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RE: Problem parsing XML file with Xerces-J

• To: "'Midsummer Sun'" <midsummer.sun@g...>,"'David Lyon'" <david.lyon@c...>
• Subject: RE: Problem parsing XML file with Xerces-J
• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:20:18 +0100
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
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> Can the new StAX streaming parser provide a performance boost to my
> application! In this case, my application will pull events from the
> XML (in a serial fashion). This will give me same performance as SAX.
> I cannot use SAX, because there is no way to push events to my
> application. DOM is surely slow ! I think StAX is still an emerging
> technology, and the drivers are not as robust as today's SAX parsers.

Yes, I have been very disappointed by the reliability of the StAX parsers
from BEA and Sun, and by the fact that they don't seem to be moving forward
aggressively.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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