Processing XML with Java™: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX

Alternatives to Java

When all you have is a hammer, most problems look a lot like nails. Since you're reading this book, I'm willing to bet that Java is your hammer of choice, and indeed Java is a very powerful hammer. But sometimes you really could use a screwdriver, and this may be one of those times. I must admit that the solution for imposing hierarchy developed in the last section feels more than a little like pounding a screw with a hammer. Maybe it would be better to use the hammer to set the screw, but then use a screwdriver to drive it in. In this section I want to explore a few possible screwdrivers, including XSLT and XQuery. Rather than using such complex Java code, I'll do the following: First I'll use Java to get the data into the ...