Character entities (Ӓ) are handy though, for storing 16 bit unicode chars in a utf8/ascii project.xml. Hopefully xpp3 distinguishes character entities from external entities.
--Jeff On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:50:41PM -0400, Jason van Zyl wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:24, Dion Gillard wrote: > > Given that they're a standard part of XML, and that the m2 project > > descriptor in one form will be an XML document, why would they not be > > available? > > If decided that the native mechanisms would work best, which I > definitely think would be the case as there would be one standard way > that work whereas the use of XML entities could be used in any fashion, > then I would disable their use them in the xpp3 parser. > > I honestly cannot see any cases where entities would be beneficial with > what's running now in m2. Also, with some of the more advanced features > in m2 for conflict resolution amongst dependencies, better jar > overriding, and better general handling of artifacts exact control over > processing becomes necessary. I would really like to avoid having to > locate the source of a problem by finding the source of an entity. > > In addition things like accurate authoring will have difficulty dealing > with entities. If you, say, have a GUI that is allowing you to fix a > conflict, or align dependencies then we can provide the exact > information to client code to find the source of the conflict. > > I don't see any upside to entities at all in m2 and I think they would > actually be harmful. Nothing special happens with the processing of XML > in m1 so it doesn't really matter. But sophisticated tools will need > exacting control whether than be our own like the conflict resolution > mechanism or GUI tools. > > -- > jvz. > > Jason van Zyl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://maven.apache.org > > happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will > elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come > and sit softly on your shoulder ... > > -- Thoreau > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
