Re: Two changes to ErrorHandler

At 1:54 PM -0400 4/26/04, David Megginson wrote:
>Elliotte Harold wrote:
>
>>  The attached patch makes two changes to the ErrorHandler documentation:
>>  1. It clarifies that namespace well-formedness errors are fatal 
>>errors. Crimson is not in conformanc with this, which has been a 
>>major problem for many users. All other parsers written in Java 
>>seem to implement this correctly.
>>  2. It clarifies that parsers MUST NOT continue reporting events in 
>>the normal way following a fatal error. Previously the docs gave 
>>the erroneous impression that this could be done at parser option. 
>>However, doing so would be in direct violation of the XML 
>>specification.
>
>Thanks.  I'm going to postpone applying these patches.  I personally 
>am in full agreement with both, but they deserve more discussion 
>than they can get this close to a release.

I can live with postponing 1, though we really shouldn't. It would 
only be an issue for one abandoned but common parser (Crimson).

I see no reason to not apply 2 now. The XML spec is clear here. We'd 
just be duplicating that language in the SAX spec for developers who 
haven't read the XML specification more times than they've seen the 
Rocky Horror Picture Show.

-- 

   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   [email protected]
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA


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