Version Compatibility

[Robinson Simon <Si...@newton.co.uk>]

My machine had to be rebuilt yesterday, and I need to download the Java SDK
again and notice it is now 1.4.0, I also want to get hold of Xerces and
Xalan. Does anyone know the best versions to get hold of for the obvious
reasons of compatability.

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Curcuru [mailto:shane_curcuru@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:54 PM
To: xalan-j-users@xml.apache.org
Subject: Re: Invalid source-->Success


Yup, this is a feature of JAXP's FactoryFinder classes.  Since the JAXP
stuff is pluggable (i.e. the TransformerFactory interface will find you
an implementation, allowing you to plug in new implementations without
recompiling your code), they left several ways to define which
implementation gets loaded each time.  I don't remember if the JAXP
spec details the decision tree, but javax.xml.transform.FactoryFinder
comments it.  

If a system property is set, it uses that; otherwise it searches the
classpath in order for .jars that have the proper META-INF/services
files - and if the Oracle .jar is first in the classpath, then you'll
get the Oracle implementation.  There's also a lookup for a
jaxp.properties file and a final hardcoded fallback name.


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- Shane

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