On to Using XML
We've just given you a very brief introduction to XML. The preceding section introduced elements, attributes, nesting, and offending characters. Later, there will be more coverage of other specifics of XML. For now, however, let's start processing the XML that we have.
Processing
Once we have an XML document, we're ready to use the data. We might want to display it in a browser or have our JSP process some of the data. Let's look at what happens when you load an XML file into a browser.
No matter what the purpose of an XML file may be, it is parsed immediately upon being loaded. If any part of the file is in violation of a well-formed document rule, an error will be prominently displayed.
If the XML parser is a validating parser ...
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