javax.xml.parsers (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

Package javax.xml.parsers

Provides classes allowing the processing of XML documents.

Class Summary
DocumentBuilder	Defines the API to obtain DOM Document instances from an XML document.
DocumentBuilderFactory	Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.
SAXParser	Defines the API that wraps an XMLReader implementation class.
SAXParserFactory	Defines a factory API that enables applications to configure and obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.

Exception Summary
ParserConfigurationException	Indicates a serious configuration error.

Error Summary
FactoryConfigurationError	Thrown when a problem with configuration with the Parser Factories exists.

Package javax.xml.parsers Description

Provides classes allowing the processing of XML documents. Two types of plugable parsers are supported:

SAX (Simple API for XML)
DOM (Document Object Model)

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