Keep in mind that there other JDK implementations (e.g. Apache Harmony [1]) besides Sun's and they may include Xalan in its usual org.apache.* packages. In such cases you still need to use the Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism, bootclasspath or some ClassLoader wizardry to pick up the version you want. As for xml-apis.jar, the regular classpath doesn't work unless you're on JDK 1.3 or lower.
Thanks. [1] http://harmony.apache.org/ Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/21/2008 12:56:46 PM: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > Sanity check, since I haven't been paying enough attention to this > > thread: > > You're aware of the distinction between the normal classpath and the > > "endorsed standards"/system classpath, right? > > > > See http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/faq.html, entry "I'm having a > > problem running Xalan-Java on JDK/JRE 1.4 or higher". > > This says: > > JDK/JRE 1.4, and JDK/JRE 5.0 is packaged with an old version of > Xalan-Java. The JDK/JRE will attempt to use this version instead of > any on the classpath. Unfortunately, this causes problems when > attempting to use a newer version of Xalan-Java. > > Don't know about 1.4, but this is not quite true for the following on > Windows/32: > > * jre1.5.0_06 > * jre1.6.0_07 > * jdk1.6.0_07 > > They do have a version of Xalan, but it has been relocated to another > package starting with "com.sun". > > * TransformerFactory.newInstance() -> > com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl > > * transformerFactory.newTransformer() -> > com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl > > Putting Xalan-2.7.1.jar on the CLASSPATH overrides the defaults for > TransformerFactory and Transformer, because of: > > $XalanJAR/META-INF/services/javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory > > Which contains "org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl". > > So with 1.5 on Windows (and apparently also on Linux), the problem has > gone. The Apache-Xalan can be chosen simply by putting the JAR on the > CLASSPATH. > > Michael Ludwig
