XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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

Michael Kay wrote:

> The most frequent problem I see with Crimson is that it doesn't allow UTF-8
> files to start with a BOM - which isn't strictly a bug because at the time
> it was released the XML spec wasn't clear on the point - but it's a common
> problem anyway.

I might be able to work around that one. I'll have to think about it. I 
could notice if the parser is Crimson and, if it is, strip off any 
initial UTF-8 byte order mark before passing it to the parser.

However what if the document is then not UTF-8? Could this change a 
malformed document into a well-formed one or vice versa in any 
circumstances?

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