Re: [xml-dev] If an XML parser is requested to parse an XML document and no application is around to process its output, does it really parse the XML document?

Hi Roger,

Who tells the parser to parse the XML document?
That is the application.

Best Regards,
George
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On 2/15/13 2:24 PM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>      If a tree falls in a forest and no one
>      is around to hear it, does it make a
>      sound?
>
> Similarly,
>
>      If an XML parser is requested to parse
>      an XML document and no application
>      is around to process its output, does it
>      really parse the XML document?
>
> We perceive that an XML document has been parsed because there is an XML application that invokes the fruits of the parse and does something with it (displays, computes, etc.)
>
> Perhaps the XML parser is a lazy parser and refuses to do anything until prodded by an XML application. So if there is no XML application, there is no parsing.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> /Roger
>
>
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