Package javax.xml.parsers

Provides the classes for processing XML documents with a SAX (Simple API for XML) parser or a DOM (Document Object Model) Document builder. The JAXP Plugability layer allows an application programmer to specify an implementation and configure where to locate it.

Since:
1.4
Class Summary
Class Description
DocumentBuilder

Defines the API to obtain DOM Document instances from an XML document.

DocumentBuilderFactory

Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.

SAXParser

Defines the API that wraps an XMLReader implementation class.

SAXParserFactory

Defines a factory API that enables applications to configure and obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.

Exception Summary
Exception Description
ParserConfigurationException

Indicates a serious configuration error.

Error Summary
Error Description
FactoryConfigurationError

Thrown when a problem with configuration with the Parser Factories exists.