XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

At 9:49 AM -0700 2/12/04, Trimmer, Todd wrote:

> So I have to ask why XOM extension writers have to be forced to use the
> Serialzer interface to get to this power? My serializers will still take
> arguments like Element, Attribute, etc., but won't necessarily write them in
> a purely atomic fashion, the way nu.xom.Serializer does.


They aren't public mainly to keep from cluttering the API. Plus there 
may be some assumptions abut how and when they the methods of 
TextWriter are called and used that aren't currently enforced 
directly in the TextWriter code. I'd have to check. If there were a 
good use case for directly accessing this stuff, I'd consider making 
them public, though probably not till after 1.0.
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  Elliotte Rusty Harold
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