Programming with XML
When it comes time to incorporate XML into a proprietary application, a few widely available open-source implementations of XML Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are available.
Without going into language specifics, the major XML APIs are either tree-based or event-based. Depending on your specific application, understanding the difference between these two API types can mean the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful development project.
Tree-Based APIs
Tree-based APIs, such as the W3C's Document Object Model (DOM), parse an entire XML document and store the resulting information in a memory-based tree structure. This tree structure is then made available to the client application. The client can traverse, ...
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