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Comparing Oracle XML Parsers and Class Generators by Language

This appendix provides a comparison of the Oracle XML Parser and Class Generators by language. The following sections are included in this appendix:

• Comparing the Oracle XML Parsers

• Comparing the Oracle XML Class Generators

Comparing the Oracle XML Parsers

Table B-1 compares the features of the Oracle XML parsers according to language.

Figure B-1 Comparing Oracle XML Parsers  

Java	C	C++	PL/SQL
Parser, Version 2
Includes DOM API 2.0	Includes DOM API 1.0 and CORE 2.0	Includes DOM API, 1.0 and CORE 2.0	Includes DOM API 2.0
Includes SAX API 2.0	Includes SAX API	Includes SAX API	N/A
XSLT Processor	XSLT Processor	XSLT Processor	XSLT Processor
XML Schema Processor	XML Schema Processor	XML Schema Processor	N/A
Namespace 1.0 support	Namespace 1.0 support	Namespace 1.0 support	Namespace 1.0 support
XPath 1.0 support	XPath 1.0 support	XPath 1.0 support	XPath 1.0 support
Checks if document is well-formed	Checks if document is well-formed	Checks if document is well-formed	Checks if document is well-formed
Validating and Non-Validating Support	Validating and Non-Validating Support	Validating and Non-Validating Support	Validating and Non-Validating Support
Character Sets (15): BIG 5 EBCDIC-CP-* EUC-JP EUC-KR GB2312 ISO-2022-JP ISO-2022-KR ISO-8859-1to -9 ISO-10646-UCS-2 ISO-10646-UCS-4 KOI8-R Shift_JIS US-ASCII UTF-8 UTF-16	Character Sets (15): BIG 5 EBCDIC-CP-* EUC-JP EUC-KR GB2312 ISO-2022-JP ISO-2022-KR ISO-8859-1to -9 ISO-10646-UCS-2 ISO-10646-UCS-4 KOI8-R Shift_JIS US-ASCII UTF-8 UTF-16	Character Sets (15): BIG 5 EBCDIC-CP-* EUC-JP EUC-KR GB2312 ISO-2022-JP ISO-2022-KR ISO-8859-1to -9 ISO-10646-UCS-2 ISO-10646-UCS-4 KOI8-R Shift_JIS US-ASCII UTF-8 UTF-16	Character Sets (12): BIG 5 EBCDIC-CP-* EUC-JP EUC-KR GB2312 ISO-2022-JP ISO-2022-KR ISO-8859-1to -9 KOI8-R Shift_JIS US-ASCII UTF-8
Default Character Set: UTF-8	Default Character Set: UTF-8	Default Character Set: UTF-8	Default Character Set: UTF-8
Operating Systems: All Oracle9i platforms	Operating Systems: All Oracle9i platforms	Operating Systems: All Oracle9i platforms	Operating Systems: All Oracle9i platforms
Error recovery until fatal error	N/A	N/A	Error recovery until fatal error

Comparing the Oracle XML Class Generators

Table B-2 compares the features of the Oracle XML parsers and class generators, according to language.

Figure B-2 Comparing Oracle XML Parsers and Class Generators  

Java	C	C++	PL/SQL
Class Generator	N/A		N/A
oracle.xml.classgen oracg command line utility	N/A	xmlcg command line utility	N/A
CGDocument CGNode ClassGenerator InvalidContentException Supports DTD and XML Schema	N/A		N/A
Character Sets (8): EBCDIC-CP-US ISO-8859-1 ISO-10646-UCS-2 ISO-10646-UCS-4 Shift_SJIS US-ASCII UTF-8 UTF-16	N/A	Character Sets (8): EBCDIC-CP-US ISO-8859-1 ISO-10646-UCS-2 ISO-10646-UCS-4 Shift_SJIS US-ASCII UTF-8 UTF-16	N/A
Default Character Set: US-ASCII	N/A	Default Character Set: US-ASCII	N/A