Re: [cobalt-developers] JAXP on JDK 1.3

[Terrell Deppe <terrell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, I see where the confusion is...  It's easy to confuse the fact that
Sun/Cobalt calls the package "Java 1.3 Dev. Kit" (or something like
that), but it is actually Tomcat 3.2.3, which requires JDK 1.2 (and
therefore they are packaged together).  

Tomcat is located here:
http://jakarta.apache.org

JAXP is a necessary part of Tomcat since Tomcat makes use of XML in
configuration files.  To answer your question more accurately, I had to
download Tomcat 3.2.3 (the version that ships with the Dev. Kit), and
extract it.  As you saw, the JAXP JAR file is located in the lib
directory.  In case you aren't aware, and for the benefit of those who
my look for this information in the future by searching the archives,
JAR files are ZIP files with a "manifest" file stored inside.  The
manifest of the JAXP JAR that comes with the Dev Kit looks like this
(it's a plain text file):

----8< snip >8----

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Specification-Title:  Java API for XML Parsing Interfaces
Specification-Vendor: Sun Microsystems
Created-By: 1.2.2 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Specification-Version: 1.0.0

Name: javax/xml/parsers
Package-Version: 1.0.0
Specification-Title:  Java API for XML Parsing
Specification-Vendor: Sun Microsystems
Sealed: true
Specification-Version: 1.0.0
Package-Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Package-Title: javax.xml.parsers

----8< snip >8----

So, the answer to your question is that it (JAXP) is
"Specification-Version" 1.0.0, compiled for Java 1.2.2 (not 1.3).  They
packaged 1.3 because 1.2 is a dying dino.  1.3 is right behind it with
the release of 1.4, and I can only assume that Cobalt held back a
real/supported release of 1.4 and Tomcat 4.0x because 1.4 wasn't quite
ready two mo. ago.

Dear Cobalt: I'm anxiously awaiting JRE/JDK 1.4 and Tomcat 4 in order to
round out a wonderful piece of equipment like the Qube3 and XTR we
recently obtained.

-T


On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 21:58, Diana Saunders wrote:
> >From: Terrell Deppe <terrell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] JAXP on JDK 1.3
> >Date: 27 Feb 2002 08:17:26 -0600
> >
> >JAXP was not part of the JDK in 1.3 -- it was an optional download.
> >Crimson is included in 1.4, which is JAXP 1.1.2 (or newer).
> >
> >http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/faq.html
> >(Among other useful things, this page states, "JDK 1.4 will be the first
> >version of the JDK that will contain JAXP.")
> >
> >
> 
> Yes, I read that too.  But I installed the Cobalt JDK 1.3 pkg, and there is 
> a jaxp.jar file in the /lib directory of jakarta-tomcat.  So is there a way 
> of determining which version this is?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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