Re: [Sax-devel] Default behavior of no-args XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader() method

[David B. <da...@pa...>]

> The current no-args XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader() method fails if 
> the org.xml.sax.driver system property isn't set. Parser vendors are 
> suposed to replace this method with one of their own that returns a 
> known XMLReader class, but few do. 

That'd be a bug in the parser distro, yes?  And the text doesn't say "replace";
there's some additional behavior now defined.

http://sax.sourceforge.net/apidoc/org/xml/sax/helpers/XMLReaderFactory.html#createXMLReader()


>     I propose a change to the code for 
> this method in the default distribution that searches through a list of 
> known parser classes in orderuntil it finds one

What's wrong about expecting parser distros to do their jobs?
I think that having the default distro "pick winners" is wrong.

- Dave