Java™ APIs for XML Kick Start

Chapter 3. Implementing Simple APIs for XML

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The Packages in JAXP for Using SAX

• The Key JAXP Classes and Interfaces for SAX Support

• The JAXP and Reference Implementation JAR Files

• Creating a SAX-Parsing Application

An XML document is essentially a text document that is meaningful only when an application can process it and get the desired data. There are three standards by which an XML document can be processed: Simple APIs for XML (SAX), Document Object Model (DOM), and XSL Transformations (XSLT).

SAX is a public domain API that uses an event-driven mechanism to parse XML documents. This implies that the parser reads an XML document, and each time it recognizes a valid XML syntax (such as <, </, and so on), it notifies the application ...