Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

Windows W2K, I am using JDK1.4 and JAXP.

DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance is returning an instance of org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl, which in turn allows me to do Schema validation and use org.apache.xml.serialize to output XML.

The question is, how is this possible? The default is supposed to be the Crimson packaged with the JDK/JRE.

- javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory is not defined
- I have no jaxp.properties file
- There is no xerces.jar in my classpath

Why/how is Java deciding to use xerces, and once it decides to use it, where on earth is it finding it?

I would like xerces to be the default so I don't have to distribute it with my application, but it isn't supposed to be.

What I am missing?

... Roger