[jdom-interest] Re: XMLOuputter = SAXOutputter + XMLFilter + XMLWriter

[Brett McLaughlin]

Joseph Bowbeer wrote:
> 
> Brett McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> > One note: we will never allow the user to pass in their own XMLReader
> ...
> 
> In that case, SAXBuilder could accept an XMLFilter in addition to an
> input source, and SAXBuilder could attach the XMLFilter to the XMLReader
> it creates from the input source.
> 
> A filter could be used to strip whitespace from element content, among
> other things.  SAXBuilder could create this filter itself when the user
> sets the ignoreElementContentWhitespace property.
> 
> A filter could also be used for debugging.  Using an XMLWriter as the
> filter would leave the input unchanged, but would output the XML for
> inspection.

These all make good sense. Care to submit a patch and some examples?

-Brett

> 
> --
> Joe Bowbeer
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brett McLaughlin" <brett.mclaughlin at lutris.com>
> To: "Joseph Bowbeer" <jozart at csi.com>
> Cc: <jdom-interest at jdom.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] Re: XMLOuputter = SAXOutputter + XMLFilter
> + XMLWriter
> 
> Joseph Bowbeer wrote:
> >
> <snip />
> 
> One note: we will never allow the user to pass in their own XMLReader;
> we have to have certain properties set a certain way; while some are
> flexible (like validation), some are completely inflexible (like
> namespaces); so we won't ever have that functionality, because we either
> (1) lost that control or (2) have to turn it on on their passed in
> object, which is deceptive.
> 
> We'll get back to the other discussion, I just wanted to clarify our
> resons for this ;-)
> 
> -Brett

-- 
Brett McLaughlin, Enhydra Strategist
Lutris Technologies, Inc. 
1200 Pacific Avenue, Suite 300 
Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA 
http://www.lutris.com
http://www.enhydra.org