For example, every level of XML hierarchy would require a new relational table. As your XML documents become more complex, your relational database does as well.

As illustrated in code examples above, VTD-XML navigates the XML hierarchy using a cursor-based API. In contrast, the DOM API navigates the hierarchy by requesting object references.

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