Xerces-C++ Review

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A C++ written processor for parsing, validating, serializing, and manipulating XML.

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What are the best XML parser/generator libraries for C++?

Pros

Pro
Additional libraries and applications

Xerces has many applications and libraries that give additional functionality to the parser. XQilla, for example, allows for XQuery and XPath implementation.

Pro
Validation support

Allows the validation of XML corresponding to the DTD or schema rules linked.

Pro
Full Unicode support

This allows all characters to be used and read/written in the DOM tree.

Pro
DOM/SAX compliant

Xerces-C++ comes packaged with the API documentation for SAX and DOM. These are two of the most highly used programming interfaces with XML.
Implementation of SAX 1.0/2.0 specification.
Implementation of DOM 1.0, 2.0 (Core, Traversal and Range), and 3.0 (Core, Load and Save) specification.

Cons

Con
Overkill for simple needs

If a website only uses a small number of XML, that can easily be handled manually, Xerces-C++ may be considered overkill. All the validation and compliance may not be necessary.