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Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading

From: Nils Kilden-Pedersen <nilskp AT gmail.com>
To: XOM API for Processing XML with Java <xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:55:17 -0500

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Elliotte Rusty Harold
<elharo AT ibiblio.org>wrote:

> Without arguing the merits of your proposal, it's simply too late. I'm
> not going to make such a backwards incompatible change.
>

What would be wrong with adding a new build method that takes a URL (or URI)
and deprecating the old one? Wouldn't break any builds, but would fix the
issue that the OP brought up.

[XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, cowwoc, 04/02/2010
- Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 04/02/2010
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, Nils Kilden-Pedersen, 04/02/2010
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, Michael Kay, 04/02/2010
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, Elliotte Rusty Harold, 04/02/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, cowwoc, 04/04/2010
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Builder.build(String) is misleading, Michael Kay, 04/04/2010