XML Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.25, by Herong Yang
SAX Parsing Pattern Example
This section provides a tutorial example on how to print out the SAX parsing pattern by SAXBrowser.java with a given XML file.
Now let's use another XML file, user.xml, with more elements to show the SAX parsing pattern:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <user status="active"> <!-- This is not a real user. --> <first_name>John</first_name> <last_name>Smith</last_name> </user>
Ran SAXBrowser.java with user.xml, I got:
herong> java SAXBrowser user.xml Starting document... e_user a_ status=active c__ c__ c__ c__ c__ c__ e__first_name c___John c__ c__ c__ e__last_name c___Smith c__ c__ Ending document...
The program still works. But why the parser fired so many "characters()" events? It looks like the parser didn't group the space character, line feed, and cartridge return into a single char[] and fire one "characters()" event. It fired multiple events, one per character.
Table of Contents
Introduction of XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
DOM (Document Object Model) Programming Interface
►SAX (Simple API for XML) Programming Interface
What Is SAX (Simple API for XML)
Using SAX Implementation in JDK
SAXBrowser.java - SAX Interface Java Example
DTD (Document Type Definition) Introduction
Validating an XML Document against the Specified DTD Document Type
XSD (XML Schema Definition) Introduction
Validating XML Documents Against Specified XML Schemas
XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Introduction
XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction
XSLT Elements as Programming Statements
Control and Generate XML Element in the Result
PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation
Processing XML with Python Scripts
XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++
XML Plugin Packages for Atom Editor