J2EE Support for XML

XML is portable data, and the Java platform is portable code. Add Java APIs for XML that make it easy to use XML and, together, you have the ideal combination:

  • Portability of data

  • Portability of code

  • Ease of use

The J2EE platform bundles all these advantages together.

Enterprises are rapidly discovering the benefits of using J2EE for developing Web Services that use XML for the dissemination and integration of data; particularly because XML eases the sharing of legacy data both internally among departments and with other enterprises.

J2EE includes the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) that makes it easy to process XML data with applications written in Java. JAXP embraces the parser standards:

  • Simple API for XML Parsing (SAX) ...

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