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Oleg Tkachenko wrote:
> Razvan MIHAIU wrote:
>
>> What kind of parser is best to use for XSLT transformations ? SAX or
>> DOM ? XSLT can require random XML access – depending on the context
>> of processing. That being the case DOM seems to be more appropriate
>> for XSLT.
>
>
> Provided that DOM is hugely inefficient for performing XSLT, most XSLT
> processors always build their own proprietary optimized tree
> representation of an input XML to work with.
> Given that it's clear that DOM is just a waste of memory here - use
> SAX instead.
>
I do not understand. An XSLT processor can require random access to
the XML instance. With SAX you would be forced to pass the document
multiple times.
Are you suggesting to use SAX to build an in-memory representation
of XML other than DOM ?
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