Dealing with XML in Java

JAXP (Java API for XML Processing) is a standard set of Java APIs for dealing with XML objects. It's not strictly part of the J2EE standard, but it's an essential class library for dealing with XML instances. JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) is a set of Java APIs for connecting to back-end SQL databases. Together, JAXP and JDBC provide an infrastructure for building applications using XML and SQL. One way JAXP and JDBC work together is in the construction of Java objects that utilize both APIs to provide seamless access to information encoded in both XML and relational databases.

Parsers: SAX Versus DOM

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