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Posted to dev@santuario.apache.org by Cliff1016 <cl...@yahoo.com> on 2007/04/18 03:15:11 UTC
Does the XML security package work with Xerces-C v1.6 ?
Hi All,
My supervisor is asking me to implement some functions doing the XML
signature. I was thinking about using the Apache XML security library but
then my supervisor said that our server has Xerces-C v1.6 installed and I
cannot upgrade it since we have lots of old programs depending on it. So,
does anybody know if I could use Xerces-C v1.6 or if there is any other work
around for this. Your replies will be greatly appreciated.
Cliff
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Re: Does the XML security package work with Xerces-C v1.6 ?
Posted by Cliff1016 <cl...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Berin,
Yes, our server is indeed running with "1.6" :) Anyway, I will try to add
2.7 as a speparate lib as you suggested. Thanks a lot !!
Cliff
Berin Lautenbach wrote:
>
> Hmm. Brain failure. Very sorry :<.
>
> Of course the current version is 2.7 (not 1.7).
>
> I'm assuming you mean 2.6 rather than 1.6?
>
> If you really do mean 1.6 then it won't work. It's been a long time
> (and someone will correct me I'm sure) but 1.6 used a completed
> different structure for the DOMNode that is incompatible with the 2.x
> series.
>
> If that's the case, then you might want to try compiling up 2.7 as a
> separate library on your system. The libraries are versioned, so you
> should actually be able to run them in parallel. I commonly compile the
> library using specific versions of Xerces, regardless of what is on the
> system as the default, and you can configure the library that it
> compiles against using ./configure options. (--with-xerces=....)
>
> Apologies for the incorrect response the first time around. My excuse
> is new baby and no sleep!
>
> Cheers,
> Berin
>
> Berin Lautenbach wrote:
>> The library has a bunch of #ifdef statements in there for various
>> aspects and will detect the version of Xerces it is working against
>> during the ./configure operation.
>>
>> The general aim has always been to support Xerces "N" (currently 1.7)
>> and "N-1" (currently 1.6). So you should be fine.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Berin
>>
>> Cliff1016 wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> My supervisor is asking me to implement some functions doing the XML
>>> signature. I was thinking about using the Apache XML security library
>>> but
>>> then my supervisor said that our server has Xerces-C v1.6 installed and
>>> I
>>> cannot upgrade it since we have lots of old programs depending on it.
>>> So,
>>> does anybody know if I could use Xerces-C v1.6 or if there is any
>>> other work
>>> around for this. Your replies will be greatly appreciated.
>>> Cliff
>>
>>
>
>
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Re: Does the XML security package work with Xerces-C v1.6 ?
Posted by Berin Lautenbach <be...@wingsofhermes.org>.
Hmm. Brain failure. Very sorry :<.
Of course the current version is 2.7 (not 1.7).
I'm assuming you mean 2.6 rather than 1.6?
If you really do mean 1.6 then it won't work. It's been a long time
(and someone will correct me I'm sure) but 1.6 used a completed
different structure for the DOMNode that is incompatible with the 2.x
series.
If that's the case, then you might want to try compiling up 2.7 as a
separate library on your system. The libraries are versioned, so you
should actually be able to run them in parallel. I commonly compile the
library using specific versions of Xerces, regardless of what is on the
system as the default, and you can configure the library that it
compiles against using ./configure options. (--with-xerces=....)
Apologies for the incorrect response the first time around. My excuse
is new baby and no sleep!
Cheers,
Berin
Berin Lautenbach wrote:
> The library has a bunch of #ifdef statements in there for various
> aspects and will detect the version of Xerces it is working against
> during the ./configure operation.
>
> The general aim has always been to support Xerces "N" (currently 1.7)
> and "N-1" (currently 1.6). So you should be fine.
>
> Cheers,
> Berin
>
> Cliff1016 wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> My supervisor is asking me to implement some functions doing the XML
>> signature. I was thinking about using the Apache XML security library but
>> then my supervisor said that our server has Xerces-C v1.6 installed and I
>> cannot upgrade it since we have lots of old programs depending on it. So,
>> does anybody know if I could use Xerces-C v1.6 or if there is any
>> other work
>> around for this. Your replies will be greatly appreciated.
>> Cliff
>
>
Re: Does the XML security package work with Xerces-C v1.6 ?
Posted by Berin Lautenbach <be...@wingsofhermes.org>.
The library has a bunch of #ifdef statements in there for various
aspects and will detect the version of Xerces it is working against
during the ./configure operation.
The general aim has always been to support Xerces "N" (currently 1.7)
and "N-1" (currently 1.6). So you should be fine.
Cheers,
Berin
Cliff1016 wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My supervisor is asking me to implement some functions doing the XML
> signature. I was thinking about using the Apache XML security library but
> then my supervisor said that our server has Xerces-C v1.6 installed and I
> cannot upgrade it since we have lots of old programs depending on it. So,
> does anybody know if I could use Xerces-C v1.6 or if there is any other work
> around for this. Your replies will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cliff