MemParse uses the SAX Parser to parse a memory buffer containing XML statements, and reports the number of elements and attributes found.

This program uses the SAX Parser to parse a memory buffer containing XML statements, and reports the number of elements and attributes found.

The following parameters may be set from the command line

Usage: MemParse [options] This program uses the SAX Parser to parse a memory buffer containing XML statements, and reports the number of elements and attributes found. Options: -v=xxx Validation scheme [always | never | auto*]. -n Enable namespace processing. Defaults to off. -s Enable schema processing. Defaults to off. -f Enable full schema constraint checking. Defaults to off. -? Show this help. * = Default if not provided explicitly.

-v=always will force validation
-v=never will not use any validation
-v=auto will validate if a DOCTYPE declaration or a schema declaration is present in the XML document

Here is a sample output from MemParse

MemParse -v=always

The output is the following:

Finished parsing the memory buffer containing the following XML statements: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='ascii'?> <!DOCTYPE company [ <!ELEMENT company (product,category,developedAt)> <!ELEMENT product (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT category (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST category idea CDATA #IMPLIED> <!ELEMENT developedAt (#PCDATA)> ]> <company> <product>XML4C</product> <category idea='great'>XML Parsing Tools</category> <developedAt> IBM Center for Java Technology, Silicon Valley, Cupertino, CA </developedAt> </company> Parsing took 10 ms (4 elements, 1 attributes, 16 spaces, 95 characters).

Running MemParse with the validating parser gives a different result because ignorable white-space is counted separately from regular characters.

MemParse -v=never

The output is the following:

Note that the sum of spaces and characters in both versions is the same.

The time reported by the system may be different, depending on your processor speed.