I REALLY like that struts is based on javax.xml.parsers. This way, whatever parser comes with my application server is what struts uses. One of the reasons we went with struts is that it doesn't depend on a bunch of other 3rd party products, but can plug into ANY J2EE compliant app server. As for SAX2, I don't think it's widely supported yet. My 2 cents. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Alan Yackel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 5:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Deprecated API I tried asking this on struts-dev, but got no reply. What I'm wondering is why is the Digester built on the deprecated HandlerBase instead of the SAX2 DefaultHandler? Switching over to the newer SAX2 classes doesn't required too much work. I did it with one other application. It's mostly changing AttributeList to Attributes and changing the parameter list on a few methods. Also I'm curious why Struts doesn't use the org.apache.xerces.parser.SAXParser instead of the one in javax.xml.parsers. I would think that apache projects would try leverage work from other apache projects. I'm in the middle of building a software application based on Struts for an internet consulting company. I love the features and flexibility of Struts, but it's nice to keep current with technology. Just asking, Alan Yackel Creatrixs Inc.
