DOM or SAX

[noodles1]

I have a requirement to read in the contents of an XML document and decode the contents to assign to various members of a C or C++ structure. Typically around 10-20 structure members.

Which model, DOM or SAX, is the preferred approach for this type of requirement?

 

[xwb]

For those wondering what DOM and SAX are:
DOM = document object model
SAX = Simple API for XML.

If the structure is small, DOM would be the better bet: just read it all in and then you can do what you want.

With SAX you get events on every element. It is a bit slower and a pain to debug because it goes into your code, then the SAX code and then back into your code. If the file is big then you'd probably have to go for SAX.

Something like Xerxes will do both.