Sun Java Streaming XML Parser (SJSXP) 1.0.1 has been released on Feb. 14, 2007 and is available for download on Java.net.

The 1.0.1 release is the first since the SJSXP 1.0 FCS on April 11,2006. Thanks to the SJSXP Java.net community and our web services teams, we have been able to provide many updates and fixes to the technology. For a complete change log, please refer to the 1.0.1 Changelog. Among them, there were several issues that all pointed to the Filtered StreamReader. As a result, we've re-written the implementation. I thought it's therefore worth mentioning here.

As we've discussed in the Release Notes, there were two main issues in implementing the filtered stream reader. That is:
(1) On initiating a Filtered StreamReader, should the reader move to an acceptable filtered event?
(2) should the hasNext() method advance the stream in order to test if there is a "next" event?

We've decided to implement "yes" and "yes" to the above questions. The understanding was that hasNext should return an event accepted by the filter, which meant it had to search the stream for one. It might fail a special use case where the underlining stream might be called. But it satisfies usual use cases such as the "while hasNext; get next" pattern. Most important of all, the implementation passes the new TCK completely. We're hoping that this would be addressed when the JSR 173 Maintenance Release 1.1 opens up. We'd appreciate your comments.