Austin Cheney wrote: > Scott Sauyet wrote: >> Austin Cheney wrote: >>> Why not just use SAX for initial parse and DOM methods there after? > >> What is the use-case for that? I've used both SAX and DOM over the >> years, but never found a need to combine them.
> The advantage is that SAX is faster for initial parse, so for > static documents parse using SAX. When dynamic reading or writing > is required it is faster to use DOM opposed to parsing the entirety > of the document again with SAX. The dynamic objective is not to > recreate or re-understand the entirety of the document structure > again, but instead to be highly targeted and do only the specific > operations needed. I do understand the differences in strengths of DOM and SAX. I'm still trying to imagine a case in which I would want to do both for the same document. Can you suggest such a case? -- Scott -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
