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> ## The JAXP APIs

> The main JAXP APIs are defined in the `javax.xml.parsers` package. That package contains two vendor-neutral factory classes: `SAXParserFactory` and `DocumentBuilderFactory` that give you a `SAXParser` and a `DocumentBuilder`, respectively. The `DocumentBuilder`, in turn, creates DOM-compliant `Document` object.

> The factory APIs give you the ability to plug in an XML implementation offered by another vendor without changing your source code. The implementation you get depends on the setting of the `javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory` and `javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory` system properties. The default values (unless overridden at runtime) point to Sun's implementation.

> The remainder of this section shows how the different JAXP APIs work when you write an application.

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