[XOM-interest] Writing large XML documents

Benson Margulies bim2007 at basistech.com
Mon Dec 17 22:48:56 EST 2007


XOM is all about trees. If you don't want trees, don't use XOM at all. Google StaX. 

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From: xom-interest-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:xom-interest-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Eric Wang
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:46 PM
To: Tatu Saloranta
Cc: xom-interest
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Writing large XML documents

No, it isn't necessary for me to build a tree model. Forgive my ignorance, but I can't find any mention of the SAX or Stax writers in the XOM documentation. Does this require an additional library?


On Dec 17, 2007 10:36 PM, Tatu Saloranta <cowtowncoder at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Eric Wang <jemroc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am attempting to write an XML file larger than available 
> > memory.
> > Looking over the tutorial, the section describing the toXML() method 
> > states "However, since this builds the entire document in memory, it 
> > can be problematic for large documents and less efficient than using 
> > a Serializer, which can stream the document."
>
> Is it necessary for you to build an intermediate tree model? If not, 
> you could just use SAX or Stax writers directly to produce xml content 
> of unlimited length, with minimal buffering.
>
> -+ Tatu +-
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