XML Schema Complete Reference, The

17.5. Xerces Java DOM In-depth

This section plunges into the Java DOM, using Xerces to construct a couple of larger applications. It also presents the critical packages and classes you will most likely use while building XML DOM applications. Included are APIs for the three most important DOM interfaces, along with sample code that explores many of their interesting methods.

17.5.1. The Document Interface

Xerces2 implements the DOM Level 2 API, which builds on the original Level 1 core. As you know, DOM is most useful when a new XML document must be created from scratch or when a parsed document must be saved in memory, presumably to be manipulated at a later time. The common Xerces DOM API elements are found in the package org.w3.dom and its ...