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XML Hammer the final 1.0 version.

The XML Hammer application is a tool that simplifies elementary XML actions like checking for well-formedness, validation, transformation and XPath searches using any JAXP implementation.

The bugs fixed in this version include an issue with previously opened but removed projects and some changes to the start-up scripts.

Besides the fixed bugs, this version also adds a line-number margin to the different editors.... read more

The XML Hammer application is a tool that simplifies elementary XML actions like checking for well-formedness, validation, transformation and XPath searches using any JAXP implementation.

The XML Hammer 1.0 rc-3 is a major bug fix release and the third release candidate.

The bugs fixed include major issues in the startup scripts, confusing 'internal DTD' terminology and closing of output streams.... read more

The XML Hammer application is a tool that simplifies elementary XML actions like checking for well-formedness, validation, transformation and XPath searches using any JAXP implementation.

NEW FEATURES:

This is a major bug fix release and the second release candidate. Besides the bugs fixed, this new candidate also adds out-of-the-box support for RelaxNG schema validation.

BUGS FIXED:

Among the bugs fixed are:
Improved console output, .sh file now no longer calls javaw and it is now again possible to add items to the class-path. ... read more

When the only thing you've got is a XML Hammer, every solution looks like XML.

DESCRIPTIONS:

The XML Hammer application is a tool that simplifies elementary XML actions like checking for well-formedness, validation, transformation and XPath searches using any JAXP implementation.

After all these years of XML, it is still relatively difficult to simply validate or transform XML files. You are currently either forced to use extensive, sometimes expensive, and most often difficult to use tools with a lot of extra functionality unnecessary for these simple tasks and very often not flexible enough to provide what you want, or you will have to be almost a programmer and create your own application or script to handle these elementary XML related tasks. ... read more

When the only thing you've got is a XML Hammer, every solution looks like XML.

DESCRIPTIONS:

The XML Hammer application is a tool that simplifies elementary XML actions like checking for well-formedness, validation, transformation and xpath searches using any JAXP implementation.

After all these years of XML, it is still relatively difficult to simply validate or transform XML files. You are currently either forced to use extensive, sometimes expensive, and most often difficult to use tools with a lot of extra functionality unnecessary for these simple tasks and very often not flexible enough to provide what you want, or you will have to be almost a programmer and create your own application or script to handle these elementary XML related tasks. ... read more

When the only thing you've got is a XML Hammer, every solution looks like XML.

DESCRIPTIONS:

The XML Hammer application is a tool that simplifies elementary XML actions like checking for well-formedness, validation, transformation and xpath searches using any JAXP implementation.

After all these years of XML, it is still relatively difficult to simply validate or transform XML files. You are currently either forced to use extensive, sometimes expensive, and most often difficult to use tools with a lot of extra functionality unnecessary for these simple tasks and very often not flexible enough to provide what you want, or you will have to be almost a programmer and create your own application or script to handle these elementary XML related tasks.... read more