2.2 JAXP-defined Packages and Their Functionality

JAXP defines packages for using the functions listed in Table 2-1 of 2.1 About JAXP. The following table gives an overview of APIs that are included in the packages defined in JAXP:

Table 2‒2: An overview of APIs included in the packages defined in JAXP

Package	An overview of APIs included in the packages
javax.xml.parsers	APIs for performing parsing with a DOM parser and SAX parser.
javax.xml.stream	APIs for StAX parsing.
javax.xml.stream.events
javax.xml.stream.util
javax.xml.transform	APIs for XSLT transformers
javax.xml.transform.dom	APIs that use DOM for inputting to and outputting from XSLT transformers
javax.xml.transform.sax	APIs that use SAX for inputting to and outputting from XSLT transformers
javax.xml.transform.stax	APIs that use StAX for performing input and output from the XSLT transformers
javax.xml.transform.stream	APIs that use streams for inputting to and outputting from XSLT transformers.
javax.xml.validation	APIs for validating XML documents
javax.xml.xpath	APIs for evaluating XPath expressions
javax.xml.namespace	API for processing XML namespaces
javax.xml.datatype	APIs for processing the date and time format data defined in W3C XML Schema 1.0
javax.xml	Character-string constants related to XML
org.w3c.dom	APIs for manipulating DOM trees
org.w3c.dom.bootstrap	APIs for obtaining a DOM implementation
org.w3c.dom.ls	APIs for loading and saving XML documents
org.w3c.dom.events	APIs for handling DOM events
org.xml.sax	API for basic SAX processing
org.xml.sax.ext	APIs for extended SAX processing
org.xml.sax.helpers	Sets of helper classes for SAX processing

The following subsections give an overview of each package.

Organization of this section

• 2.2.1 javax.xml.parsers Package

• 2.2.2 javax.xml.stream Package

• 2.2.3 javax.xml.stream.events Package

• 2.2.4 javax.xml.stream.util Package

• 2.2.5 javax.xml.transform Package

• 2.2.6 javax.xml.transform.dom Package

• 2.2.7 javax.xml.transform.sax Package

• 2.2.8 javax.xml.transform.stax Package

• 2.2.9 javax.xml.transform.stream Package

• 2.2.10 javax.xml.validation Package

• 2.2.11 javax.xml.xpath Package

• 2.2.12 javax.xml.namespace Package

• 2.2.13 javax.xml.datatype Package

• 2.2.14 javax.xml Package

• 2.2.15 org.w3c.dom Package

• 2.2.16 org.w3c.dom.bootstrap Package

• 2.2.17 org.w3c.dom.ls Package

• 2.2.18 org.w3c.dom.events Package

• 2.2.19 org.xml.sax Package

• 2.2.20 org.xml.sax.ext Package

• 2.2.21 org.xml.sax.helpers Package

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