[jdom-interest] CDATA sections in XMLOutputter

[Chang Sau Sheong]

Maybe instead of extending String, use String instead? (composition vs
inheritance)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliotte Rusty Harold" <elharo at metalab.unc.edu>
To: "Jason Hunter" <jhunter at collab.net>
Cc: <jdom-interest at jdom.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] CDATA sections in XMLOutputter


> At 4:02 PM -0700 6/21/00, Jason Hunter wrote:
> >I'm not sure if I made this public before, but I've been throwing around
> >the idea of a CdataString class that extended String and was a holder
> >for CDATA sections -- since some people expressed a fervent desire to be
> >able to preserve and construct CDATA sections.  Having CdataString
> >extend String means you can treat it like a normal String, but the
> >outputter can behave intelligently, and you can explicitly construct a
> >CDATA section if desired.
>
> This won't work. java.lang.String is declared final. :-(
>
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