Re: [boost] RFC: Boost.XML API prototype in the sandbox

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-13 15:46:35

Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
> What about SAX API?  In the past, most of the time when I wanted to 
> parse XML, I've actually wanted something closer to SAX, not DOM.
> 
> (However, I don't think SAX is really appropriate for C++, because of 
> the way it eats control flow.  You can't, for example, pause a SAX parse 
> mid-parse, exit the SAX context, and come back to it later.  SAX, in 
> essence, either dominates your application's control flow, unacceptable 
> in GUI, or requires multithreading.)
> 
> A stream-based XML reader would be even more welcome to me than the 
> DOM-based API.  One could also argue that stream-based processing is 
> more in the tradition of C++.  Full validation would also be a major 
> plus, as most stream-based XML readers don't completely validate.

I agree, and the sandbox xml project does in fact contain some (rudimentary)
XMLReader API.

Regards,
                Stefan

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