XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

Watson, John wrote:

> I couldn't agree more.  My application is an interpreter that generates
> XPath expressions and then applies them.  I rely pretty much on the full set
> of types that XPath expressions may return.  If XOM restricts itself just to
> node-sets, I'm afraid I'm much less inclined to use it.

Could you tell more about your application? It sounds interesting.

Also a relevant question: if XOM allows full types for XPath return 
values from the query method, is this likely to be sufficient for your 
needs, or are you likely to use something like NUX or Saxon anyway to 
get compiled expressions, variables, extension functions, XPath 2.0, 
and/or XQuery?

If a small change would enable a lot more use cases, then I'm inclined 
to consider it. However, if a lot more is required then I suspect I'll 
just refer people to NUX and Saxon.

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