I am concerned that the API, as it stands, will not adequately meet the needs of XML developers. Moreover, I have concerns about implementing it efficiently in the Xerces parser.
In my opinion, JSR-173/StAX shouldn't be implemented in the Xerces parser. It's a very different API that needs its own parsers, tuned precisely for its model. Xerces is quite bloated as it is. I would prefer not to have carry around StAX classes I don't want or need just to use Xerces's excellent SAX parser (and vice versa). I would prefer any Apache StAX implementation to be a separate project.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Processing XML with Java (Addison-Wesley, 2002) http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201771861/cafeaulaitA
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