XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[dirk bergstrom <dirk AT juniper.net>]

Mike Fitzgerald expounded at length upon:
> In my opinion, XOM is a good risk.

after reading elharo's response, and looking over the source a bit, i'm
inclined to agree.  i took a cursory look at Element.java, and if the rest
of the code looks like that, i could handle supporting it on my own (if
that bus ever hits).

that's some fine looking code you've got there, elharo.  nice short
methods, big javadoc comments, more comment than code in many places.  i
wish my code looked that nice.  obsessive correctness in an API designer
is comforting.  and anyone who cites chapter and verse from bloch's book
is all right by me.

> It's not going away. It works. API changes will be minimal.

yeah, i bet you're right.  it looks and sounds more done than not.

> XOM is so simple that it's been worth the effort to
> learn and use it.

and that's what i'm going to do.  hopefully i can meet my end-of-the-month
deadline...

i'll send in some feedback when i get done.

thanks to both of you for replying.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xom-interest-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
>> [mailto:xom-interest-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of dirk bergstrom
>> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 8:36 AM
>> To: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: [XOM-interest] ready for prime-time?
>>
>>
>> i'm preparing to add code to an in-house application to write and read xml
>> config files.  this will be my first foray into java xml
>> programming, and my
>> second use of xml.  i've read through various parts of elharo's java xml
>> book online, dug about on google, etc.  i've narrowed things down to xom &
>> jdom.  i expect that the xml i'll be working with will be pretty simple --
>> no namespaces, limited audience, one producer, one consumer.  i have three
>> weeks to get this done...
>>
>> xom looks very appealing, but i'm a bit leery of committing myself to
>> something so new.  do y'all think that xom is ready for
>> production use?  is
>> the API stable?  is elharo committed to maintaining it for the next year?
>> is it buggy?  will i be up the creek if elharo is hit by a bus?  any
>> gotcha's i should know about?
>>
>> so what's the word on the street?


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