README

This is XINS: "XML Interface for Network Services".

This software is available under the terms of a BSD-style license, see
the accompanied COPYRIGHT file.


BUILDING XINS

To build XINS self, use Ant (1.7.1 or later) and execute:

   ant

Under the build/ directory files will be generated, including a JAR file and
Javadoc API documentation.


HISTORY

This is a fork of the regular XINS distribution:

   http://xins.sourceforge.net/

The most important changes compared to the mainstream XINS branch are:
- Java 5 required (support for earlier versions dropped)
- Java 5-features supported/used (generics, foreach-loop, etc.)
- XSLT 2.0 is now used by all stylesheets
- various classes and methods have been marked deprecated
- several previously deprecated classes/methods have been removed
- libraries have been updated
- various utility methods added to allow less code for users
- logging has been improved
- API documentation has been extended and improved
- the XML Element class now supports mixed content
- the FileWatcher has seen a lot of improvements 
- CallingConventions are now easier to develop

For details, see the file: CHANGES-3.0.txt


BUG REPORTS AND FEATURE REQUESTS

If you want to file a bug report or a feature request, please do so here:

   http://github.com/znerd/xins/issues


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Ernst de Haan
ernst@ernstdehaan.com