentioned in xsi:schemaLocation by looking up publicId=null, systemId=URI given as schemaLocation. I can't find any information as to whether this is covered by any standards. Does anyone know anything more about this?
----------- Reorganization proposal:
1. move LocalEntityResolver to kernel module. IMO it should be used for validating/loading mbean configurations. This will presumably also require setting up its mbean in the boot.mlet.
2. move all the grammars (schemas and dtds) to a separate module, either in specs or modules. This includes the schemas included in modules/core/schema and several dtds (and schemas?) scattered through the spec modules. Obviously this depends partly on clearing up whether we can have the sun grammars in our cvs at all.
2.a. We could put all the grammars in one module, both the sun ones and the geronimo ones. (one cataog)
or
2.b We could have the sun grammars in a spec module and the geronimo ones in a modules module. (two catalogs)
There is also a question about whether the grammars should be in a jar file as at present or unpacked in a directory. A jar file makes distribution slightly easier, whereas an unpacked directory makes it easier for users to actually find and look at the contents. There is some indication in the catalog code that it may not relate too well with jar files: I haven't gotten the catalog to work with jar files yet.
Comments appreciated,
thanks david jencks
