**[Hervé Boutemy](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=hboutemy)** opened **[MSHARED-255](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSHARED-255?redirect=false)** and commented Maven XML merge features are actually only available for Xpp3Dom. Having these features on standard DOM implementation would be useful to [get away from Xpp3](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVENOLD/Use+StAX+instead+of+XPP3) --- **Affects:** maven-shared-utils-0.1 **Issue Links:** - [MNG-2255](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-2255) Use a external XML Pull parser instead of plexus one - [MSHARED-256](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSHARED-256) use DOM instead of plexus specific Xpp3Dom (_**"is depended upon by"**_)
Hervé Boutemy opened MSHARED-255 and commented
Maven XML merge features are actually only available for Xpp3Dom.
Having these features on standard DOM implementation would be useful to get away from Xpp3
Affects: maven-shared-utils-0.1
Issue Links:
MNG-2255 Use a external XML Pull parser instead of plexus one
MSHARED-256 use DOM instead of plexus specific Xpp3Dom
("is depended upon by")