XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

I've posted version 1.0d16 of XOM in the usual location:

http://www.cafeconleche.org/XOM/

The primary focus of this release is adding unit tests for XSLT, and 
fixing the bugs they uncovered:

    * More accurate exception messages from the XSLTransform constructors
    * XSLT unit tests
    * The distribution now includes Michael Kay's SAXON jar archive so
      that XSLT works with Java 1.2 and 1.3 VMs.
    * Fixed a nasty bug in Element.toXML that was making XSLT
      transforms fail when elements were in the default namespace
    * You can now transform a NodeList as well as a complete document

Other assorted improvements in this release include:

    * The standard jar file no longer includes the samples, tests, and
       benchmarks packages. You can compile these from source if you
       need them, but omitting them makes the jar file smaller for
      developers who want to bundle XOM with their own applications.
    * The jar file is indexed to improve class loading speed.
    * I moved SAXConverter and DOMConverter out of the core package
      into a new nu.xom.converters package. They're fairly special purpose.
    * Improved compatibility with Java 1.2.
    * SAX filters can no longer bypass well-formedness checks
    * Worked around a Xerces and Crimson bug that inhibits relative URL
      resolution from pathless base URLs such as http://www.cafeconleche.org
    * The FibonacciSOAPClient sample program works now
    * Document.insertChild(DocType, position) now throws an
      IllegalAddException if the Document already has a DocType,
      rather than silently replacing it.

Other than the new XSLTransform.transform(NodeList) method and the 
new nu.xom.converters package for SAXConverter and DOMConverter, 
there are no API level changes in this release. Most code that ran 
with 1.0d15 should run unchanged with 1.0d16 .
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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
  elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
  Processing XML with Java (Addison-Wesley, 2002)
  http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201771861/cafeaulaitA