XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Al Hopper <al AT logical-approach.com>]

On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Elliotte Harold wrote:

> Al Hopper wrote:
>
> > Bug report (I think):
> >
> > Running nu.xom.samples.CanonicalizerDriver on a well formed xml document
> > gives:
> >
> > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 
> > nu.xom.canonical.Canonicalizer$CanonicalXMLSerializer.writeChild(Lnu/xom/Node;)V
> >     at 
> > nu.xom.canonical.Canonicalizer$CanonicalXMLSerializer.write(Unknown 
> > Source)
> >     at nu.xom.canonical.Canonicalizer.write(Unknown Source)
> >     at SequenceNumbers.main(SequenceNumbers.java:67)
> >
> > Or am I missing something?
> >
>
> I don't know what that could be. I just tested
> nu.xom.samples.CanonicalizerDriver and it works. Could you possibly have
> some sort of CLASSPATH issues? e.g. could you have an older version of
> the samples JAR archive interacting with the newer core JAR?
>
> Also, what is SequenceNumbers? That doesn't look like one of XOM's
> classes. Do you get the same result if you actually use
> CanonicalizerDriver?

Yep - same result from CanonicalizerDriver but problem solved:

Duuhhh.  I found the problem - an old copy of xom.jar in
/usr/j2se/jre/lib/endorsed.  I thought I had replaced it - but I mv-ed the
wrong file and left the old one in place.

Sorry for wasting your time Elliotte; and many thanks for XOM.

Regards from an embarrassed:

Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.  al AT logical-approach.com
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