CyberNeko Pull Parser _0.2.4

About

NekoPull is an XML document parsing API that extends the Xerces Native Interface (XNI) to provide pull parsing functionality. The pull parsing paradigm is different from tree-based APIs like the Document Object Model (DOM) and event stream APIs like the Simple API for XML (SAX) in that the application controls the parsing of documents. NekoPull is similar to lex in that the application requests, or pulls, the document information one piece at a time instead of having document information pushed to the application.

This implementation of NekoPull is driven by the Xerces2 parser. As such, there are inherent limits based on the Xerces2 parser. However, the API itself does not have have these limits — other parsers can be written that implement the NekoPull API directly for optimal performance.

License Agreement

NekoPull is distributed under an Apache-style license. For specific license details, please refer to the LICENSE file.

Download

NekoPull includes complete Java source code and documentation. You can download the latest version from the following location:

• NekoPull [zip] [tgz]

Requirements and Limitations

This version of NekoPull requires the following:

• Java 1.1 (or higher)
• Xerces 2.0.0 (or higher)

This version has the following limitations:

• The NekoPull API and implementation should be considered experimental at this time. The current API is a "first guess" at a convenient and useful XML pull parsing API built on top of XNI. It is hoped that NekoPull will spark a dialog among Xerces2 developers about how to best add XML pull parsing functionality natively into Xerces2.

For a more complete list of items to be done, please refer to the Todo Items.

Contact Information

Andy Clark <andyc@apache.org>