SAX2 Namespace Support

[Richard Anderson]

Why are you trying to complicate ours lifes :)

Please change these from:

>   public void startElement (String ns, String name,
>                             AttributeList atts)
>     throws SAXException;
>
>   public void endElement (String ns, String name)
>     throws SAXException;

to:

>   public void startElement (String nsPrefix, String ns, String name,
>                             AttributeList atts)
>     throws SAXException;
>
>   public void endElement (String nsPrefix,String ns, String name)
>     throws SAXException;

We can build ours DOM more easily this way dont have to buffer the other
namespace events.  I also would be surprised if at least 80% of SAX2 users
a) wouldnt mind this being present b) would probably use it

Anybody agree with me or am I standing in the dark all alone on this ?

Thanks,

Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: David Megginson <david at megginson.com>
To: XMLDev list <xml-dev-digest at ic.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 11:02 PM
Subject: SAX2 Namespace Support


> OK, here goes...
>
> Background
> ----------
>
> I accept Tim Bray's argument that Namespace-qualified names should be
> passed on in two parts and not one, and that Namespace-aware
> processing is the future of XML.
>
> I accept James Clark's argument that there must be a mechanism for
> passing on the original prefix if the parser supports doing so and the
> application desires it, if only for DOM2 support.
>
>
> General Rules
> -------------
>
> 1. By default, SAX2 parsers shall perform Namespace processing unless
>    explicitly requested not to do so.  There's no point having them
>    start in an indeterminate state, or in allowing SAX2 parsers not to
>    do Namespace processing.  I will provide a filter that can be
>    embedded in the driver for parsers that don't do NS processing
>    natively.
>
> 2. There will be features for (i) requesting that the original prefix
>    be prepended to each local name and (ii) turning off Namespace
>    processing altogether.  The default value for each of these
>    features will be false, and no parser is required to support either
>    of them.
>
> 3. If a LexicalHandler is set, the parser may use it to report the
>    scope of Namespace declarations.  Note that this is a little
>    brittle, and probably less useful than people think, but that it is
>    essential for XSLT.  Not all parsers will support LexicalHandler.
>
> 4. Namespace-qualified names are always reported as two separate
>    strings: the Namespace URI and the local name.  The local name may
>    have the original prefix prepended at client request, but the
>    prefix will not be there by default.
>
> The idea of all of this is that fully-cooked Namespace processing is
> the default behaviour and the normal, transparent operating mode for
> SAX2 -- most application writers need never know that other modes are
> available.
>
> However, there are optional, non-obtrusive mechanisms for passing on
> extra information (such as the original prefixes and the scope of NS
> declarations).  The presence or absence of support for these optional
> features can be determined by feature queries.
>
>
> Implementation
> --------------
>
> This implementation is based largely on suggestions from James Clark.
>
>
> [from org.xml.sax2.DocumentHandler]
>
>   public void startElement (String ns, String name,
>                             AttributeList atts)
>     throws SAXException;
>
>   public void endElement (String ns, String name)
>     throws SAXException;
>
>
> [org.xml.sax2.AttributeList]
>
>   public class AttributeList
>   {
>     public int getLength ();
>
>     public String getNamespaceURI (int i);
>     public String getName (int i);
>     public String getType (int i);
>     public String getValue (int i);
>
>     public String getType (String ns, String localName);
>     public String getValue (String ns, String localName);
>
>                     // For searching on prefixed names
>     public String getType (String name);
>     public String getValue (String name);
>   }
>
>
> [from org.xml.sax2.LexicalHandler]
>
>   public void startNamespaceDeclScope (String prefix, String uri)
>     throws SAXException;
>
>   public void endNamespaceDeclScope (String prefix)
>     throws SAXException;
>
>
> Unless someone shows a catastrophic problem with all this (not a
> purely aesthetic one), I plan to go ahead to other SAX2 problems now.
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> David
>
> --
> David Megginson                 david at megginson.com
>            http://www.megginson.com/
>
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