XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Laurent Bihanic <laurent.bihanic AT atosorigin.com>]

Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> > How will the Serializer deal with base URIs? It can't use getBaseURI() 
> > if this method resolves the URI using the parent's. It'll need direct 
> > acces to the actual string value (possibly null or relative).
>
> That's easy. Since Serializer is in the nu.xom package I can expose the 
> extra information through a package-protected method or field as necessary.

IMHO, relying on package-protected access is a bad idea. We have to keep in 
mind the problems JDOM always had with inputters and outputters: Almost every 
field and method has become public because the default outputters (SAX or XML) 
needed to be derived to support specific use cases.
We need to find a way to either ease subclassing of these or prevent it by 
using "pluggable behaviour classes" like TextWriter.

Laurent