When to Use DOM
The Document Object Model standard is, above all, designed for documents (for example, articles and books). In addition, the JAXP 1.2 implementation supports XML Schema, something that may be an important consideration for any given application.
On the other hand, if you are dealing with simple data structures and if XML Schema isn't a big part of your plans, then you may find that one of the more object-oriented standards, such as JDOM and dom4j (page 1345), is better suited for your purpose.
From the start, DOM was intended to be language-neutral. Because it was designed for use with languages such as C and Perl, DOM does not take advantage of Java's object-oriented features. That fact, in addition to the distinction between ...
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