[SOLR-2852] SolrJ doesn't need woodstox jar

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0
• Component/s: clients - java
• Assignee: David Smiley
• Reporter: David Smiley
• Created: 25/Oct/11 20:15
• Updated: 12/May/22 00:26
• Resolved: 09/Mar/21 05:28

Description

The /dist/solrj-lib/ directory contains wstx-asl-3.2.7.jar (Woodstox StAX API). SolrJ doesn't actually have any type of dependency on this library. The maven build doesn't have it as a dependency and the tests pass. Perhaps Woodstox is faster than the JDK's StAX, I don't know, but I find that point quite moot since SolrJ can use the efficient binary format. Woodstox is not a small library either, weighting in at 524KB, and of course if someone actually wants to use it, they can.

I propose woodstox be removed as a SolrJ dependency. I am not proposing it be removed as a Solr WAR dependency since it is actually required there due to an obscure XSLT issue.

Issue Links

• relates to: SOLR-599 Lightweight SolrJ client
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2461