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Gabe Beged-Dov writes:
> SAX is described as an event-based API. IMO, it is a callback based
> API. Iam guessing that many will find this either a debateable
> distinction or one not worth dwelling on. I feel it is worth
> distinguishing. This is separate from the issue of whether it is
> worthwhile to either replace the callback API with an event API, or
> layer an event API on top of the callback API.
Event-based programming existed before people started encapsulating
events in structures or objects. I'd define SAX as an event-based API
that reports events using callbacks.
All the best,
David
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