JavaTM API for XML
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Specification Version: 1.4
Reference Implementation (RI) Version: 1.4.5
May 05, 2011
The primary goal of this release, JAXP version 1.4.5, is to support the OpenJDK version 7.0
requirements for the new Java Compatibility Kit(JCK) in addition to resolving critical issues
in the areas of conformance, performance, regressions among others. This release also includes
updates from Apache. JAXP 1.4.5 sources will be integrated into OpenJDK version 7.0 apart
from being available as a separate project. Please read below for more details about this release.
Changes and bug fixes in the release:
- High priority issues
As a release requirement of the JDK7, reported issues from P1 to P3 have been given priorities for
this release. See
Change Log for more details.
- Conformance
Over 20 conformance issues have been evaluated during the development of this release. A few have been
excluded from the JCK or postponed to the first JDK7 update, 12 of the issues have been fixed
and included in this release.
- Performance
We continued to make performance improvement and address performance issues after new features
have been added. Overall performance of this release is about 7 to 13% better than the last
release dependening on operation environment.
- Localization
With a great effort from the localization team, all previous non-localized messages have been
translated into languages supported by the JDK.
- Security
Security issues and improvement made through the
Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Critical
Patch Update, February 2011 edition, are included in this release.
- Apache Update
JAXP 1.4 is based on Xerces 2.7.1 and Xalan 2.7. In JAXP 1.4.4, we made a partial
sync-up with Xerces 2.10.0 and Xalan 2.7.1, which included all of the blockers and
critical fixes. In this release, we have further included some fixes in the Major
category.