Re: [xml-dev] Re: [Sax-devel] SAX - endDocument() confusion again

At 3:19 PM +0200 2/29/04, Toni Uusitalo wrote:

>Ok. This is something I've missed (Parsifal doesn't actually 
>implement locator but
>provides similar info). So locator2's getEncoding isn't
>available at startDocument stage 'cos startDocument is the first thing that
>should be called even before checking any boms etc.
>

Actually setDocumentLocator is called before startDocument (if at 
all). An app just can't use the Locator inside startDocument. Hmm, in 
hindsight it probably would have made sense to call 
setDocumentLocator immediately after startDocument rather than 
immediately before. Oh well, probably too late to change that now.

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