Alan Gutierrez wrote:
That's one of my main criticisms of your suggested API --- it's too tightly bound to libxml, and doesn't really allow for substitution of another parser.
Could you substantiate your claim ?
Sorting out exception handling, though and event framework like a push parser framework is no small challenge.
I've always been critical of the Java SAXException, it is checked, and it cannot wrap a runtime expcetion, two choices that maximize the chanllenges of tunneling exceptions.
The probable addition of a cursor / event based API aside, I'd really prefer we focus on the DOM API I proposed. It's totally independent from SAX /XmlReader, and so we may be able to agree on something fast. [...]
Polymorphism is important for extensibility. However here the set of node types is well known (and rather limited).
What about a Post-Schema Valiation Infoset PSVI? With XMLSchema the types of nodes are unlimited.
That's an interesting point, and I have been waiting for this to get raised. :-) I'm not sure, though, that such a node (element ?) type system should live at the same level as the suggested DOM layer, as opposed to on top of it. Regards, Stefan