Thanks for that Sean. You have lead me to a followup (inline): Sean Mullan <Sean.Mullan <at> Sun.COM> writes:
> > dan costelloe wrote: > > [snip] > > 2a) Is it possible to use the xml-security-1.4.2 classes in a java > > application so that the 1.4.2 classes take a higher preference than > > those in rt.jar? If so, can this be done without using > > the -Xbootclasspath argument to the JVM? > > Yes, place xmlsec.jar in the endorsed standards directory [1]. You will > also need to put the Apache commons logging jar [2] there as well, since > the Apache code uses a different logging mechanism than the JDK. > I suppose my question should have included 2c: Can it be done *without* using the endorsed standards directory? (I would like to be able to use an unmodified JRE with xmlsec 1.4.2, if possible) > > [snip] > > --Sean > > 1: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/standards/index.html > 2: http://commons.apache.org/logging/ > > Regards, dan
