XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Angela Amoateng <angela.amoateng AT kcl.ac.uk>]

Hi all at XOM,

I discovered this form of Java API from a book "Learn Java in 24 hours" 
and I like what I see!

I am a computer science student at King's College London, University of 
London and I am currently building a system using Java and XML(an 
English to Japanese translator and tutor) for my final year project and 
I have a TIGHT DEADLINE! I am good at Java, but I am new to XML, 
although I am aware of how DOM level 1 and SAX works.

In my project, one XML document, will have a list of English words and 
phrases with their Japanese translation and in another XML document I 
will have a list of Japanese words and phrases with the English 
translation.

I would like to know if three things are possible using the XOM model:


1)Does the XOM model recognise and create an XML document containing 
Japanese characters, specifically Hiragana? How will I go about this?



2) Can I create an XML document using XOM model, that will enable me to 
have an "EqualsTo" function  for each word. For example, "apple" in 
Japanese is "ringo" so:

<word>apple = ringo <word>

3) Also, if a string input (which would be a word of Japanese or 
English) from a Java GUI is entered, that string input could be 
compared to the list of words in the XML document and return the value 
it equals to. For example, if the user enters "apple" in a JTextfield, 
it will return the value "ringo"


I hope you can answer this for me!! Thanks!!

Angela
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Angela Amoateng
angela.amoateng AT kcl.ac.uk