Package javax.xml.parsers

Java XML Parsing API (supports SAX 1.0 and DOM 2.0).

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Class Summary
DocumentBuilder Parser to create a DOM Document from an input source
DocumentBuilderFactory Responsible for creating new DOM parsers
SAXParser Builder for SAX parsers
SAXParserFactory Responsible for creating new SAXParsers.
 

Exception Summary
ParserConfigurationException  
 

Error Summary
FactoryConfigurationError  
 

Package javax.xml.parsers Description

Java XML Parsing API (supports SAX 1.0 and DOM 2.0). JAXP is a standard API to parse XML using either the SAX callback API or directly into the DOM (Document Object Model.) Using JAXP, application code can remain XML-parser independent.

A typical use to create a DOM Document is:


DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder parser = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = parser.parse(myInputSource);

A typical use to create a SAX parser is:


SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
Parser parser = factory.newSAXParser();
parser.setDocumentHandler(myDocumentHandler);
parser.parse(myInputSource);