Feature

SAX

StAX

DOM

TrAX j

API Type

Push, streaming

Puli, streaming

In memory tree

XSLT Rule

Ease of Use

Medium

High

High

Medium

XPath Capability

No

No

Yes

Yes

CPU and Memory Effidency

Good

Good

Varies

Varies

Forward Only

Yes

Yes

No

No

Read XML

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write XML

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

CRUD

No

No

Yes

No