JAXP : Java Glossary

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JAXP

Java API for XML Processing. It is both an API specification from Sun and an implementation GNU opensource library for dealing with XML in Java.

Starting with JDK 1.5, JAXP is built-in to the JDK. It provides SAX-style (Simple API for XML) element-by-element parsing and XSLT-style (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) transformations. DOM-style (Document Object Model) processing reads the entire XML file into RAM and converts it to a tree. It also includes Xerces. It lets you work with W3C XSD schemas.

Handled by the javax.xml.* tree of packages using the bundled Xerces implementation in the com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.* package tree.

Learning More

Sun’s JDK Technote Guide on JAXP for recent JDKs : available:

on the web at java.sun.com
in the current JDK 1.6.0_07 or in the beta JDK 1.6.0_10 on your local Windows J: drive.

Sun’s Glassfish community webservice: JAXP for early JDKs

DOM
JAXB
parser
SAX
where to find jars
XML
XSD
XSLT

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