XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Mike Colbert <mbcolbert AT yahoo.com>]

--- Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu> wrote:

> In that case use a SequenceInputStream to add the root element start and 
> end-tags before you read in the data. You really don't want to read 
> everything into a String first.
> 

Excellent advice!

So, it turns out I had neglected to wrap my Readers in BufferedReaders, as 
John
advised.  They were in there before, but I changed things around and they fell
out somewhere along the way.  So many, many thanks to John for reminding me. 
This alone made an order of magnitude speed improvement.

I also dropped the String, and used the SequenceInputStream to write in the
root element, and this is of course a superior approach.  Although, the time
savings aren't as noticeable; I would have to do a micro-benchmark and we all
know how that goes, so I won't even bother.

In any case, it's flying now.  Many thanks to all!

Mike