xml-dev - Re: SAX2 NS processing (was Re: Namespace question)

[David Megginson <david@megginson.com>]

"Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com> writes:

> Will SAX2 namespace processing take this 'real-world' approach (which I
> totally support), or are there going to be options for this?
> 
> It sounded earlier like you expect namespace processing to be the domain of
> the parser, not the application, so it seems like a live issue.

Basically, the difference in pseudo code is this:

  for each att in atts do
    if att.uri == "http://www.foo.com/ns/" || att.uri == ""
      if att.local == "foo"
        doFoo(att.value)
      else if att.local == "bar"
        doBar(att.value)
      end
    end
  end

vs. this:

  for each att in atts do
    if att.uri == "http://www.foo.com/ns/"
      if att.local == "foo"
        doFoo(att.value)
      else if att.local == "bar"
        doBar(att.value)
      end
    end
  end

In other words, there's not a very significant difference between the
two.  The main problem is that the spec is just so much harder to read 
and understand that it had to be.


All the best,


David

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

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