[Xenocide-programming] XML parser benchmarks

[mamutas <mam...@ho...>]

Here is comparison of some (most popular???) XML parsers: =
http://xmlbench.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=3Dresults.php

The bottom line is that Xerces is one of the most flexible and powerful =
parsers. It is beaten by Oracle parser though in some tests, but as far =
as I understood from Oracle XDK license =
(http://otn.oracle.com/software/htdocs/distlic.html?/tech/xml/xdk/softwar=
e/prod/winsoft_cpp.htm) it may not be used with open source =
applications.

I have done a search on SF and here is what I have found (besides =
TinyXML and eXpat):

libxml++ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxmlplusplus/) a wrapper for =
Linux based libxml parser - we can't use it since there is no Win32 =
port;
Arabica XML toolkit (http://sourceforge.net/projects/arabica/) a wrapper =
for other XML parsers (including Xerces) allowing them to support SAX2 =
and DOM L2 formats - we do not need such advanced features;
xmlpp (http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmlpp/) - something similar to =
TinyXML, but was not updated since April 2002.

So, my recommendation is either TinyXML or Xerces. First is small, but =
not validating. Second is big and feature filled.=20
Xerces would be my choice: with its feature support, we could be sure =
that we will be covered for all our possible future needs. However, we =
need to look at Xerces license to make sure we need to use it.

Regards,
mamutas