On 27.05.2013 10:40, Alan Bateman wrote:
On 26/05/2013 12:04, Philippe Marschall wrote:
Hi
It would be nice if javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader and
javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter could be made to extend
java.lang.AutoCloseable so that they can be used in a
try-with-resouces statement. The some does for XMLEventReader and
XMLEventReader.
I don't recall if this one has come up before (there were lots of
candidates identified for retrofitting when AutoCloseable was added) but
the XML APIs have the complication that they are a "Standalone
Technology".
Yes and JEP-185 doesn't make it less confusing.
I don't know how far back JSR-206/173 needs to be support
but if you retrofit these interfaces to extend AutoCloseable then it
would rule out usage with jdk6. Joe Wang might know about about this.
Is he watching this list or should I contact him otherwise?
Cheers
Philippe
