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DOM versus JDOM

Richard Robbins
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Are there any advantages to using the org.w3c.dom classes for manipulating XML as opposed to using the newer JDOM?

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Ajith Kallambella
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Even though it sounds misleading, JDOM is not a newer version of DOM. It is a framework built on top of DOM and SAX. You will still need to parse the XML documents using a standard DOM/SAX parser. JDOM only makes navigating through the document tree or manipulating the elements easier by providing a standard Java-based collection interface.
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