Asynchronous parsing in Java

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I just want to implement a parser to parse my xml. I need clarification from you guys before I start it. Can you guys please suggest a best method or mechanism to parse my xml and rendering it asynchronously.

How do you parse your XML? Not all appraoches perform the same and you may get more improvement using a different approach. — Peter Lawrey, Dec 08 '10 at 10:19

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '10 at 10:17

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Do it in separate thread. You can 1. open thread yourself 2. use threadpool 3. use Timer.schdule()

answered Dec 08 '10 at 10:17

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

Don't reinvent the wheel - JDOM does a fantastic job with XML.

As for doing so asynchronously, I would have the parsing thread parse and build whatever data you need, then make it publicly accessible by assigning it to a volatile variable once it's done. You could also use the callback pattern. Parsing your XML is a separate problem from doing so asynchronously; any asynchronous processing pattern will work just fine.

Asynchronous parsing in Java

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