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Java SAX Tutorial

SAX (Simple API for XML) is an event-driven algorithm for parsing XML documents. SAX is an alternative to the Document Object Model (DOM). Where the DOM reads the whole document to operate on XML, SAX parsers read XML node by node, issuing parsing events while making a step through the input stream. SAX processes documents state-independently (the handling of an element does not depend on the elements that came before). SAX parsers are read-only.

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Lessons Learned in Performance Testing

Performance testing is a hard discipline to get right and many things can go wrong. The key is to pay attention to the details, understand the behavior, and avoid just producing fancy numbers. This article describes a few common problems seen frequently with performance testing and shares tips on how to make your performance testing routine better.