Chapter 13. Parsing XML with Java

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Since the earliest days of XML, Java programmers have been at the forefront of the XML developer community. Many developers feel that Java is the language of choice for XML development. The two technologies are strong complements to each other: XML for data portability and Java for software portability. Moreover, there are a number of reasons that Java is particularly good for working with XML:

  • Developers have high productivity with Java. Often, you can get robust implementations of new technologies to work well in Java twice as fast as you can in C.

  • Java has always been Web-friendly, used both on clients ...

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