Java - Streaming API for XML (StAX)

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The StAX APIs defined in javax.xml.stream provide a streaming Java technology-based, event-driven, pull-parsing API for reading and writing XML documents. StAX offers a simpler programming model than SAX and more efficient memory management than DOM.

StAX enables developers to parse and modify XML streams as events.

The Streaming API for XML (StAX) is a Java based API for pull-parsing XML.

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Package

• javax.xml.stream: Provides StAX-specific transformation APIs.

Implementation

• XStream: https://x-stream.github.io/javadoc/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/StaxDriver.html

Documentation / Reference

• JSR 173: Streaming API for XML
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jaxp/intro/streaming.html
• Does StAX Belong in Your XML Toolbox?