XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Wolfgang Hoschek <whoschek AT lbl.gov>]

Thanks for ignoring user feedback (while requiring no more than 5 
minutes of work).

Plus, is that in line with XOM principle of "as easy as possible"?
In particular do you really want new users to have their

        new Element("hello")

potentially fail for such far-fetched reasons?
I recommend getting back down to earth, with all due respect.

Wolfgang.

On Jan 21, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote:

> Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:
>
> > If a user doesn't call XOM XSLT or call the NFC normalizer he/she 
> > doesn't need the relevant jars either.
>
> The difference is that nothing else in XOM calls normalizer or XSLT 
> except the normalizer and XSLT. At the moment, that's true of XPath 
> too, but it may not stay that way for long. Other methods in XOM may 
> well develop an internal dependence on XPath. Using XPath would 
> certainly make the XInclude code saner.
>
> If that turns out not to be true when I'm closer to releasing XOM 1.1, 
> then I'll consider more indirection, but right now it doesn't seem 
> like a high priority, especially since I may yet throw it all out and 
> start over.
>
> --
> Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo AT metalab.unc.edu
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