The one that I know of - https://github.com/ndebeiss/jsXmlSaxParser
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 1:51 AM, dtang85 <dtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a SAX parser for JavaScript? From what it sounds like, you'd > use DOM API methods when you know something about the XML like an ID, > an attribute, or tag names whereas with SAX you can parse the XML > without knowing anything about its structure beforehand. > > On Dec 31 2011, 9:05 pm, Poetro <poe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2011/12/31 dtang85 <dtan...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Whats the difference between SAX and DOM? Someone asked me that and my > > > initial thought was that DOM API methods is the main API for XML. Can > > > someone clarify? Thanks! > > > > SAX stands for Simple API for XML, and is a different method to parse > > the XML. The parser goes through the XML file and triggers event for > > everything it encounters. For example when it finds an opening tag, it > > triggers an event, when it finds an attribute, it triggers another > > one, when it reaches a text node then another, when it reaches the end > > of the tag then another. So it sequentially parses the XML file > > triggering event for everything it encounters within the XML during > > parsing. It is really fast, but it is sequential, so you cannot go > > back and forward withing the XML with it. If you want to do another > > run in the XML, you have to parse the whole XML another time, or you > > build a DOM like document during the SAX parsing. > > > > -- > > Poetro > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@jsmentors.com/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@googlegroups.com/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > jsmentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@jsmentors.com/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@googlegroups.com/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jsmentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
