Uses of Package javax.xml.parsers (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-24

# Uses of Package
javax.xml.parsers

- Packages that use javax.xml.parsers
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  javax.xml.bind.annotation | Defines annotations for customizing Java program elements to XML Schema mapping.
  javax.xml.parsers | Provides classes allowing the processing of XML documents.

- Classes in javax.xml.parsers used by javax.xml.bind.annotation
  Class and Description
  DocumentBuilder Defines the API to obtain DOM Document instances from an XML document.

- Classes in javax.xml.parsers used by javax.xml.parsers
  Class and Description
  DocumentBuilder Defines the API to obtain DOM Document instances from an XML document.
  DocumentBuilderFactory Defines a factory API that enables applications to obtain a parser that produces DOM object trees from XML documents.
  ParserConfigurationException Indicates a serious configuration error.
  SAXParser Defines the API that wraps an `XMLReader` implementation class.
  SAXParserFactory Defines a factory API that enables applications to configure and obtain a SAX based parser to parse XML documents.

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