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<td class="banner"><h2>The Expat XML Parser</h2></td>
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2000-09-06 22:23:49 -04:00
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<p>Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a
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stream-oriented parser in which an application registers handlers for
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things the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags).
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An <a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/1999/09/expat/index.html"
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>introductory article</a> on using Expat is available on
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<a href="http://www.xml.com/">xml.com</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/"
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>Expat project page (includes downloads)</a></li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=10127"
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>Mailing lists</a></li>
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<a href="dev/cvs.html"
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>CVS repository</a>
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(<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/expat/"
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>browse online</a>)</li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10127"
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>Bug reports</a></li>
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2002-06-04 23:52:21 -04:00
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<a href="dev/">Notes for Expat maintainers</a></li>
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2000-09-06 22:40:29 -04:00
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<p>This project aims to maintain Expat for both current and future
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users while improving the API to allow more reliable and robust access
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from "scripting" languages such as Python and Perl. We invite the
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community to participate on the mailing lists to help shape the future
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of Expat.</p>
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2002-06-04 00:52:09 -04:00
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<h3>News</h3>
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2002-07-12 14:39:32 -04:00
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<dt><em>12 July 2002</em><br />
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<strong>Expat 1.95.4 released.</strong><br />
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<dd>
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<li> Added support for VMS, contributed by Craig Berry. See
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vms/README.vms in the distrubution for more information. </li>
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<li> Added Mac OS (classic) support, with a makefile for MPW,
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contributed by Thomas Wegner and Daryle Walker. </li>
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<li> Added Borland C++ Builder 5 / BCC 5.5 support, contributed
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by Patrick McConnell (SF patch #538032). </li>
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<li> Fixed a variety of bugs: see SF issues 441449, 563184,
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564342, 566334, 566901, 569461, 570263, 575168, 579196. </li>
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<li> Made skippedEntityHandler conform to SAX2 (see source
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comment). </li>
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<li> Re-implemented WFC: Entity Declared from XML 1.0 spec and
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added a new error "entity declared in parameter entity":
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see SF bug report 569461 and SF patch 578161. </li>
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<li> Re-implemented section 5.1 from XML 1.0 spec:
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see SF bug report 570263 and SF patch 578161. </li>
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</ul>
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Expat 1.95.3 is being withdrawn due to <a href=
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"http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=566334&group_id=10127&atid=110127"
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>bug #566334</a>. If you are currently using Expat 1.95.3, please
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update to 1.95.4.
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<dt><em>3 June 2002</em><br />
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<strong>Expat 1.95.3 released.</strong><br />
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<dd>
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<li> Changed the name of the Windows DLLs from expat.dll to
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libexpat.dll; this fixes SF bug #432456. This is a problem
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only known to affect the Perl XML::Parser::Expat extension,
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but is very important for that extension.</li>
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<li> Added a project to the MSVC workspace to create a wchar_t
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version of the library; the DLLs are named libexpatw.dll.
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(Note the addition of the "w" character in the file name.)
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<li> Added the XML_ParserReset() API function. This allows a
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parser to be re-used, reducing the number of memory
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allocations needed to set up a parser. This can be a
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substantial benefit when parsing a large number of small
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documents. </li>
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<li> Fixed XML_SetReturnNSTriplet() to work for element names.
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This is now a usable feature. </li>
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<li> Made the XML_UNICODE builds usable (thanks, Karl!). </li>
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<li> Allow xmlwf to read from standard input. </li>
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<li> Install a man page for xmlwf on Unix systems. </li>
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<li> Fixed many bugs; see SF bug reports 231864, 461380, 464837,
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466885, 469226, 477667, 484419, 487840, 494749, 496505,
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547350. Other bugs which we can't test as easily may also
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have been fixed, especially in the area of build support. </li>
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<h3>References</h3>
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<p>If you know of any additional articles or resources which should be
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linked to from this page, please send email to <a
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href="mailto:fdrake@acm.org">Fred Drake (fdrake@acm.org)</a>.
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We're especially interested in links to tutorial information and open
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source interfaces to Expat from languages other than C.</p>
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<a href="http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html"
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>James Clark's original Expat page</a>, for Expat 1.2 and
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earlier</li>
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<a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/1999/09/expat/index.html"
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>Introductory article</a> on using Expat on
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<a href="http://www.xml.com/">xml.com</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-xml.parsers.expat.html"
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>Documentation for the Python interface to Expat</a>, part of the
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standard documentation for Python</li>
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<em><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/soap/expatimpl.asp"
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title="C++ Wrappers for the Expat XML Parser">C++ Wrappers
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for the Expat XML Parser</a></em>, an article by Tim Smith
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providing object-oriented wrappers for Expat. The wrappers use
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some MFC-biased naming, but look interesting.
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<a href="http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/SAX" title="SAX in C++"
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>SAX in C++</a> -- a SAX interface for C++ programmers, with
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implementations based on several parsers, including Expat.
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<a href="http://www.oofile.com.au/files/xml/"
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>C++ interface to Expat</a> (old; not updated since Expat 1.2)
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<a href="http://easysoap.sourceforge.net/">EasySoap</a> is a C++
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SOAP implementation which uses Expat.
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The <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gobo-eiffel/">GOBO
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project</a> is working on an Eiffel binding for Expat. Development
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appears to have slowed, and there isn't any status information about
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the Expat bindings on the website. (I had to dig around the CVS to
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find any hint of the XML support.)
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The <a href="http://tclxml.sourceforge.net/"
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>TclXML project</a> includes a <a href="http://tcl.activestate.com/"
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>Tcl</a> binding for Expat</li>
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<a href="http://sdf.lonestar.org/~loewerj/tdom.cgi"
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>tDOM</a> is an alternate package providing XML support for <a
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href="http://tcl.activestate.com/" >Tcl</a>, based in part on
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Expat</li>
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<a href="http://expatobjc.sourceforge.net/"
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>Objective-C interface to Expat</a>
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<a href="http://www.yoshidam.net/Ruby.html#xmlparser"
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>Ruby interface to Expat</a>
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<a href="http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/justin20000428.php3"
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>Article on using Expat from PHP</a> on
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<a href="http://www.phpbuilder.com/"><?PHPBuilder?></a>
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<br />(broken into lots of tiny pieces)</li>
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<a href="http://xml.defined.net/sax/expat"
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>SAX2 Wrapper for using Expat in Delphi,</a>
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based on
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<a href="http://xml.defined.net/sax"
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>"SAX for Pascal"</a>
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interface specs</li>
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<a href="http://www.mitchenall.com/expat4d">Expat4D</a> is a plug-in
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for the <a href="http://www.4duk.com/">4th Dimension</a> application
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framework.</li>
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