XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>]

I've posted version 1.0d8 of XOM in the usual location:

http://cafeconleche.org/XOM

There are no breaking changes in this release.

The big new feature is that XSLT works (modulo some obscure bugs in 
handling the undeclaration of the default namespace. I need to get 
some clarification on the proper behavior of SAX processors to fix 
this.) The TrAX XOMSource and XOMResult classes are not yet public 
because I'm still thinking about the proper API for these, but you 
can use the XSLTransform class for most use-cases. You'll need a TrAX 
compliant XSLT engine such as Saxon or Xalan-J 2.4 somewhere in your 
classpath to use this.

As part of supporting XSLT, I've discovered a need to undeclare the 
default namespace on a prefixed element. That is (pre:name 
xmlns:pre="http://www.example.com"; xmlns="">. You can now do this by 
passing an empty string for both the prefix and URI to 
declareNamespace().

I'm travelling quite a bit in November so this is probably the last 
release this month. The API, however, is starting to feel quite 
stable to me. Most of the things on my to do list involve 
implementation details, testing, documentation, benchmarking, 
optimization, and the like.

One of the places I'm travelling this month is the SD Expo show in 
Boston. I'll be hosting a Birds of a Feather session there on "What's 
Wrong with XML APIs and How to Fix Them." I expect this to be more 
interactive than the XML SIG session in September. Semd me an e-mail 
if you want more details.
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