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The dom4j API [http://dom4j.org/] supports xpath and could be an alternative. Not knowing the reasons for not using jdom, I wouldn't know if they apply to dom4j as well. Regards Fredrik Lindgren On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 0:31:14 -0500, <santony@b...> wrote: > We have this situation wherin I should programatically ( Java ) fetch > the text value of an element that is inside another element. > Essentially this is the simple value of the xpath expression > outer_element/inner_element > 1. What is the best XML technology to use in this situation. DOM based > parsing and iterating the outer level of elements till I find the inner > one, and then fetching its value ? ( We are not considering jdom due to > some other reasons ) > > 2. Is using an XSLT processor like xalan an overkill since we do not do > any transformation ? Can we get xpath with anything other than a full > fledged XSLT processor. > > 3. Comparing DOM based iteration with an XSLT which is expected to be > faster ( I read DOM is used inside XSLT processors ) > > Thanks for reading > > --sony > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > -- Fredrik Lindgren
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