JAXP 1.4 at Java.Net

JAXP 1.4 is the next release for JAXP, intended for Mustang. JAXP 1.4 is a maintenance release: it provides a few small spec improvements and fixes but mostly it provides some utility classes to make it easier to use StAX and JAXP 1.3 together.

The CVS repository for the JAXP 1.4 Reference Implementation just went live at Java.Net in the JWSDP community. One of the nice things of this JAXP 1.4 implementation is that it provides a ready-to-use package that combines the StAX implementation with SAX and DOM implementations and all the benefits of JAXP 1.3(like validation).

I looked and the JAXP 1.3 sources seem to be gone for now, but I believe the plan is to put them back in the near future. Weekly builds for JAXP 1.3 and JAXP 1.4 should also be available soon. I talked with the project leads and I'll post again when I find out more details. Note that, since the JAXP 1.4 repository is what is used directly by the development team, it will always be up to date; that is one of the benefits of the general move to a more transparent, community-centered development in the Mustang, JWSDP and GlassFish communities.

JAXP 1.4 is in Mustang but not in GlassFish. GlassFish will have JAXP 1.3 and the same underlying StAX implementation as in JAXP 1.4, but not the API maintenance changes themselves, which won't be final until Mustang goes final.