[XERCESJ-70] What's a base system identifier?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0 [beta 2]
• Component/s: XNI
• Environment: Operating System: Windows NT/2K; Platform: PC
• Bugzilla Id: 5069
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: James Clark
• Created: 26/Nov/01 07:41
• Updated: 17/Feb/11 00:01

Description

(This is actually for beta3.)

The javadoc for eg
org.apache.xerces.xni.XMLDocumentHandler.startEntity documents the
baseSystemId parameter as the "base system identifier". Now I know
what a system identitifer and I know what a base URI is, but I have
never heard of a "base system identifier". At the least the javadoc
should explain that the "baseSystemId" is the base URI applicable to
the system identifier, i.e. the base URI of the entity containing the
declaration of the entity being started. I think the parameter should
be renamed, perhaps to "systemIdBaseURI". There's a similar problem
with XMLLocator and XMLInputSource.