How do I determine the version of Xerces-C++ I am using?
The version string for Xerces-C++ is in one of the header files. Look
inside the file src/util/XercesDefs.hpp or, in the binary distribution, look in include/utils/XercesDefs.hpp. Search for the static variable gXercesFullVersionStr and look at its definition. (It is usually a string like "1_4_0" or
something similar). This is the version of Xerces-C++ you are using.
If you don't have the header files, you have to find the version
information from the shared library name. On Windows NT/95/98 right click on
the DLL name xerces-c_1_6_0.dll in the bin directory and look up
properties. The version information may be found on the Version tab.
On AIX, just look for the library name libxerces-c1_6_0.a (or
libxerces-c1_6_0.so on Solaris/Linux and libxerces-c1_6_0.sl on HP-UX). The
version number is coded in the name of the library.
The Web.
http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/xml.html is an excellent place to start,
with links to overviews, FAQs, specifications, industry news, applications and
other software, related standards, etc.
Is there any kind of support available for Xerces-C++?
Xerces-C++ comes with no formal support.
Every volunteer project obtains its strength from the people involved in
it. Mailing lists provide a simple and effective communication mechanism. You
are welcome to join any of these mailing lists (or all of them if you wish).
You can choose to lurk, or to actively participate. It's up to you. Before you
join these lists, you should look over the resources in the Reference Library
section
I have a patch to the Xerces-C++ source code. How do I submit it?
Mail it to the Xerces-C++
mailing list at Apache. (You must be a
subscriber to post to this list. But if you're considering changing the code
you really want to be a subscriber, in any case.) There are no set rules about
how or what must be included -- if you've fixed a problem or enhanced the code
in some way, we really would like to get your changes, and will take them in
any reasonable form.
Generally a diff of the changed files against the current sources from
CVS is good, along with some kind of description of what the change is.
(Working with the current sources is important!)
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