JAXP processors

The Java API for XML processing is referred to as JAXP. As its name suggests, this API is used for parsing XML documents. There are four related interfaces:

  • DOM: Document Object Model parsing
  • SAX: Simple API for XML parsing
  • StAX: Streaming API for XML parsing
  • XSLT: Interface to transform XML documents

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