Hi Sergui,
New classes were added to Xalan to support the new Xerces DOM. You can get
the new code from CVS, although it's still in development.
It's not likely Xalan will ever be independent from Xerces, nor do I think
Xerces will add XSLT functionality. It's also unlikely we will ever merge
the two input models, since XSLT has very different requirements from a
fully functional DOM. The data models are also different as well.
Dave
Sergiu Ignat
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Subject: Xalan and Xerces future
11/29/2002 06:39
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Hello.
I faced recentely a problem. I want to make an XSL transformation usind
Xerces DOM for input and output.
Basic usage patterns are greate, but version 1.4 works with old Xerces
interfaces, like DOM_*. The rest of my project, already written, uses new
Xerces interfaces. I didn't find a way to transform a new Xerces document
into an old one. Xalan has some DOM support too. That raises some
questions:
Will, in the future, Xalan be completely independent from Xerces?
Must I change all my previous code and use only Xalan DOM support?
Will Xerses implement some XSL capabilities?
Or, in the future, Xalan and Xerces will merge?
I would like "all in one", like MSXML. It would be easier to make just one
initialization and clean-up.
If anyone knows a solution for my problem or answares for my questions,
please replay.
Thanks.
Sergiu Ignat
