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Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset

From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
To: "Bradley S. Huffman" <hip AT cs.okstate.edu>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:56:57 -0400

At 10:48 AM -0500 7/7/03, Bradley S. Huffman wrote:

I'm beginning to wonder if adding the methods appendValue(String value) and
appendEntity(String name) (or maybe just appendCharRef(char ch)) to Attribute
would make life simpler for everyone.

No, that adds too much complexity for way too little benefit. Plus it mixes up the structure and the syntax. XOM does not model anything at the syntax layer.
--

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

[XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/03/2003
- Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/03/2003
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, John Cowan, 07/03/2003
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Laurent Bihanic, 07/03/2003
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/03/2003
- Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/07/2003
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/07/2003
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/07/2003
      - Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/07/2003
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/08/2003
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/08/2003
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/08/2003
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/08/2003
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, John Cowan, 07/08/2003
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/08/2003
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 07/08/2003
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, Bradley S. Huffman, 07/08/2003
        Re: [XOM-interest] Extra white space escaping to preserve the infoset, John Cowan, 07/08/2003