Hi Lawrence, Out of curiosity, why is this dependency required? Both JAXP 1.2 and 1.3+ have standard mechanisms [1] for enabling schema validation during parsing and in memory. Xerces, Saxon, Java 5+ and any other implementation of JAXP 1.2 or 1.3+ supports these.
[1] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-pcfp.html#faq-4 Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lawrence Mandel/Toronto/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/21/2007 09:02:52 AM: > > John, > > Correct. However there was a request to use an alternate DOM parser. > Although schema validation currently requires Xerces and we will > need to do some work to support line numbers in multiple parsers in > Woden's current form it can support other DOM parsers provided > schema validation isn't required. In this case I think we can fail > gracefully by either > > 1. Adding a readme item stating that schema validation is only known > to work with Apache Xerces or > 2. Logging an error if a parser besides Xerces is used and > validation is enabled. > > Thoughts? > > Lawrence > > > > John Kaputin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 03/21/2007 06:28 AM > > Please respond to > [email protected] > > To > > [email protected] > > cc > > Subject > > WODEN-152, Xerces dependency for schema validation > > > > > Lawrence, > WODEN-152 refers to our dependency on Xerces in the DOM implementation of > Woden. I think I recall that you had to use the Xerces API to enable > schema validation because of some problem using JAXP. Can you refresh my > memory or correct me on this. Thanks. > > John Kaputin > > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
