Citeren Miguel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Egon wrote: > >> Q: Since JAXP is bundled with Java 1.4 or later, can we just assume > >> use of JAXP? > > > > Likely... > > Good > > >> Q: Is there any reason to have references to Aelfred2 and Xerces in > >> the code and in the build.xml files? > > > > Yes, for pre Java 1.4 reasons... > > Why do we need 2 of them ... wouldn't one be enough?
It only needs one... and for compiling only the interface stuff... not one of these three implementations. > > the gnujaxp lib is very small and > > allows XML parsing in applets in Netscape 4.7... > > Good. Then we should keep it for the 1.1 JVMs > > Based upon the name ... Does it provide the same JAXP API? The same XMLParser API, yes... > > Is there any reason why you want to remove the code? > > If the code isn't going to get used then we should get rid of it. If it is > being used then we should keep it. > > Right now the code references three different libraries for parsing XML. > That adds complexity+size+time to the source code, the build, and CVS. The libraries are not needed for compilation when compiling with javac 1.4... (it only references to XMLParser...) Size, ok, but people get the freedom to choose a XML library... Egon ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
