XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

dvholten AT computer.org wrote:

> hi there,
>
> as you discuss technical performance matters, i'd like to throw in some
> more 'stylistic' enhancements:
>
> i propose these changes in xom/Attribute.java  enumeration class 'Type':
> - drop int member ' type' 
> - add String member 'name' (i propose 'final String' as it is immutable)
> - change constructor (and constructor calls) to accept the symbolic names
> - drop switch statement in getName(), just return name
> - change hashCode() to return name's hashCode

Might be marginally clearer, and makes no external changes However there 
are some issues:

1. Some parsers do not return the standard names they're supposed to. I 
cannot promise that the name passed into such a constructor is indeed 
one of the ten legal names. I can probably work around that but

2. The names passed in might not be equal in multiclassloader situations.

Again, I can probably work around all this, but it's not clear why I 
should.  What would be gained by doing this? I don't think the current 
version is all that complex.


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