Re: YAXPAPI (Yet Another XML Parser API)- an XDEV proposal

David Megginson (ak117@freenet.carleton.ca)
Sun, 14 Dec 1997 20:09:02 -0500


Mark L. Fussell writes:

> That does lead me to a question: David, are you assuming that XmlPar=
ser is
> always standalone? If someone packages it with their application/ap=
plet
> it is only about 11K in a compressed JAR so you are pretty close to =
your
> size design goal from that pespective.=20

No, I have designed it mostly to be hidden deep within applets and
applications (possibly without the user even being aware that the
applet has an XML parser). I am glad to hear that =C6lfred compresses
down to 11K in a JAR file; now if only Bill and Scott would kiss and
make up, and the entire user community would celebrate the moment by
upgrading their browsers...

On a different note, I have given =C6lfred a zero-argument constructor,=

and have provided some public setters and accessors, but I have not
implemented the Serializable interface (because it does not exist in
Java 1.0.2). I am curious whether =C6lfred will work in the Beanbox as=

a simple invisible bean, but I haven't had time to download the
Beanbox and check.

All the best,

David

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David Megginson ak117@freenet.carleton.ca
Microstar Software Ltd. dmeggins@microstar.com
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/dmeggins/