Types of XML Parser 

1	Sunmicrosystem xml parser
	jaxp.jar (1.4 mb)
	parser.jar (1.4 mb)
2	Feature	StAX	SAX	DOM	TrAX
	API Type	Pull, streaming	Push, streaming	In memory tree	XSLT Rule
	Ease of Use	High	Medium	High	Medium
	XPath Capability	No	No	Yes	Yes
	CPU and Memory Efficiency	Good	Good	Varies	Varies
	Forward Only	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Read XML	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Write XML	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Create, Read, Update, Delete	No	No	Yes	No
3	3 Types of Parser
	DOM – Document Object Model
	SAX - simple API for XML
	StAX – Streaming API for XML
4	Most current XML APIs fall into one of two broad classes
	1. event-based APIs like SAX and XNI
	2. tree-based APIs like DOM and JDOM
5	XML Pull Parsing Java APIs
	BEA
	kXML1
	NekoPull
	XN12XmlPull
	XPP1
	XPP2
	kXML2
	XPP3
	JSR-173 StAX
6	SAX – Push Parsing