IzPack

Improve XML handling - JAXB, XStream

Details

  • Type: Wish Wish
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: 6.0
  • Component/s: Compiler, Installer
  • Labels:
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  • Number of attachments :
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Description

Parsing XML documents in IzPack is currently incomplete. Even though the XML syntax is well-formatted, there are not recognized bad element or attribute names, thus using the IXmlElement is error-prone especially for typos. Parsing the installation descriptor (install.xml) and several XML resources could be migrated to a different approach.

Best choices might be:

  • JAXB
    Integrated to Java SE 6 and OpenJDK 6.
  • XStream
    Requires additional dependencies.

There is a good comparison available for both: How Does JAXB Compare to XStream?

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Rene Krell made changes -
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Issue Type Task [ 3 ] Wish [ 5 ]
Rene Krell made changes -
Summary Introduce JRE 6 JAXB for XML handling Improve XML handling - JAXB, XStream
Description Parsing XML documents in IzPack is currently incomplete. Even though the XML syntax is well-formatted, there are not recognized bad element or attribute names, thus using the IXmlElement is error-prone especially for typos. Parsing the installation descriptor (install.xml) and several XML resources could be migrated to JAXB (or some alternative, but JAXB is built-in into the JRE). Parsing XML documents in IzPack is currently incomplete. Even though the XML syntax is well-formatted, there are not recognized bad element or attribute names, thus using the IXmlElement is error-prone especially for typos. Parsing the installation descriptor (install.xml) and several XML resources could be migrated to a different approach.

Best choices might be:
* [JAXB|http://jaxb.java.net/]
Integrated to Java SE 6 and OpenJDK 6.
* [XStream|http://http://xstream.codehaus.org/]
Requires additional dependencies.
Rene Krell made changes -
Description Parsing XML documents in IzPack is currently incomplete. Even though the XML syntax is well-formatted, there are not recognized bad element or attribute names, thus using the IXmlElement is error-prone especially for typos. Parsing the installation descriptor (install.xml) and several XML resources could be migrated to a different approach.

Best choices might be:
* [JAXB|http://jaxb.java.net/]
Integrated to Java SE 6 and OpenJDK 6.
* [XStream|http://http://xstream.codehaus.org/]
Requires additional dependencies. 		Parsing XML documents in IzPack is currently incomplete. Even though the XML syntax is well-formatted, there are not recognized bad element or attribute names, thus using the IXmlElement is error-prone especially for typos. Parsing the installation descriptor (install.xml) and several XML resources could be migrated to a different approach.

Best choices might be:
* [JAXB|http://jaxb.java.net/]
Integrated to Java SE 6 and OpenJDK 6.
* [XStream|http://http://xstream.codehaus.org/]
Requires additional dependencies.

There is a good comparison available for both: [How Does JAXB Compare to XStream?|http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/10/how-does-jaxb-compare-to-xstream.html]
Rene Krell made changes -
Fix Version/s 6.0 [ 18744 ]
Rene Krell made changes -
Affects Version/s 5.0 [ 15138 ]

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    Rene Krell
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