XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

John Cowan wrote:

> You're right that the current 1.1 API is a mess.  I'd go to a simple
> constructor that only specifies the OutputStream, and then have methods
> to set various features and properties: setExclusiveMode(boolean b),
> getExclusiveMode(), setCommentsMode(boolean b), getCommentsMode(),
> setAlgorithm(String algorithm), getAlgorithm().


I like this idea. However, I'm a little restricted by the fact that 
Canonicalizer(OutputStream out, boolean withComments) is already part of 
the 1.0 API. In hindsight, I should have had one constructor and used a 
setter method for withComments as you suggest.

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