2.2. Beginning SAX

This chapter explores SAX through some progressively more functional examples, which build on each other to present the key concepts that are discussed later in more detail. Essential producer and consumer interfaces are presented together to show how they interact, and you'll see how to customize classic SAX configurations. We'll focus first on the producer side, saving most details about consumer-side APIs for a bit later.

2.2.1. How Do the Parts Fit Together?

In the simplest possible example, you (in your role as director) will get an XML parser, which will later produce parsing events. Then you will get a consumer and connect it to the producer for processing the most important events. Finally, you'll ask that parser to produce events, pushing them through to the consumer.