[jsword-devel] XML Parsers

[Joe Walker]

My vote would be to go with Java 5.
Other wins for us with Java5:
- co-variant return types - we've missed these in the past
- much better UI fidelity
- enums, etc, etc

Joe

On 2/20/06, DM Smith <dmsmith555 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Please give me your thoughts:
> Background:
>     BibleDesktop uses Java WebStart as one of its "installers" and Java
> 1.4 or higher.
>     WebStart and Java 1.4 are written in such a way that the built-in
> xml parser cannot be replaced.
>     Java 1.4 uses Crimson for its parser and one has to go to great
> lengths to replace it via a wrapper script.
>     Java 1.5 (aka 5.0) uses Xerces for its parser and it is designed to
> be replaceable, even via WebStart.
>
> Opportunity:
>     Xerces has capabilities that Crimson does not. A few of these would
> be genuinely useful.
>     For example:
>          Xerces allows the programmatic specification of a schema. (This
> would allow us to have a debug mode that could validate fragments
> against a schema.)
>          Xerces provides the ability to get line and offset information
> in error reports.
>
> Do we go to Java 1.5? (At least for Java WebStart?)
> Do we stick with source compatibility to Java 1.4?
> Do we try to achieve source compatibility with Java 1.3? (This would
> allow us to target handhelds. We just need to replace regex and asserts.)
> Do we use the latest and greatest Xerces? (It adds 1,176K + 190K to the
> install size.)
>
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