JAXP : Java Glossary

JAXP

JAXP (Java Api for Xml Processing) is both an API (Application Programming Interface) specification from Sun and an implementation GNU opensource library for dealing with XML (extensible Markup Language) in Java.

Starting withJava version 1.5, JAXP is built into the JDK (Java Development Kit). It provides SAX (Simple API for XML)-style element-by-element parsing and XSLT (extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations)-style XSLT transformations. DOM (Document Object Model)-style processing reads the entire XML file into RAM (Random Access Memory) and converts it to a tree. It also includes Xerces. It lets you work with W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XSD (XML Scheme Definition) 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

Oracle’s Technote Guide on JAXP for recent JDKs : available:

on the web at Oracle.com
in the current JDK 1.7.0_02 on your local Windows J: drive.

Oracle’s Miscellaneous documentation on JAXP for early JDKs

DOM
JAX
JAXB
JAXR
parser
SAX
where to find jars
XML
XSD
XSLT

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