Due to some recent discussions, as well as using the current serialization code, I want to start some discussion on what it means to serialize versus pretty-print XML.
Currently the serialization code is a pretty-printer. This is causing a number of issues to come up. For example, the pretty-printing actually writes a document that is different than the one in memory (either through SAX or DOM). Is this what we want? Could this cause problems with validation when reading the now serialized document? I would suggest that the serializers be layered. The base serializer should only print what is on the SAX stream or in the DOM tree, nothing more. Then a pretty-printer can extend this base implementation in order to make the nice output that we currently have. -- Andy Clark * IBM, JTC - Silicon Valley * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
