June 11, 1999: version 2.0.11

  • Fixed extraneous output from DefaultEntityHandler
  • "Invalid attribute" error was Fatal using non-validating parser.
  • SAX/DOMWriter samples were not extensible.
  • PCDATA between elements but not declared in the content model was not rejected.
  • Cloning Document caused null pointer exception thrown when using DEFERRED DOMParser
  • Text nodes were not normalized  when using FULL DOMParser and setExpandEntityReferences(true)
  • Attribute values were cloned incorrectly.
  • Enumerated attributes could  be assigned values from any enumerated declaration.
  • Some Validity Constraint errors were Fatal, and caused the parser to stop.

May 12, 1999: version 2.0.10

  • MixedContentModel with more than 64 elements caused parsing to stop
  • CDATA sections contained extra text
  • config.bat for building parser configurations was broken for DOM
  • Hard-coded strings moved to ResourceBundle to permit translation

May 6, 1999: version 2.0.9

  • DOM Implementation classes were final, but should not have been
  • TX: Revalidation functions didn't check attributes
  • Parameter entity error reporting was confusing

April 29, 1999: version 2.0.8

  • Modified license (no termination clause!).
  • Static Members in Classes cause problems for threads
  • NodeImpl.insertBefore needs to call synchronizeChildren
  • Missing end tag </doc> does not emit error on EOF
  • Content Model With >= 64 Parts Stops Parse
  • Entity Reference in NMTOKEN Attribute can only be used once
  • TX: Namespace constraint checking is broken.
  • TX: searchDescendantsAll not returning null if no children

April 9, 1999: version 2.0.7

  • XML4J was holding files/streams open
  • TX: Parser#readDTDStream didn't work
  • DOMParser no longer prints a msg to stderr, if file not found
  • version string was getting compiled in, because it was "final"
  • support for xml-stylesheet PI verified (xml:stylesheet is no longer part of the XSL spec)
  • Fixed several minor documentation problems

April 6, 1999: version 2.0.6

  • Samples source code wasn't packaged correctly.
  • Fixed several minor documentation problems.

March 31, 1999: version 2.0.5

  • Added revalidation on native (non-TX-compatibility) DOM trees.
  • TX: DOMHash now supports namespaces.
  • UTF-16 reading was broken.
  • Some non-well formed XML was accepted without error.
  • Parser was printing "Imperfect hashcode".
  • NMToken attribute type with entity ref in attribute value ends parse.
  • Infinite loop in error handler, if file contains Unicode 0.
  • Validating parsers fail to catch bad DTD.
  • Validation fails to catch files that reference undeclared Elements.
  • Revalidation bugs fixed.
  • Element#normalize() throws NullPointerException.
  • PI's in DOM tree turn into CDATA Section nodes.
  • DOCTYPE node should not have children.
  • Default attribute values didn't work correctly in DOM tree.
  • TX: DTD#unregistID added for use with XPointer.
  • TX: DOM serializability problems.
  • TX: javadocs wrong: DTD.setName() deprecated()
  • TX: javadocs wrong: TXDocument doesn't call createAttribute().
  • TX: CMLeaf#equals(), CM2op#equals(), CM2op#toString().
  • TX: DTD#realInsert doesn't add new entities to EntityPool.
  • TX: TXAttribute#cloneNode doesn't clone all data
  • TX: TXDocument cloning is broken

March 12, 1999: version 2.0.4

  • IllegalAccessException in UTF8CharReader under certain Java VMs
  • Empty content emits "incomplete content" validation error for content models that specify all optional parts
  • No public constructors on DOM implementation classes
  • ElementImpl#getTagName returns null
  • DocumentImpl#getElementsByTagName throws exception
  • DocumentImpl#getDocumentElement returns null
  • Removed extraneous methods from parsers

March 5, 1999: version 2.0.3

  • Native DOM performance improved
  • Native DOM classes moved to com.ibm.xml.dom from com.ibm.domimpl
  • Added setExpandEntityReferences to com.ibm.xml.parsers.DOMParser and com.ibm.xml.parsers.NonValidatingDOMParser. Additional details are in the FAQ.
  • Added setNodeExpansion to com.ibm.xml.parsers.DOMParser and com.ibm.xml.parsers.NonValidatingDOMParser. Additional details are in the Programming Guide.
  • TX: ElementHandlers don't work
  • SAX DTDHandlers returning wrong results

Feb 26, 1999: version 2.0.2

  • Long content models aren't validated correctly
  • Unable to recognize encodings other than UTF-8
  • Invalid attribute value throws internal exception
  • Various DOM implementation bugs
  • Build script can't package TX-compatible parsers

Feb 18, 1999: version 2.0.1

  • only accepts URLs
  • Some relative URI's failing in XJParse
  • Erroneous validator messages
  • Configuration scripts missing from package
  • DOM generating incorrect Text nodes
  • TX: SAXDriver missing
  • NOTE: if you are using SAX, we strongly recommend that you switch to the new method of creating a SAX parser.
  • Added FAQ on Visual Age for Java

Feb 5, 1999: version 2.0.0

  • Added EBCDIC Support
  • Improved internal error handling
  • Doesn't support unparsed entities that refer to notations declared afterward the referencing entity.
  • TX: setPreserveSpace not implemented correctly
  • TX: PI handling missing null check
  • TX: incompatible with XML4J 1.1.13
  • TX: user supplied TXDocument factory can result in null pointer exceptions
  • License updated

Jan 18, 1999: version D06

  • Re-validation of TX DOM trees.
  • TX: Ignorable whitespace is not created correctly

Jan 15, 1999: version D05

  • Entity resolution cannot find relative entities.
  • TX: Errors are not reported.
  • TX: TXText Nodes created instead of CDATA Nodes.

Dec 23, 1998: version D04

  • Sample files 'SAXCount...' are now included in samples JAR.
  • The parser can now be interrupted mid-stream (checked on a per-element basis).
  • Correctly process FIXED attribute defaults.

Dec 18, 1999: version D03

  • Added TX Compatibility classes
  • Added native catalog support for both TX style catalog and XCatalog
  • Updated documentation .

Dec 7, 1998: version D02

  • Improved memory management architecture
  • Fixed DOM defects.

Nov 17, 1998: version D01

  • Improved documentation. 

Nov 6, 1998: version EA1

  • Now supports:
    • XML 1.0 Specification (Feb. 02, 1998)
    • DOM (Core) Level 1 Specification Version 1.0 (Oct. 01, 1998)
    • SAX 1.0 Specification
  • Rearchitecture and new implementation of XML4J
    • Modular architecture.
    • Pre-bundled parser configurations included are:
      • SAX Parser (with and without validation)
      • DOM Parser (with and without validation)