FastParser
High performance Java XML parser, can be used with embedded device. SAX, DOM Compliant. [Shareware]
IBM Alphaworks XML parser for Java
A validating XML parser for Java. [Freeware]
JDOM
Parses, manipulates, and outputs XML using standard Java constructs. API is similar to DOM, but easier to use. [Open Source, BSD-like]
JFIPA Parser
A set of Java-based tools that supports parsing and routing of envelopes/messages of the FIPA Agent Communication Language (ACL) encoded as XML. [Open source]
kXML2
An XML pull parser and writer suitable for all Java platforms including the Java 2 Micro Edition (CLDC/MIDP/CDC). Because of its small footprint size, it is especially suited for Applets or Java appications running on mobile devices like Palm Pilots or MIDP enabled cell phones. [Open source, LGPL]
Lark and Larval
Lark is a non-validating processor implemented in the Java language; it attempts to achieve good trade-offs among compactness, completeness, and performance. Larval is a validating processor built on the same code base as Lark.
MinML
A small (~10Kb) Java XML parser. It accepts a subset of XML (it reads and ignores DTDs and does not support mixed content) [Open Source, BSD-like].
NanoXML
Simple and small SAX XML parser. Extremely small (6kb) version without SAX interface is also available. [Open Source, zlib/libpng-like]
Piccolo XML Parser for Java
Fast non-validating XML parser for Java supporting SAX 1, SAX 2.0.1, and JAXP 1.1. [Open Source, LGPL]
Resin XML
An XML parser which has SAX and DOM interfaces and XPath support. This is part of the open source Resin servlet engine.
Xerces Java
Advanced XML parser, including support for XML Schema, DOM Level 2, and SAX version 2. [Open Source, BSD-like]
Xineo OO Parser
A Java package offering an alternative to traditional methods for XML documents parsing. It allows large XML documents and streams to be parsed efficiently, while offering a convenient way to handle parsed data in an object-oriented way, allowing clean design and encouraging code-reuse. [Open source, LGPL]
XML Pull Parser
A fast parser using a pull-based approach instead of SAX. It does not read DTDs and is optimized for small documents like SOAP. [Open Source, BSD-like]