> Because there doesn't seem to be any way to specify a bootstrap > mechanism which is platform and language independent the DOM spec > doesn't define any. :-( > I've made a proposal to fix this at least for Java in DOM Level 3. In > the meantime, you have to use some "proprietary" call.
Blech. Are static methods allowed in the DOM specification (and are they language independent)? I'd love to see a singleton or static factory class that yields useful objects like a Document or the DOMImplementation. Care to shed some light on your proposal for Level 3? > You may as well simply do the following: > > DOMImplementation impl = > org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMImplementationImpl.getDOMImplementation(); Yeah ... I just felt more comfortable using as much DOM as possible---so sneaking in a call to create a DocumentImpl and using getImplementation was somehow less onerous than getting the Xerces DOM implementation directly. I don't know how, but it is. :-) > I wish JAXP addressed this problem but it doesn't either. :-( Thanks a lot, W3C! :-( > Arnaud Le Hors - IBM Cupertino, XML Technology Group Haven't you found a new job yet? :-) Take care. --Sean
