SAX for WAP binary XML

[Stefan Haustein]

Hi!

I have implemented a SAX based JAVA parser for WAP binary encoded
XML. (http://www.trantor.de/wbxml). However, there are some problems
with SAX for WBXML:

- WBXML adds some properitary extensions. For that reason, I added an
  interface "WapExtensionHandler". Can that interface or a similar one
  be included in org.xml.sax.wap? Who cares about extensions of
  org.xml.sax? Unfortunally, the ugly extensions cannot be ignored
  since they are alread used in the WML definintions.
 
- The handler for the WAP extensions needs to be registered at the
  parser. WML depends on fixed "tag and attribute tables", other WBXML
  languages also may use similar tables. A mechanism to register the
  tables with the parser is needed. Thus, an extended Parser interface
  is needed (e.g. org.xml.sax.wap.WbxmlParser)

- WBXML is designed for small devices like a Palm Pilot. Deriving the
  WbxmlParser from org.sax.xml.Parser includes a lot of unneeded
  overhead. It could be a better solution to start a new hierarchy
  (WbxmlParser -> WapParser). A Wrapper could implements the full
  org.sax.xml.Parser interface for compatibility.

Most issued are solved "somehow" in my parser. However, extending the
standard (e.g. by adding a org.xml.sax.wap package) would be better
solution since WBXML parsers then could be exchanged without changing
the application.

Best regards

Stefan



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