[jdom-interest] Re: JDOM vs. Java XML Data Binding

[Joseph Bowbeer]

Aleksi Kallio mailto:makallio at saunalahti.fi wrote:

> What are you opinions on Merlin (ie. JDK 1.4)
> and its Java XML Data Binding?
> Will it kill JDOM? Will they coexist?
> Is it even reasonably to compare them?

Funny you should ask.  I just noticed this *surprising* claim concerning the
1.4 release (Merlin) in the current issue of JavaWorld:

    "The JDOM API will not be supported; instead, a new specification called
XML Data Binding is under development and will be shipped with Merlin. XML
Data Binding is much more powerful than JDOM; it is a combination of
powerful document definition and corresponding XML parsing and data
validation."

 http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2001/jw-0316-jdk.html

I think JDOM and XML Data Binding (Adelard) are like apples and oranges.
They're both Java-XML tools and they can be compared, but it doesn't make
sense to ask if one will kill the other.

For now, I'm going to punt on actually comparing them.  I hope someone else
will follow up.  I will mention that data binding, in my experience, has not
lived up to my expectations, but, then again, I haven't played with Adelard.


----- original message -----
From: Aleksi Kallio makallio at saunalahti.fi
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:01:50 +0200

What are you opinions on Merlin (ie. JDK 1.4) and its Java XML Data Binding?
Will it kill JDOM? Will they coexist? Is it even reasonably to compare them?