[Javadata-developer] javadata alpha 4

[Gary B. <be...@el...>]

Greetings!

Bart is working on a fast xml parser at Chockstone that parses a 
data-oriented subset of xml. While the parser effort is proprietary 
[for the time being], the associated changes to javadata will make it 
easier for implementors of xml parsers to plug into javadata with 
minimal overhead.

-- Gary

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from the release notes...

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Release 1.0-alpha-4
October 25, 2003
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- This release contains changes inspired by Bart's efforts at 
implementing a
fast parser that parses a data-oriented subset of xml.

- javadocs

	- minor tweaks

- interface changes

	io.xml.ParseHandler

		signature changes:

			startElement(String namespace, String localName, AttributeAccessor 
ats)
			==>
			startElement(Tag tag, AttributeAccessor ats)

			endElement(String namespace, String localName)
			==>
			endElement(Tag tag)

	io.InputObjectFactory

		new method:

			Object createObject(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length)

	io.xml.AttributeAccessor

		removed methods:

			String getNamespace(int i)
			String getLocalName(int i)

		added method:

			Tag getTag(int i)

		all methods now throw Exception

- classes changed to reflect interface changes

	io.xml.SaxInputObjectFactory
	io.xml.PullInputObjectFactory
	io.xml.DefaultParseHandler