[jira] [Commented] (XERCESJ-1689) Remove org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLDOMImplementation from xercesImpl.jar

["Stefan Huehner (Jira)" <xe...@xml.apache.org>]

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Stefan Huehner commented on XERCESJ-1689:
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Hi [~mukul_gandhi],

I'm interested getting this solved and was digging into the pain point (allow to support older Java's).

 

I was double checking on Otmar's initial info that the interface was added in Java 1.7 but based on what i found it was apparently already added back in Java 1.4

What i checked is using old Oracle j2sdk1.4.2_19 and checking content of the embedded jre/lib/rt.jar

Apart of existing looks like be same expected content already:

javap -c -p 1.4/org/w3c/dom/html/HTMLDOMImplementation.class 
Compiled from "HTMLDOMImplementation.java"
public interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLDOMImplementation extends org.w3c.dom.DOMImplementation {
 public abstract org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLDocument createHTMLDocument(java.lang.String);
}

 

So removing the interface from xerces should keep Java >=1.4 compatible out of the box as before.

Only issue would be 1.4 itself.

FAQ [https://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-11] (and your earlier comment) has >= 1.3 as min version since 2.10 release (ignoring that XSD special case)

 

Given the age of Java 1.4 (Release date in 2002) maybe easiest could be to raise min version to 1.4 while keeping "most" of the compatibility?

 

Benefit of this would be no extra overhead of extra jars or multi-release jars or another solution.

 

P.S. That issue does not only hit people using java 'modules' but also block anyone using eclipse-compiler with java11 and also will probably break normal javac java compilation in the future (If and when [https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215739] is implemented).

 

 

 -

 

But with you

> Remove org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLDOMImplementation from xercesImpl.jar
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: XERCESJ-1689
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1689
>             Project: Xerces2-J
>          Issue Type: Wish
>          Components: DOM (HTML)
>    Affects Versions: 2.11.0
>            Reporter: Otmar Humbel
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 2.12.0
>
>
> The interface {{org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLDOMImplementation}} is part of the JDK since Java {{1.7}}.
> Java 1.7 has been EOL 'ed since a long time.
>  Is there any reason to keep this interface in {{xercesImpl.jar}}? It produces a split package:
> {{xerces-2_11_0: jdeps --jdk-internals -cp ./xercesImpl.jar}}
>  {{split package: org.w3c.dom.html [jrt:/jdk.xml.dom, ./xercesImpl.jar]}}
> which prevents people from using modules in Java {{>= 9}}.



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