XML Parsers

XML parsers are software packages that you use as part of an application such as Oracle 8i (which includes good XML support) or as part of your own programs. For example, later in this book, I'll use the IBM AlphaWorks XML for Java (XML4J) parser; it is written in Java and connects well to your own Java code. Here's a list of some of the parsers out there:

  • SAX: The Simple API for XML. Written by David Megginson et al. (http://www.megginson.com/SAX/index.html), SAX is a well-known parser that uses event-based parsing. I'll use SAX in this book.

  • expat. This famous XML parser was written in the C programming language by James Clark (http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html). This parser is used in Netscape Navigator 6 and in the Perl language's ...

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