[XML-SIG] ParserFilter proposal

Geir Ove Gronmo grove@infotek.no
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:54:37 +0100


At 09:45 18.11.98 +0100, you wrote:
>| It this how its done in Java by John Cowan? 
>
>No, it's not. I've separated the filter and the DocumentHandler, while
>he has the filter implement DocumentHandler, AttributeList and the
>other handlers.

Yes, I think that's a good thing to do.

>He also lacks the factory stuff I did, but has at least settled on a
>policy with the other handlers.
>
>See: <URL:http://www.ccil.org/~cowan/XML/ParserFilter.java>
>
>
>Should we align ourselves with his proposal? It's not turned into a
>standard, whether de facto (OK, Simon St.Laurent uses it) or de jure.

I don't see a need to do that. Your proposal seems to be superior to the
one written in Java. Perhaps someone should write a Java version of the
Python ParserFilter? :-)

Geir O.