[jsword-devel] XML Parsers

[DM Smith]

To bad. I'd have liked a simple path. Looks like 5.0 here we come 
(slowly and cautiously).

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> From my brief stint trying to compile flashcards for j2me, I think 
> you'd be hard pressed to get jsword compiled.  Very basic things like 
> java.util.Properties is not present.  I haven't given up hope for 
> flashcards, but need more time to provide basic implementations of the 
> missing resources we use.
>
>     -Troy.
>
>
>
> DM Smith wrote:
>> Is it at all important to be able to target hand helds (e.g. pda, 
>> phone, ...)? (i.e. compile with J2ME)
>>
>> Right now we cannot, but with a few simple changes, we could have 
>> jsword.jar and common.jar work on them.
>> However, IIRC we have to compile with -target 1.3 which implies 
>> -source 1.3.
>> I think that if we use language features of 5.0, then we have to 
>> -source 1.5.
>>
>> I agree that there are a lot of language features in 1.5 that would 
>> be wins.
>>
>> Joe Walker wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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 
>>> <mailto: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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