SAX (Simple API for XML)

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This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on SAX (Simple API for XML). Topics include identifying SAX implementation classes in JDK; XML content event handler interface and methods; writing your own XML parser handler using SAX interface.

SAX (Simple API for XML) Implementation in JDK

SAX Content Handler Interface

SAXBrowser.java - SAX Based XML Browser

Conclusion:

• JDK 1.4.1 uses org.apache.crimson package as the SAX implementation.
• JDK offers a default SAX handler org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler. It does nothing for all events.
• The handler method characters() seems to be fired on every white space characters.

Notes and sample codes bellow are based on JDK/J2SDK 1.4.1_01.

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