Hi David, Java 5 is quite a jump from JDK 1.2, the version which Xerces should still be able to run on though the binaries which get distributed are built with JDK 1.3 these days. It wasn't too long ago that we dropped support for JDK 1.1 [1] and even then (2004) there were still some Xerces users that needed a parser that ran on it. The low JDK requirement is one of Xerces' features. Not everyone can move up to the latest and greatest release of Java. There would need to be a compelling reason to raise the bar higher. Of course if some future version of JAXP requires Java 5 Xerces would have to follow suit to support it. In the near term that shouldn't be an issue. The upcoming JAXP 1.4 should still be implementable with JDK 1.2.
Thanks. [1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107392723100008&r=1&w=2 Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] David M Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/29/2006 11:00:29 PM: > Seeing @xerces.internal in a recent post, reminded me, I've been > meaning to ask ... > > Has there ever been any thought or plans to support any of the Java > 5 language constructs? > Such as enums, generics? I'm not saying I need it or even that it'd > be nice to have ... I'm just curious > at this point. > > Thanks for any pointers to "plans" ... I didn't see any at > http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
