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, Xerces is Apache's collection of

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for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating

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. The library implements a number of standard APIs for XML parsing, including DOM, SAX and SAX2. The implementation is available in the

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, C++ and

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programming languages. The name "Xerces" is believed to commemorate the extinct Xerces blue butterfly (''Glaucopsyche xerces'').

Xerces language versions

There are several language versions of the Xerces parser: * Xerces2 Java, the Java reference implementation * Xerces C++, a C++ implementation * Xerces Perl, a Perl implementation. This implementation is a wrapper around the C++ API. Though technically marked active by Apache, there has been no major release in any language since 2010.

Features

The features supported by Xerces depend on the language, the Java version having the most features.

References

Notes

* Implemented third edition. * Implemented second edition. Section 2.13 Normalization Checking has not been implemented. * Implemented first edition. * Implemented first edition.

External links

* /xerces.apache.org/ Apache Xerces Project home {{Apache Software Foundation Xerces C++ libraries Java (programming language) libraries Java platform Software using the Apache license XML parsers

Xerces language versions

Features

See also

References

Notes

External links