Moving to XML

More about parsers [i] types

• Event-based parsers
  • You register handlers for parsing events you are interested in
  • The parser calls these handlers when it sees the events
  • Useful if you only want some of the information out of the document
  • Useful if the document might use more memory than you have available
  • Quite a lot of work to set up.
• Document parsers
  • Usually built on event-based parsers
  • Parse the whole document and provide you with a handle on an internal representation of it
    • Usually a DOM document object
  • Useful if you want all the information out of the document

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