# Package javax.xml.parsers

package javax.xml.parsers

Provides the classes for processing XML documents with a SAX (Simple API for XML) parser or a DOM (Document Object Model) Document builder. The JAXP Plugability layer allows an application programmer to specify an implementation and configure where to locate it.

Since:
  1.4

Related Packages
Package
Description
javax.xml
Defines constants for XML processing.
Class
Description
DocumentBuilder
Defines the API to obtain DOM Document instances from an XML document.
DocumentBuilderFactory
Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.
FactoryConfigurationError
Thrown when a problem with configuration with the Parser Factories exists.
ParserConfigurationException
Indicates a serious configuration error.
SAXParser
Defines the API that wraps an `XMLReader` implementation class.
SAXParserFactory
Defines a factory API that enables applications to configure and obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.