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GMetaDOM is a collection of librares, each library providing a DOM
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implementation. Currently available bindings are for C++ (smart pointers)
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and Objective Caml.
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The basic idea is that, given the availability of DOM implementations for
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the C programming language (like Gdome2), and given the uniformity of the
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DOM interfaces, bindings for various programming languages based on the C
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implementation can be built automatically, providing a small number of hand-
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coded classes and a set of scripts for the automatic generation of the
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remaining ones.
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Furthermore, since a XML description of the DOM interfaces is provided as
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part of the documentation in the W3C DOM specification, GMetaDOM adopts XSLT
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as the transformation language for the automatic generation of the interfaces,
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and uses the xsltproc utility as the XSLT processor.
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The advantages of such approach should be evident. In particular, for
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languages like C++ where a number of different alternative DOM implementations
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are feasible, each with different characteristics like easiness of use,
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runtime flexibility, resource requirements, the approach of automatic
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generation permits to create a set of coherent implementations addressing
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such issues separately, ultimately allowing the developer to choose the
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library which fits best her needs.
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WWW: http://gmetadom.sourceforge.net/
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