org.xml.sax.helpers (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.xml, package: org.xml.sax.helpers
Keywords: org.xml.sax.helpers package

# Package org.xml.sax.helpers

package org.xml.sax.helpers
Provides helper classes, including support for bootstrapping SAX-based applications.

API Note:
  The SAX API, originally developed at the SAX Project, has been defined by Java SE since 1.4.
Since:
  1.4

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.xml.sax
  Provides the interfaces for the Simple API for XML (SAX).
  org.xml.sax.ext
  Provides interfaces to SAX2 facilities that conformant SAX drivers won't necessarily support.
- Classes
  Class
  Description
  AttributeListImpl
  Deprecated.
  This class implements a deprecated interface, `AttributeList`; that interface has been replaced by `Attributes`, which is implemented in the `AttributesImpl` helper class.
  AttributesImpl
  Default implementation of the Attributes interface.
  DefaultHandler
  Default base class for SAX2 event handlers.
  LocatorImpl
  Provide an optional convenience implementation of Locator.
  NamespaceSupport
  Encapsulate Namespace logic for use by applications using SAX, or internally by SAX drivers.
  ParserAdapter
  Adapt a SAX1 Parser as a SAX2 XMLReader.
  ParserFactory
  Deprecated.
  This class works with the deprecated `Parser` interface.
  XMLFilterImpl
  Base class for deriving an XML filter.
  XMLReaderAdapter
  Adapt a SAX2 XMLReader as a SAX1 Parser.
  XMLReaderFactory
  Deprecated.
  It is recommended to use `SAXParserFactory` instead.