Re: [xml-dev] XML parsers use what computational power?

[Michael Sokolov <msokolov@safaribooksonline.com>]

On 04/08/2013 08:50 AM, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> On 4/8/13 8:10 AM, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Are there any XML parsers that are more powerful than a deterministic
>> pushdown automata?
>>
>> Why are XML parsers written as libraries rather than as parser
>> generators?
>
> I have seen at least one XML parser generator, though I think it was 
> at XTech long long ago.  They've also come up in conversation about 
> ASN.1, but I suspect that was more on the ASN.1 side than the XML side.
>
> Thanks,
I (and I think some others) wrote MicroXML parsers using parser 
generators, like JavaCC.  I haven't tried that with XML, so I'm not 
sure, but I think that the DTD and entity handling is difficult to do 
with classic parser generators.  Also you will tend to get better 
performance from a hand-written parser.

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Michael Sokolov
Senior Architect
Safari Books Online