Re: XAPI

Alex Milowski (lex@www.copsol.com)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:31:25 -0500 (CDT)

>
> From: Kevin Grimes@LIANT on 06/23/97 02:14 PM
>
> May I suggest that the XML API be expressed in language neutral IDL rather
> than Java. I believe the main impact this would have on current
> interfaces/implementations would be to the member function that actually
> loads/processes the document--you'd probably want to replace the Java
> InputStream or URL parameter with a String (BSTR in Microsoft's IDL)--as in
> the following lines from my xml.idl...
>

<snip>

I like the idea of using IDL. I have to confess that I haven't had much
of an opportunity to use it (although I would have liked to have). So, where
are the IDL "experts" that we can bring onboard to get that part correct?

...hey, I still have to support C++ no matter how much I like Java! ;-)

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