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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25828 [PATCH] fop.sh/bat should use java.endorsed.dirs ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-12-31 11:42 ------- 1.) The jar files I propose to put in directory lib/endorsed are also added to the classpath. Therefore earlier SDKs will find them as usual. 2.) FOP comes with its own jar files for Xerces and Xalan, to ensure that a version is used that is adequate for FOP. In SDK 1.4 these jar files are not used, because the SDK uses its built-in xerces and xalan. My proposed patch makes SDK 1.4 use the Xerces and Xalan jar files that come with FOP. As long as it is useful that FOP comes with its own xerces and xalan jar files, this patch is useful. 3.) "this" is the patch to fop.sh/bat. "from" is the current situation. "to" is a situation in which fop.sh/bat uses the Xerces and Xalan jar files that come with FOP when using SDK 1.4. The feature I am addressing is that SDK 1.4 on the one hand comes with non-core, so-called endorsed standards and implementations, and on the other hand allows one to override those by specifying "endorsed dirs". All jars in those dirs are prepended to the boot class path, and thus prevail over built-in versions of the same classes. See guide/standards/index.html in the SDK documentation. Xerces and Xalan are probably the best known of these endorsed standards, and have caused most problems for users. SDK 1.4.0 came with a pretty early version of Xerces 2. It was often necessary to override it with versions delivered by applications, using the method applied in this patch. The problem may have gone with later SDKs.
