MSXML is tied to Windows

[Andrew Layman]

I believe that the dependency on the XMLInputStream interface is to avoid
some bugs in the JDK 1.1 libraries that do not handle byte ordering
correctly on Apple platforms. That is my memory; you could alter the code to
use the JDK packages and test on Apple if you like.

The packages com.ms.xml.xmlstream and the alternate version are functionally
equivalent, but the Windows-specific one has much higher performance. Choose
portable or fast depending on your needs.  

--Andrew Layman
   AndrewL at microsoft.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Don Park [SMTP:donpark at quake.net]
> Sent:	Friday, November 14, 1997 11:16 AM
> To:	Joe Lapp; xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
> Subject:	Re: MSXML is tied to Windows
> 
> Joe,
> 
> Windows dependency of MSXML is minimal.  All you have to do is following:
> 
> 1. remove com.ms.xml.dso package.
> 
> Delete the class files from the jar and/or comment it out of the makefile.
> DSO is accessed by some of the samples but none of the other MSXML
> packages.
> 
> 2. remove dependency on com.ms.xml.xmlstream package.
> 
> Latest version of MSXML includes an alternate XMLInputStream class located
> inside the 'make' directory.  Replace com.ms.xml.util.XMLInputStream with
> the alternate version to remove dependency on com.ms.xml.xmlstream
> package.
> 
> WIth above two changes, you will end up with a pure-Java version of MSXML.
> MSXML is the most complete XML parser available right now and you get the
> source code on top of it.  I would be smiling by now if I were you :-)
> 
> Don Park
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Lapp <jlapp at acm.org>
> To: xml-dev at ic.ac.uk <xml-dev at ic.ac.uk>
> Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 11:02 AM
> Subject: MSXML is tied to Windows
> 
> 
> >I've been looking at Microsoft's MSXML.  Although it is written
> >in Java, it is tied to the Windows platform.  Instead of using
> >Java's URL facilities in java.net.*, it provides an ActiveX
> >control to do the job.  Class com.ms.xml.util.XMLInputStream
> >relies on COM interface IXMLStream, which MSXML provides as a
> >DLL written in C++ (see com\ms\xml\XMLStream\XMLURLStream).
> >
> >I'm looking for a 100% pure Java XML parser that is being
> >actively maintained.  I've got a few projects up my sleeve,
> >and I want to be sure that the code I write is cross-platform.
> >If I write to MSXML, I tie myself into Microsoft's API.  Given
> >that the only implementation of that API works only on Windows,
> >to write to MSXML would be to tie my Java tool to Windows.
> >
> >It seems that Microsoft has the most complete implementation
> >of an XML parser, so Microsoft is doing a very good job of
> >trying to get me to write Java that works only on Windows.
> >--
> >Joe Lapp (Java Apps Developer/Consultant)
> >Unite for Java! - http://www.javalobby.org
> >jlapp at acm.org
> >
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