Alternative to org.apache.pluto.useJaxp system property for 1.1.5

[Eric Dalquist]

I would like to propose an alternative to the org.apache.pluto.useJaxp system property. The problem with the property for our use case is we know the user will be running in a JDK1.5+ environment and we would like a way to ensure JAXP is used by Pluto without having to make sure the user has configured the start scripts for their container correctly.

I have a few ideas for possible solutions:








I'm more than happy to implement any of the solutions or consider others.

Thanks
-Eric
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1. Simple JDK version checking. Use System.getProperty("java.specification.version") to determine the JDK version and choose the appropriate Castor configuration to use. That property returns values such as: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, ... 2. Look for a pluto_descriptor.properties file in the classpath. Before checking the system property check if a file /pluto_descriptor.properties exists in the classpath and read the property from that file. That would allow Pluto implementers to include a .properties file with the correct configuration for their portal. 3. Make a portal callback API to determine the configuration. This would be fairly complex as I'm thinking the descriptor service would need to queue up parsing of the descriptor XML files until the portal context was up and running and could provide the configuration.

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