XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

Wolfgang Hoschek wrote:

> For example, it brings up the question of the public XOM Builder API.  
> Should the Stax builder be a) standalone, or b) a subclass, or c)  
> implement some currently non-existing common interface? In case b)  
> some methods in the XOM Builder might need to be made protected  
> rather than private.

I strongly suspect that it would need to be its own class completely 
independent of Builder. While you might be able to share the same 
interface as Builder, virtually none of the implementation would be 
reusable. However it should be possible to reuse NodeFactory. And of 
course as you've pointed out in the past you'd take a performance hit 
from double verifying that Builder can avoid. But I suppose you could 
put the class in the nu.xom package to avoid this, at least for 
experimental purposes.


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