SAX Parser

[ali haider]

Hi,
I had a few doubts in XML parsing. It would be great if you could help me out.
1) Can a SAX Parser modify the XML data as in remove elements, make substitutions in the text...or should I use a DOM object.
2) I wanted to read a DTD to read the list of entities defined in it. How could I do that.... I dont want the DTD to validate my XML I just want to read it.

Thanks a lot,
Ali

[KR Campbell]

I haven't been playing with XML for too long but:

1: Yes, you can alter the stream as you read it and then pass it on somewhere else. However, if you wish to navigate your XML in any way other than forward then you would be better off moving to DOM.

2: Don't really understand what you mean - the DTD is just XML and can be read with the same parser.

I can recommend the J2EE Tutorial chapter on SAX if you want to work through these concepts.

Regards,

Kenny