[Biodevelopers] XML for huge DB?

[Dan Bolser]

> 
> You need to parse your XML in a "streaming" fashion.  If you are using
> Java, for most people, that means using SAX.  You should write a 
> ContentHandler
> (org.xml.sax package) that gathers your results.  The SAX 
> ContentHandler is
> a call-back style API and so programming can get complicated--but that 
> isn't necessarily
> true.

Thanks again, I am using perl, so I have found a solution with
expat (not SAX I guess?) - This can stream to event handlers,
like HSP's :)

Cheers, 
Dan.

> 
> Many C/C++ APIs have a similar call-back style APIs.  Basically, you 
> want to interface
> the parser directly and get the essential information as efficiently as 
> possible.
> 
> If you plan to use Java 2, check out version 1.4.x and the 
> javax.xml.parsers and
> org.xml.sax packages.
> 
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> 
> "The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of 
> the
> inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
> considered."
> 
> Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics
> 
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