• From: George Cristian Bina <george@o...>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:15:17 +0200

Hi Roger,

Who tells the parser to parse the XML document?
That is the application.

Best Regards,
George
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On 2/15/13 2:24 PM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>      If a tree falls in a forest and no one
>      is around to hear it, does it make a
>      sound?
>
> Similarly,
>
>      If an XML parser is requested to parse
>      an XML document and no application
>      is around to process its output, does it
>      really parse the XML document?
>
> We perceive that an XML document has been parsed because there is an XML application that invokes the fruits of the parse and does something with it (displays, computes, etc.)
>
> Perhaps the XML parser is a lazy parser and refuses to do anything until prodded by an XML application. So if there is no XML application, there is no parsing.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> /Roger
>
>
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  • If an XML parser is requested to parse an XML document and noapplication is around to process its output, does it really parse the XMLdocument?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>