1. Java XML Tutorial
2. Java & XML Tool Overview
3. Java SAX Parser
4. Java SAX DefaultHandler
5. Java SAX Schema Validation
6. Java SAX Parsing Example
7. Java SAX vs. StAX
8. Java StAX
9. Java StAX: XMLInputFactory
10. Java StAX: XMLOutputFactory
11. Java StAX: XMLEventReader - The Iterator API
12. Java StAX: XMLEventWriter - The Iterator Writer API
13. Java StAX: XMLStreamReader - The Cursor API
14. Java StAX: XMLStreamWriter - The Cursor Writer API
15. Java DOM
16. Java DOM: The Document Object
17. Java DOM Schema Validation

• XMLInputFactory Properties

The Java class javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory is one of the root component of the Java StAX API. From this class you can create both an XMLStreamReader and an XMLEventReader instance. The XMLStreamReader and XMLEventReader instances are used to parse XML using either a stream-of-tokens approach, or an event-based (callback based) approach. You can read more about these classes in Java Stax XMLEventReader and Java Stax XMLStreamReader.

Here are two examples showing how to create an XMLEventReader and an XMLStreamReader :

XMLInputFactory factory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();

XMLEventReader eventReader =
    factory.createXMLEventReader(
        new FileReader("data\\test.xml"));

XMLStreamReader streamReader =
    factory.createXMLStreamReader(
        new FileReader("data\\test.xml"));

XMLInputFactory Properties

You can set various properties on the XMLInputFactory instance using the setProperty() method. Here is an example:

factory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE, true);

For a full list of properties and their meaning, see the official JavaDoc for the StAX API.