Java API for XML Processing

Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) enables applications to parse, transform, validate and query XML documents using an API that is independent of a particular XML processor implementation. JAXP provides a pluggability layer to enable vendors to provide their own implementations without introducing dependencies in application code. Using this software, application and tool developers can build fully-functional XML-enabled Java applications for e-commerce, application integration, and web publishing.

The Java SE 7 Update 40 release includes JAXP 1.5.0. The Java SE 8 release includes JAXP 1.6.

API Specification

The JAXP API includes the following packages:

javax.xml.datatype
javax.xml.namespace
javax.xml.parsers
javax.xml.stream
javax.xml.stream.events
javax.xml.stream.util
javax.xml.transform
javax.xml.transform.dom
javax.xml.transform.sax
javax.xml.transform.stax
javax.xml.transform.stream
javax.xml.validation
javax.xml.xpath
org.w3c.dom
org.w3c.dom.ranges
org.w3c.dom.traversal
org.w3c.dom.bootstrap
org.w3c.dom.events
org.w3c.dom.ls
org.xml.sax
org.xml.sax.ext
org.xml.sax.helpers

Enhancements

Guides and Tutorials

JAXP Tutorial, part of the Java Tutorial.