XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[jason mazzotta <jazzdman AT comcast.net>]

Hi,
      I'm relatively new to using XML, and I'm working on a project 
that I think ultimately is a big lesson is what NOT to use XML for.  
That said, I've found XOM and I'm trying to understand if there are any 
performance advantages in using it for what I want to do.  From reading 
the JavaDoc for the NodeFactory and the examples, it can be used to 
help find particular  nodes in an XML tree.  I'd be interested in 
trying to prune my XML document down to a particular branch with its 
leaves intact.  Can I do that with a NodeFactory, or  would that end up 
being so complex that I'd be better off simply taking the performance 
hit of constructing the DOM for the entire document?


Thanks,

Jason Mazzotta