[GROOVY-5362] XmlParser and XmlSlurper should merge

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta-2
• Component/s: XML Processing
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Dr. Russel Winder
• Created: 12/Mar/12 12:18
• Updated: 15/Jan/22 18:51

Description

Currently there is XmlParser and XmlSlurper. They have essentially the same API and yet there are some noticeable differences that should be smoothed away. Moreover the difference between them should not be presented in terms of different classes, but should be merged behind a virtual constructor so that there is a single XmlParser class but different implementations with different runtime behaviours, i.e. the strict parser and the lazy parser.