My tests comparing the two methods showed no net difference. Each method would slightly better the other in some tests, but in no test was either better by more than 10%, if I recall.
Scott Nichol Do not send e-mail directly to this e-mail address, because it is filtered to accept only mail from specific mail lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: "WJCarpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:31 PM Subject: SAXSource vs DocumentBuilder performance Some time back, post-2.3.1, this change was made to Apache SOAP: Add the ability to select between parsing XML using a DocumentBuilder versus a Transform from a SAXSource to a DOMResult on a per-Call basis. This is on the client only. If testing establishes that the Transform offers a significant speed improvement, the server code may be changed as well. I sort of recollect that there was a difference of opinion about whether this actually made any difference or not. Before I go off and construct some tests to measure it, has anyone else already done so? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (WJCarpenter) PGP 0x91865119 38 95 1B 69 C9 C6 3D 25 73 46 32 04 69 D6 ED F3