XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

At 2:21 AM +0900 9/20/02, Remko Popma wrote:

> 3) What are the design priorities?
> Does XOM have to be made to work in a distributed environment?
> Even though thread-safety, a more common design goal, is explicitly 
> not a XOM design goal?

On further reflection a few moths later, I think the difference is 
that a client who needs thread safety can add it with appropriate 
synchronization. A client who needs this to operate in a distributed 
environment can't add that capability short of modifying the source 
code.
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