Xalan-Java and XPath 2.0

Question

If I understood it correctly, the most up-to-date version of Xalan-Java still implements XPath Version 1.0. http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/

why is so? why it has not been updated to xpath2.0? http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/

is there a similar library that implements xpath 2.0?

If you want to know why something hasn't been done, you will have to ask all the people who didn't do it. That's a lot of people. — Michael Kay
– Michael Kay, Commented Mar 9, 2012 at 20:31

Andriy Budzinskyy · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-09 16:31:11Z

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You can use saxon for xpath2.0. Xalan has prototype for it but this is not an official build, see http://www.stylusstudio.com/xsllist/200212/post70030.html

answered Mar 9, 2012 at 16:31

Andriy Budzinskyy

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I recently moved from Xalan to Saxon for XPath 2.0 support. Very easy transition. +1

Has anything changed?