Xerces
is a parser that can be used in Java programming for parsing the XML
documents. This Java parser has advanced functionalities that support
DOM Level 2, SAX version 2. It also supports DOM Level 1 and SAX version
1 APIs.
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It
is better to use the Xerces XML APIs for programming if you work with
the XML files in your programming. This enables you to retain the same
code without modification if there is any upgrade to the standard APIs.
The Java API for XML Processing called as the JAXP is part of the Xerces
Standard API.
JAXP has
separate classes for Constants, Datatype, Namespace, Parsers, Transform
(includes DOM, SAX, and Stream), Validation and XPath. You can check
the available features of the Xerces parser in the URL http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-j/features.html.
A lot code
samples are available throughout the internet for the using the Xerces
parser in your java programming. If you know the basics of Java programming
you can very well use the Xerces API for Java programming to parse the
XML data.
