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19 :     <p><b><a name="xerces"></a>Remove Dependancy on Xerces </b>(bugs <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=37696">37696</a>,
20 :     <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=36112">36112</a>)</p>
21 :     <p><i>Checklist:</i></p>
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23 : dj 1.1 <li>Create new XML plug-in containing the XML Pull APIs.</li>
24 :     <li>Remove plug-in dependancies from org.eclipse.core.runtime and org.eclipse.core.resources.</li>
25 :     <li>Add new dependancy to new XML plug-in.</li>
26 :     <li>Replace org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser with a new
27 :     parser using the new APIs.</li>
28 :     <li>Replace org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceDescriptionReader
29 :     with new reader based on new APIs.</li>
30 : dj 1.3 <li>Replace org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ProjectDescriptionReader
31 :     with new reader based on new APIs.</li>
32 :     <li>Determine interaction with bootstrap process. Things to consider include
33 :     creating the bootstrap classloader, update/install, and org.eclipes.core.internal.boot.PlatformConfiguration.</li>
34 : dj 1.1 <li>Check test suites.</li>
35 :     <li>Verify new work by completely removing the Xerces plug-in from the
36 : dj 1.3 environment. (is this possible with the other plug-ins' dependancies?</li>
37 : dj 1.1 <li>Educate Platform/UI and other teams in SDK who rely on Xerces with
38 : dj 1.3 knowledge of new APIs. Note that most teams have updated the bug report
39 :     with explanations of their usage.</li>
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45 :     <td><p><strong>Milestone Plan (3.0 M2) - July 18, 2003</strong></p>
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47 :     <li>Goal is to complete all of the above work.</li>
48 :     <li>We don't envision having all teams converted to new APIs but should
49 :     at least be educated on how to convert their code. It is up to the individual
50 :     teams to 1) determine whether or not they want to convert their code
51 :     and 2) to actually change their code.</li>
52 :     <li>Note that although all plug-ins in the SDK are not required to convert
53 :     their parsing, it is necessary that at least the plug-ins defined to
54 :     be a part of the Rich Client Platform (RCP) perform this transformation.
55 :     Reducing the size of the XML plug-in shipped with the RCP (3M for Xerces
56 :     vs 25K for XmlPull) is a big big win.</li>
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