JAXP
Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) enables applications to read, write, manipulate, and transform XML data. Chapter 3 talked about XML standards and what they mean to developers. This chapter provides the reader an insight into the JAXP API and it provides a standard interface from Java applications, leveraging the same XML standards. It is assumed that the reader is sufficiently familiar with XML; this chapter is not intended to be a tutorial on XML.
From an architect’s perspective, XML usage in an application can be divided into two broad categories.
• Presentation-centric: XML meant for rendering, for example, an XHTML page
• Data-centric: XML that represents data–for example, a purchase order passed between business partners ...
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