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Asked: 2026-05-31T18:50:10+00:00

I want to create an App that uses a potentially large xml file. It

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I want to create an App that uses a potentially large xml file. It will also modify and ideally be able to traverse in reverse.

I know there is SAX, DOM, and the XML pull parser. The pull parser is out, unless I spend memory on creating my own tree of objects which does not seem feasible.
That leaves SAX and DOM unless there is another parser out there that can do what I want. Highly improbable, I know.
Yes, I saw this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7498616/which-xml-parser-should-i-use-for-android
Thoughts on having tree like usability without having to use DOM?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are a lot of options when it comes to parsing XML. But it depends on your own requirements that which parser you can use when. For that you need to know the basic differences between the parser. Here is some basic information i have provided.

    SAX parser is one where your code is notified as the parser walks through the XML tree,
    and you are responsible for keeping track of state and constructing any objects you might want to keep track of the data as the parser marches through.

    DOM parser reads the entire document and builds up an in-memory representation that you can query for different elements. Often, you can even construct XPath queries to pull out particular pieces.

    And as you said you are having large file and also if you want faster performance i suggest that you should use StAX parser. Here is link for that.

    Hope this will help you…

    Also refer this link.

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