XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

At 11:43 PM -0800 11/9/03, Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:


> - Suggestion: A package that contains a single public class only 
> seems to me a little like overkill: increases complexity with little 
> gain in modularity. Hence, move nu.xom.canonical.* --> nu.xom.*
> This would make it easier to learn (less packages) and not 
> significantly less modular (affects one class only).


I look at it from the other direction. Keeping CanonicalXMLSerializer 
out of nu.xom makes the core package API simpler. It makes it obvious 
that you don't need to understand this class unless you have a 
specific need for it.

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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
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