XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[shirasu hiroyuki <hirsh AT s9.dion.ne.jp>]

From: Steve Loughran <steve.loughran AT gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Performance of Java XPath engines
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:47:57 +0000

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> Another interesting question is the impace of caching. If you have an
> XML file big enough that the parsed graph is bigger than $L2 cache,
> then you have to hit main memory to navigate around it. As Java (and
> .NET) lack anyway to put prefetch hints in the code, the only way to
> differentiate your navigation performance is by using algorithms
> optimised for different memory speeds. I dont know if any
> implementations do, but big file testing is the way to see.
> 
> What were the file sizes of the tests?


I used one file. Its size was 230k.
I apologize for having less knowledge of $L2 cache and so on.

Thanks,
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shirasu hiroyuki(hirsh AT s9.dion.ne.jp)