----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Sosnoski" <>
To: "Kirk Allen Evans" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 2:45 PM
> As for filters and handlers, they should always initialize their state
> on startDocument(). That will prevent any errors due to reuse after
> attempting to parse a bad document.
I think the problem is not initialization, but rather
"finalization) - i.e. cleanup. If a filter acquired
resources, then it would not release them until (if ever)
startDocument() is called again.
Karl
