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Xerces2 Java Parser 2.0.0 (beta) Release
 

Welcome to the future! Xerces2 is the next generation of high performance, fully compliant XML parsers in the Apache Xerces family. This new version of Xerces introduces the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), a complete framework for building parser components and configurations that is extremely modular and easy to program.

The Apache Xerces2 parser is the reference implementation of XNI but other parser components, configurations, and parsers can be written using the Xerces Native Interface. For complete design and implementation documents, refer to the XNI Manual.

Note: Since this is a beta release, bugs are to be expected. Please use BugZilla to report any bugs that you find.


Features of This Release
 

The Xerces2 Java Parser 2.0.0 (beta) supports the following standards and APIs:

This release does NOT yet support the following standards and/or APIs:


Changes from Xerces 1.x
 

Xerces2 is a nearly complete rewrite of the Xerces 1.x codebase in order to make the code cleaner, more modular, and easier to maintain. Applications using only the standard interfaces such as JAXP, DOM, and SAX should not see any differences. However, the following list details some of the more visible changes between Xerces 1.x and Xerces2:

  • Deferred DOM implementation removed
  • XML Schema support not yet implemented

License Information
 

The Xerces-J 2.0.0 (beta) release is available in both source code and precompiled binary (JAR files) form. Both Xerces-J packages are made available under the Apache Software License.



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