The Apache XML Project have released updates to the C++ version of XSLT
processor Xalan, and the next generation of their Java XML parser, Xerces
2.
Xalan C++ 1.2 includes the
following improvements over version 1.1:
- support for and library of extension
functions
- support for pre-parsed source documents and precompiled stylesheets
- support for stylesheet parameters
- performance enhancements
Xerces 2.0.0 beta 2 is the second beta release of a redesigned and
reimplemented Xerces-J. Andy Clark writes:
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.
Xerces2 has support for XML 1.0; Namespaces; DOM 2.0 (including events,
traversal, and range); SAX 2.0; and JAXP 1.1. Xerces2 does not yet support XML
Schema and has removed support for the deferred DOM implementation.
The code can be downloaded from the Apache XML distribution
site.
