FYI: Apache Xerces-J 2.5.0 release now partially supports XInclude. More info at http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-xinclude.html.Kudos for Xerces team!
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Finally full-fledged pull XML parser API for Java - StAX. James Clack in expert group, enough said.
The Streaming API for XML (StAX) is a Java based API for pull-parsing XML.
And here is "An Introduction to StAX" by Elliotte Rusty Harold. Nice!
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