XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Michael Abato <mrabato AT earthlink.net>]

On May 31, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Luca Passani wrote:

> why? everything works perfectly for me, except for the message in the 
> logs. Why should I introduce extra complexity?

I've heard "everything works perfectly for me" many times - it's a red 
flag in and of itself. The complexity (which in this case is pretty 
limited) hedges you against known problem areas that can and will bite 
as the product matures: memory leaks, session restores, unanticipated 
encodings, threading problems under load, etc. Putting a layer between 
the XOM API and the servlet API means you have a place where you can 
modify code and therefore can respond.

It's cheap to do now. It is VERY expensive later - when you have 
multiple calls that need to modified to insert the required fix - or 
even just to diagnose. Having your own code there early puts you in the 
driver's seat.

Michael Abato