RE: Re: [xml-dev] What should TrAX look like? (Was: Re: [xml-dev] Article on JAXP 1.3 "Fast and Easy XML Processing")

> Translation: Source isn't any more useful than just using
> java.lang.Object

There is one advantage. If you hand the transform() method a Date, or a
List, or a Gremlin, you will get a compile time type error. For me, that's a
good enough reason to invent a marker interface rather than using Object.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/