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

From: "Michael Kay" <mike AT saxonica.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 23:04:27 +0100

> 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.

People who can't be bothered to read the spec before calling the method are
hardly going to start doing so just because the method is deprecated.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay

[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