JDBC and XML

[Lars Marius Garshol]

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* January Tsai
>
>Is there a JDBC driver for XML or something that works the same but named
differently?

XML is not a kind of relational database, so a JDBC driver for XML would not
make much sense. XML looks a bit like HTML, even though it does have something
in common with databases: the possibility store information in a structured
way.

XML does have "something that works the same but is named differently": SAX.
SAX is a common API for XML parsers and is supported by nearly all Java XML
parsers.

You can find it at:
<URL:http://www.megginson.com/SAX/>

There is also a higher-level API called DOM, which may also be suitable for
your purposes. You can find a list of DOM implementations at:

<URL:http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsga/linker/xmltools/by-standard.html#DOM>

I hope this helped you.
--Lars M.


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