On 28/08/2014 08:31, Michael Kay wrote:
I haven't yet had a chance to look at the JAXP tests, but this kind of message suggests
to me that they don't separate what is in JAXP (the interface) from what is in Xalan and
Xerces (the implementations).Would that be a correct assumption? The
"redirect" extension is not a JAXP feature, it is a Xalan feature.
I've had the impression for some years that the management of JAXP as an
interface is far too closely tied up with the management of the JAXP
implementations within the JDK.
Just to add to Joe's comments then it is important to have a
comprehensive set of tests that fully exercise the implementation and
any JDK-specific implementation features. Clearly conformance tests for
the JAXP API should only have tests that are developed based on the
specification but that is the role of the conformance suite/JCK (which
is not in OpenJDK).
-Alan.
