What are the different types of parser available to parse the XML document?

Dom Parser − Parses an XML document by loading the complete contents of the document and creating its complete hierarchical tree in memory.

SAX Parser − Parses an XML document on event-based triggers. Does not load the complete document into the memory.

JDOM Parser − Parses an XML document in a similar fashion to DOM parser but in an easier way.

StAX Parser − Parses an XML document in a similar fashion to SAX parser but in a more efficient way.

XPath Parser − Parses an XML document based on expression and is used extensively in conjunction with XSLT.

DOM4J Parser − A java library to parse XML, XPath, and XSLT using Java Collections Framework. It provides support for DOM, SAX, and JAXP.

Bidyasagar Mishra7y

various types of parsers which are commonly used to parse XML documents. Dom Parser - Parses the document by loading the complete contents of the document and creating its complete hiearchical tree in memory. SAX Parser - Parses the document on event based triggers. Does not load the complete document into the memory. JDOM Parser - Parses the document in similar fashion to DOM parser but in more easier way. StAX Parser - Parses the document in similar fashion to SAX parser but in more efficient way. XPath Parser - Parses the XML based on expression and is used extensively in conjuction with XSLT. DOM4J Parser - A java library to parse XML, XPath and XSLT using Java Collections Framework , provides support for DOM, SAX and JAXP.

Keerthi Venkatesan10y

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Munesh Sharma12y

What are the different types of parser available to parse the XML document?

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