Xml Parsers

[Aamir Memon]

Can anyone please recommand me a very easy to use parser for xml, I just want to try how a pareser works.
Regards
Aamir

[Ajith Kallambella]

You can download Xerces from Apache or JAXP from Sun. Both of these come with example programs that can be just compiled and run. They also contain some sample xml files.
I suggest you start from there and learn by experimenting.
Cheers!
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Ajith Kallambella M.
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java�2 Platform.
IBM Certified Developer - XML and Related Technologies, V1.

[Andrew Shafer]

Ajith,
Do you have any opinion on the different parsers available?
Do you know any discussion on JRanch or anywhere else that explores this?

[Ajith Kallambella]

Here is a perormance comparison matrix for various parsers tested with validation. Eventhough the data is quite old, I'm sure this will give you an idea about what to expect.
DOM and SAX Put to the Test

Choosing an XML Parser

Hope that helps,

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Ajith Kallambella M.
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java�2 Platform.
IBM Certified Developer - XML and Related Technologies, V1.

[William Brogden]

It is likely that Sun's JAXP package will be made part of the standard Java release, so you might as well learn that one.
Bill