Reading XML Data into a DOM
In this section, you'll construct a Document Object Model by reading in an existing XML file. In the following sections, you'll see how to display the XML in a Swing tree component and practice manipulating the DOM.
Note
In Chapter 7, you'll see how to write out a DOM as an XML file. (You'll also see how to convert an existing data file into XML with relative ease.)
Creating the Program
The Document Object Model provides APIs that let you create, modify, delete, and rearrange nodes. So it is relatively easy to create a DOM, as you'll see later in Creating and Manipulating a DOM (page 228).
Before you try to create a DOM, however, it is helpful to understand how a DOM is structured. This series of exercises will make ...
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