Parsing XML Documents

• SAX parser
  • Event-driven
  • It calls a method you provide to process each construct it encounters
  • More efficient for handling large XML documents
  • Gives you the information in bits and pieces
• DOM parser
  • Builds a tree that represents the document
  • When the parser is done, you can analyze the tree
  • Easier to use for most applications
  • Parse tree gives you a complete overview of the data
  • DOM standard defines interfaces and methods to analyze and
    modify the tree structure that represents an XML document