XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Kevin Herrboldt <kevin AT puppethead.com>]

On Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002, at 09:07 US/Central, Elliotte Rusty Harold 
wrote:
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> 1. The attributes and namespaces requested would always be live

I think this is a very good thing.

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> 2. Taking a persistent snapshot of attributes or namespaces, would 
> require a little more work on the part of the client programmer. (How 
> common is this use-case anyway?) At some point, I do foresee adding a 
> generic NodeList class that might be able to be used for this purpose.

How about methods that return a Set of attributes and namespaces? You 
eliminate the specialized classes but still offer convenient "snapshot" 
capabilities. Or maybe pattern it after, say, how ThreadGroup works to 
get all threads into a Thread[].

I'd say go with the collections approach, unless Java 1.1 compatibility 
is a factor. In that case use the arrays and anyone who wants a Set can 
stuff the array into one.