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swan is a loosely-knit suite of Java-based tools for XML processing. Much of it is experimental in nature. I'm trying out various ideas for useful tools and am using swan as an umbrella for these efforts.

Currently, I am preparing to release a core set of tools that include the following:

• A lightweight, easy-to-use library for XML output
• A suite of classes for using XPath expression and XSLT pattern matching in applications.
• A framework for supporting a hybridized, component-based approach to XML processing that blends traditional event-based, tree-based, pattern-based, and data-binding oriented approaches. Individual components use the approach they choose while interacting with other components (possibly using a different approach) within the context of the same document. The foundation is an event-based model layered on top of SAX. There is also a package for rule-based processing that identifies appropriate handlers to invoke by matching events against XSLT patterns.

Complete Javadoc documentation is currently available.

This web site will be undergoing frequent changes over the next few weeks, and I will be making a preliminary file release avalaible of these tools within the next week.

swan is distributed under the Mozilla Public License 1.1. For more information, see the SourceForge project page.