XML APIs Home ToC Prev Up Next 

Introduction

  • Does not uses the Factory Pattern to switch between implementations.

    Note

    Use the JAXP DocumentBuilderFactory mechanism instead.

  • Builds a node-tree in memory.

  • Interface based.

  • Builds the full structure in memory.

    Note

    Normally uses around 6x the amount of memory compared to what the XML document would take up if it had been saved to disk.

  • Ideal for the lazy developer.