Chapter: XML and Web Services : Building XML-Based Applications : Parsing XML Using Document Object Model

What DOM is Not

DOM is not a mechanism for persisting, or storing, objects as XML documents. Think of it the other way: DOM is an object model for representing XML docu-ments in your code.

What DOM Is Not

From the preceding discussion, it might be clear to you what the DOM is, but it is also important to highlight what the DOM is not. Here is a brief summary:

DOM is not a mechanism for persisting, or storing, objects as XML documents. Think of it the other way: DOM is an object model for representing XML docu-ments in your code.

DOM is not a set of data structures; rather it is an object model describing XML documents.

DOM does not specify what information in a document is relevant or how infor-mation should be structured.

DOM has nothing to do with COM, CORBA, or other technologies that include the words object model.

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