2010/08/06 - Apache Crimson has been retired.

Crimson is a Java XML parser which supports XML 1.0 via the following APIs:

• Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.1 minus the javax.xml.transform package. JAXP is a pluggable API that allows applications to access XML documents in a parser-independent manner. It endorses the industry standard SAX and DOM APIs and also adds a few classes under the javax.xml.parsers package to implement pluggability and utility methods. Note: the javax.xml.transform package hierarchy of JAXP is not implemented by Crimson. One implementation of javax.xml.transform can be found at Xalan Java 2.
• SAX 2.0
• SAX2 Extensions version 1.0
• DOM Level 2 Core Recommendation

The Crimson codebase is based on the Sun Project X parser. It is also the parser currently shipping in Sun products; however, the future plan is to move to a different codebase called Xerces Java 2. Xerces 2 is currently under development. [Link to Xerces 2, once a project page has been created.]

Distributions containing binaries, source, and examples are available on the Crimson download page.

See the sample programs in the "examples" directory for example use cases. Also, check the JAXP specification for more information.

The latest code is available via the CVS source repository. Please see the repository page for more information on access. Use the provided Ant build.xml file to generate binaries.

There is no mailing list specific to the Crimson project. Please use the general@xml.apache.org mailing list to discuss Crimson issues.