SAX : Java Glossary

SAX stands for SAX (Simple API for XML), a parsing technique for XML (extensible Markup Language). It is part of Sun’s JAXP (Java Api for XML Processing) classes for manipulating XML. It hands you each field one at a time as it parses. In contrast, DOM (Document Object Model) creates a tree. The advantage of SAX is it needs only a small amount of memory to process a large file. The code you need to read an XML file is unbelievably ugly and verbose.

The name SAX also refters to a protocol I proposed in 1985 to replace FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for file transfer. It uses far fewer acks so generates less network congestion, and less delay. It’s key features are never throwing away good packets received and restart after a disconnect.

Learning More

Oracle’s Javadoc on SAX package : available:

on the web at Oracle.com
in the current JDK 1.7.0_04 or in the old JDK 1.6.0_32 on your local Windows J: drive.

Oracle’s Javadoc on XMLStreamReader class : available:

on the web at Oracle.com
in the current JDK 1.7.0_04 or in the old JDK 1.6.0_32 on your local Windows J: drive.

Books

recommend book⇒SAX2

by:

David Brownell

978-0-596-00237-4

paperback

publisher:

O’Reilly

published:

2002-01-03

Using the SAX2 API to process XML.

Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock

DOM
JAXP
SAX protocol student project
SAX tutorial
schema
XML
XSD

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