XOM API for Processing XML with Java

["Blaine R Southam" <bsoutham AT gmail.com>]

Miachael,

I understand that breaking the interface contract is a bad thing.  But how
is it that I would be breaking the interface contract?  The only thing that
I'm doing is providing a different hardcoded value as the default.  Rather
than using the default namespace of an empty string to the query method, I
would be providing a default of my specific namespace.  It still conforms to
the XQuery/XPath specification.

-Blaine



On 9/19/06, Michael Kay <mike AT saxonica.com> wrote:
> > It doesn't
> > seem that it would be harmful to allow the method to be overriden.
>
> >It wouldn't be harmful to allow it to be overridden by an implementation
> >that fulfils the contract - that is, one which conforms to the
> XQuery/XPath
> >specifications.