On 31.01.2012 20:18, Rony G. Flatscher (Apache) wrote: > On 31.01.2012 19:55, Rob Weir wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Rony G. Flatscher (Apache) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Is there an URL for installation directions/instructions for the ODF >>> toolkit which explains which >>> jars one needs to reference as well (seem to remember that Apache Xerces >>> was needed?), or are the >>> binary jars (cf. >>> <http://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/odftoolkit/binaries/>) totally >>> self-contained? >>> >> No install is required beyond exploding the archive to your file system. >> >> Specific classpath requirements vary by Toolkit component. Right now >> this information is scattered across the different component pages. >> We need to do a better job and consolidating this information into one >> place. >> >> Here is the info for ODFDOM, the lower level API: (look for >> "QuickStart") http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit/odfdom/index.html >> >> Here is the info for the higher-level Simple API: >> http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit/simple/gettingstartguide.html >> >> Validator info is here: >> http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit/conformance/ODFValidator.html >> >> XSLT Runner is here: >> http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit/xsltrunner/ODFXSLTRunner.html > Thank you very much indeed! > > From studying the information contained in those URLs at least Apache Xerces > (>= 2.9.1) is required > for all of these packages (which is fine, just was wondering as I thought > modern JREs would have > XSLT processing abilities on board already). > The problem about modern JREs is that there some out there with strange XML issues, especially some JDK 5. The request of an explicit XML parser is a precaution to save the users and supporters time and happiness.
- Svante
