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   SAX2: Namespaces and syntax of compound names

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  • From: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
  • To: "XML Developers' List" <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:00:18 -0400 (EDT)

I have just heard a good argument for using the

  "{URIpart}localpart"

syntax for compound names rather than the

  "URIpart localpart"

I have always preferred the second format because it is easier to
split (most libraries have a built-in function for splitting around a
single character), but someone pointed out that the first format has
the advantage that you can tell simply by testing the first character
whether or not you have a compound name.  

Of course, Java will still be happier with the second, since String
operations in Java are painfully expensive.  What does everyone else
think?


All the best,


David

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David Megginson                 david@megginson.com
           http://www.megginson.com/

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