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Re: ANN: JAXB 1.0.1 now available in JWSDP 1.2

From: Kohsuke Kawaguchi <Kohsuke.Kawaguchi_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 14:27:36 -0700

Robert Lowe <rmlowe_at_rmlowe.com> wrote:
> I'm currently getting internal errors from the HotSpot VM on Windows when I
> try to unmarshal using JAXB 1.0.1. :-( I'm still trying to identifiy the
> cause, which leads me to a couple of questions regarding dependencies:
>
> - The JWSDP 1.2 installer looks for a 1.4.1 JDK--will JAXB 1.0.1 still work
> with Java 1.3?

Yes. But there are features (like better i18n handling) that's only
available in JDK1.4.

> - The new Release Notes don't explicitly mention any dependencies on the
> JAXP libraries. Which are required--I assume at least jaxp-api.jar, dom.jar
> and sax.jar, since these are dependencies in the API if I'm not mistaken.
> JAXB 1.0 also required xercesImpl.jar and xalan.jar--are these no longer
> required?

XJC requires Xerces and Xalan, but you don't need them when you are
using the generated code.

regards,
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Kohsuke Kawaguchi                  408-276-7063 (x17063)
Sun Microsystems                   kohsuke.kawaguchi_at_sun.com