[jdom-interest] Xerxes Parser and JDOM

[james todd]

i second this view.

when i saw the initial write-up on this one it explained a ton
as to why, at times, we need to include xerces.jar in our deployment
container's classpath ... when we long since moved to crimson.

my view is this is an artifact. i too like the feature it provided
in one scenario but i see no way to provided the same feature for
all scenarios with no ill effect.

- james

Alex Rosen wrote:
> 
> Realistically, here's really no good reason that the aboutbox/easteregg uses
> XML at all, except that it's cool. And it's not really correct that jdom.jar
> should favor xerces.jar over any other parser. While I'm not *always* in
> favor of correct over cool, I think in this case we should go with plan A,
> and make the about box just spit out the contents of a text file instead.
> 
> Alex
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jdom-interest-admin at jdom.org
> > [mailto:jdom-interest-admin at jdom.org]On Behalf Of Jason Hunter
> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:38 PM
> > To: JDOM Interest
> > Cc: tobias.kaempf at web.de
> > Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] Xerxes Parser and JDOM
> >
> >
> > A couple weeks ago Tobias wrote in complaining that his applet was
> > always trying to fetch xerces.jar from his server while he was using
> > crimson.jar as his parser, and wondered why.  I pointed him at the
> > MANIFEST.MF file.  Seems that was the culprit.
> >
> > So now we have a decision to make.  Do we
> >
> > a) Remove the Class-Path line from the MANIFEST.  Upside:  People who
> > use Crimson won't see two 404 hits.  Downside:  People who use Xerces
> > will have to explicitly include it in the applet tags.  Further
> > downside:  The cool "java -jar jdom.jar" easter egg won't
> > work anymore!
> >
> > b) Keep the Class-Path line.  Upside:  Easy Xerces and cool -jar.
> > Downside:  Two wasted hits.
> >
> > I suspect there may be a third choice, or more
> > upsides/downsides to this
> > issue, so I'm writing to the list to see if anyone else has a thought.
> >
> > -jh-
> >
> > tobias.kaempf at web.de wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I tried removing the Entry in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF and it works.
> > > There is no request for the Xerxes.jar any more on the Network.
> > > Thanks for this.
> > > The Entry was in the 3. Row of the File :
> > >
> > > Class-Path: ../lib/xerces.jar xerces.jar
> > >
> > > Tobias Kämpf
> > >
> > > Jason Hunter <jhunter at servlets.com> schrieb am 19.01.02:
> > > > I suspect it's because in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file
> > it refers to
> > > > xerces.jar.  Try removing that and see if it helps your
> > problem.  If so,
> > > > we'll have to consider taking that out.
> > > >
> > > > -jh-
> > >
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