[jboss-as7-dev] Apache Xerces, XML Sec and JDK

[Anil Saldhana]

I guess need to add Apache Xalan into the voodoo mix.

https://community.jboss.org/wiki/PL21xInAS71x

Problem 3 is an issue we are encountering.

On 04/26/2012 12:34 PM, Anil Saldhana wrote:
> Hi all,
>      the JDK incorporates JAXP and JSR 105 (XML Signature API).  For this
> reason, you can always write code to be based on the JDK, over the
> latest xerces or xml security (santurio).
>
> But in reality,  from what I have read on the web,  the JDK
> implementations of JAXP and XML Signatures always lags behind what is in
> xerces and santurio by at least a couple of versions.
>
> Since JSR 106 (XML Encryption API) never went anywhere in the JCP, users
> have to use apache xmlsec to get xmlenc.
>
> What I want to highlight here is that we should prefer Apache xerces and
> santurio  over the JDK internal implementation.
>
> Regards,
> Anil