JAXP (Java APIs for XML Processing) enables applications to parse, transform, validate and query XML documents using API.

Java APIs for XML Processing (JAXP)

     

JAXP (Java APIs for XML Processing) enables applications to parse, transform, validate and query XML documents using API. This API is independent of a particular XML processor implementation. JAXP doesn?t do any kind of processing instead it provides a mechanism to obtain parsed XML documents employing SAX and DOM parsers. It provides a mechanism to plug-in with various providers. 

The libraries that define needed JAXP APIs are:

1. javax.xml.parsers
2. org.w3c.dom
3. org.xml.sax
4. javax.xml.transform

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