Dennis Sosnoski wrote:
> Ryan Shoemaker - JavaSoft East wrote:
>
>> Dennis Sosnoski wrote:
>> > In some respects JiBX is actually closer to the original JAXB EA
>> code that was abandoned by Sun.
>> >
>>
>> I just have one nit to pick with you on the above statement (I
>> hope you don't think I'm attacking you - consider this a friendly
>> correction ;8-)
>> It isn't accurate to say that Sun "abandoned" the architecture of JAXB
>> EA.
>
>
> I feel "abandoned" is accurate in that the EA code was replaced with
> code that used an entirely different internal architecture and
> incompatible API. I don't mean to imply that this was done arbitrarily,
> and I understand many of the reasons for going this way. I also
> understand that the decisions were made by the expert group and not by
> Sun alone. But the fact remains that many developers who started off
> using the JAXB EA on the assumption that the final version would be
> somewhat compatible have found that this was not the case.
>
Ah, understood. I wasn't thinking of it from that perspective.
Thank you for the clarification.
--Ryan