Hello,

 

of an XML stream coming from the server as a result of an HTTP request.

To provide the app. with the DOM tree, a DOM XML parser will sit

in between the XML stream and my app.

The parser will convert the XML stream to a DOM object tree

and pass it on to my application.

I am confused about where to place the DOM XML parser

I have thought of 2 places where the parser could reside

but am not sure which place in better.

I'd be grateful if someone could help.

 

 

XML DOM PARSER POSITIONS I THOUGHT OF

 

1) Any browser which supports XML should have an inbuilt XML parser.

Assuming the parser is a DOM complaint one I could use the browser

inbuilt parser to get the DOM tree of a served XML stream.

This would mean

- that an XML stream would first go to a browser

- then I would have to trap the browser processing when a DOM tree is formed

- Retrieve the DOM tree

- Pass it on to my app.

 

 

2) Use a stand alone DOM XML parser which I could incorporate into

my app.This would mean

- that an XML stream would come straight to the XML parser in my app.

bypassing the browser totally

- the XML parser would produce the DOM tree

- The DOM tree would then be passed to the app.

 

QUESTIONS

 

1) Which of the 2 approaches should I use for the DOM tree generation

and why?

2) Any  existing samples/applications which expect DOM trees

as input for processing XML data

and how they manage to get the DOM trees?

 

Thanks in advance for any replies,

 

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