easy XML parser

[Sherif Shehab]

Hi Guys ,

I'm new to dealing with XML with java , So please b i wanna know the best and easiest XML parser to read and write xml with java ...
Appreciate your advice ..

[Ulf Dittmer]

"Best" and "easiest" are always relative to the problem at hand, so we can't give general advice on that. The XmlFaq points to several introductions on how to use JAXP, the standard Java API for processing XML. You may also wish to investigate 3rd party APIs like XOM and JDOM.

[Sherif Shehab]

Actually what i wanna do is that i got XML file i wanna to read it and edit some element then save it ... that's all i wanna do

[Ulf Dittmer]

... which is precisely what JAXP and the other libraries I mentioned do. :-)

[Sherif Shehab]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:... which is precisely what JAXP and the other libraries I mentioned do. :-)

Thanks Ulf for your fast reply, by the way the XML file i wanna edit is web.xml file in my WAR , so JAXP will help or any 3rd party will be better ?

[Ulf Dittmer]

"Better" in what regard? JAXP -like the other XML parsers and DOM implementations- doesn't care about what kind of XML file it's dealing with.

[Sherif Shehab]

i got your idea , OK i'll use JAXP