On 1/26/08 3:43 AM, Ketil Malde wrote:
I think a good approach would be a TagSoup-like (SAX-like) lazy ByteString parser, with more advanced features (checking for well-formedness, building a tree structure, validation, namespace support..) layered on top.
Perhaps a more modern approach would be StAX[1]-like rather than SAX-like? In either case, streaming, non-DOM. I am concerned by the number of people expressing willingness to abandon namespace support, but perhaps I'm being too much of a purist....
These days, there is a lot of XML around, so solid and performant XML processing could be another step in missing our stated mission goal of avoiding success at all costs.
Agreed. Keith 1. http://stax.codehaus.org/ http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/09/17/stax.html