XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Bradley S. Huffman" <hip AT cs.okstate.edu>]

Elliotte Rusty Harold writes:

> At 3:56 PM -0500 7/3/03, Kevin Herrboldt wrote:
> >This is a style question instead of a functional question.
> >
> >I've used java.text.ParseException to indicate similar exceptions in 
> >my own code, and it seems like a natural fit. I can see wanting to 
> >keep the exception in the nu.xom.* package, but maybe a different 
> >name could be considered?
> >
> >It's a minor irritation, but I've got code picking dates out of a 
> >XOM document (think DocBook) and using a DateFormat to parse them, 
> >which can throw a java.text.ParseException. I can't import both 
> >nu.xom.ParseException and java.text.ParseException, so my code gets 
> >littered with ugly full-package class references.
> 
> OK. I hadn't noticed that myself yet, but I agree it would be nice 
> not to needlessly conflict. So what other names do people like? 
> XMLParseException? ParseXMLException? Suggestions anyone?

Do you need a ParseException in nu.xom, it doesn't extend any other class
in nu.xom so couldn't you use java.text.ParseException instead?

Brad