Using more recent Apache XML Security Libraries with JDK 6 or JDK 7
This question has come up in user forums quite a bit: "how can I use a more recent Apache XML Security library with the XML Signature APIs (JSR 105) in JDK 6 and JDK 7?"
Most of the time, you will not need to do this. Our JDK 6/7 XML Signature implementation is based on Apache XML Security and we try to keep up with the latest release. However, there may be a bug fix or new algorithm that you really need and are willing to depend on a more recent version of the Apache XML Security library that has that fix. Here is what you need to do if so:
- Place the Apache xmlsec.jar in the endorsed standards directory.
- You will also need to put the Apache commons logging jar there as well, since the Apache code uses a different logging mechanism than the JDK.
