Extensible Markup Language, XML is a very popular simple text based language to be used as a mode of communication between the applications. It is considered as a standard means to transport and store data. JAVA provides an execellent support and rich set of libraries to parse, modify or inquire XML documents.

This tutorial will teach you basic XML concepts and usage of various types of JAVA based XML parsers in a simple and intuitive way.

This reference has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand the basic to advanced concepts related to XML parsing using Java Programming language.

After completing this tutorial you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in knowledge of XML parsing using Java from where you can take yourself to next levels

Knowledge of computers is not a prerequisite to follow the contents of this tutorial. This tutorial assumes no background in computers or computer programming, though basic knowledge of computer terminologies will help in understanding given concepts very easily.