RE: [xml-dev] JAXP 1.3 for Java 1.4?

> 
> > However, there are problems anyway because a class that 
> implements the DOM
> > Node interface in JDK 1.4 won't compile under JDK 1.5.
> 
> Could you please elaborate on what you mean here? I think I'm missing
> something.
> 

see
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/xml/jaxp/JAXP-Compatibility_150.ht
ml#addedMethods

Saxon is among the "applications that implement the [DOM] interfaces
directly", and is therefore affected by this backwards incompatibility.

Michael Kay