Xerces-C Validating XML Parser Version 2.3.0 for OS/2 and eComStation

Background
This port was done, because I was in need of a XML-Parser for an OS/2 project I'm currently working on. Since I'm doing a lot of Java programming, I know the Xerces Parser very well. So I decided to use it for C++ under OS/2 also. But the Problem was, that the latest port for OS/2 was Version 1.4.0 and a lot has changed since then.
How it was done
Since I'm using VisualAge C++ 3.0 for all of my OS/2 programming I've created an all new build environment (Object-Rexx-Script) for this compiler, that does everything in one step. This build environment and the one that works with VisualAge C++ 4.0, is included in the source distribution, which you may download from this site. Please have a look at the "readme" in the projects\os2\vacpp30 directory for instructions of how to use the script. There are two different binary packages: One build with VisualAge C++ 3.0 and another build with VisualAge C++ 4.0.
Pre-Requisites
The dll should work with OS/2 4.0 and eCS 1.01 and above. I'll maybe do some testing on Warp 3 later. (If there is any need ;-) The code is optimized to run on Pentium-Type processors. Please contact me, if you need a binary for older types, or build your own....
What is not included
This version of Xerces has a new C++ API. The older, java-like api was declared deprecated by the xerces-folks, and is not included in this distribution, since it produced compile errors.
How to Download
You can find zip archives at the following addresses:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/xerces-c-2_3_0-bin-os2-vac3.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/xerces-c-2_3_0-bin-os2-vac4.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/xerces-c-2_3_0-src-os2.zip
If you plan to compile the sources on your own, you must used this source package! There are some minor changes in the source files, that are currently not included in the CVS repository at the apache-xerces-site. I hope that these changes will be integrated into the repository very soon.
How to install
Just unpack the ZIP file and put the dll from the bin-directory to any path, that is listed in the LIBPATH environment variable. Make sure you add the lib and the include directory, to the corresponding environment variables of your C++ compiler. Then you should be ready to compile and run.
Samples
There are some samples in the "samples" directory. You'll find a Projects\OS2 directory there, that has some scripts and project files, for easy building of the examples with the VisualAge C++ 3.0 and 4.0 compiler. Compiling with VisualAge C++ 3.0 now automatically defines NO_NATIVE_BOOL, so you don't need to specify this option on the compilers command line any longer.
Future plans
I plan to set up a build environment for the OpenWatcom compiler.
Integrate this port into the CVS repository at the Apache-Xerces-Site, and keep it up to date.
How to contact me
For any questions concerning this distribution, you may contact me at joachim.deelen.ecs@deelen.de. For questions concerning Xerces itself, please have a look at the web site xml.apache.org and/or subscribe to xerces mailing-lists.
Have more fun with OS/2...
Joachim Deelen
Cologne, Germany
P.S.:
Expect more exciting OS/2 (eES) software to come in the future. Please check my website at http://www.deelen.de which is currently under construction...