Being new to the XML arena, it appears many are doing development either with Java or .Net much of the time when working with XML. Is one side recommended, or have advantages, over the other, or does it just simply depend upon you or your company's skill set as to which path is taken?
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XML - .Net vs Java
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They both have their advantages & disadvantages.
Java's advantage is that it's Interface based, so if a new/better SAX or DOM implementation comes along it can be plugged in with very little work. It's problem is that the Java people did their own thing, and didn't always follow the W3C standard, so methods aren't always named as you might expect, from having worked in other languages.
.NET's advantage is that it's more closely tied with the .NET native datatypes. But since their objects are concrete, when XML 1.1 or v2.0 comes out, they will need to create a new class tree in order to use the new features.
Chip H.
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Java's advantage is that it's Interface based, so if a new/better SAX or DOM implementation comes along it can be plugged in with very little work. It's problem is that the Java people did their own thing, and didn't always follow the W3C standard, so methods aren't always named as you might expect, from having worked in other languages.
.NET's advantage is that it's more closely tied with the .NET native datatypes. But since their objects are concrete, when XML 1.1 or v2.0 comes out, they will need to create a new class tree in order to use the new features.
Chip H.
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If you want to get the best response to a question, please read FAQ222-2244 first
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