xml-dev - RE: ModSAX: Proposed Core Properties

[David Megginson <david@megginson.com>]

Ronald Bourret writes:
 > David Megginson wrote:
 > 
 > > So far, for consistency, I've made all pre-parse properties
 > > write-only and all parse-time properties read-only.  We'll have
 > > to think about this one.
 > 
 > What is the possible benefit of making any property write-only?
 > That is, can any harm ever come from reading a property?

There are three benefits:

1. Keep the API absolutely as small as possible.
2. Avoid confusion.
3. Allow properties to be unknown until set.

Any attempt to access a property can generate a
SAXNotSupportedException (or the derived SAXNotRecognizedException),
but there is no guarantee that they will be symmetrical.  For example,
a driver built on top of a parser might allow you to set the namespace
separator but not to query it, or vice-versa.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson                 david@megginson.com
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