Bryan Murphy wrote:


>> I have to deal with really large (300,000 line) XML files, and REXML,
>> well, just doesn't work for me.  I really hate that since I really
>> like REXML. [...]
>> Steve
>>
> In all honesty, I really don't think you should be processing 300,000 
> line XML files with any DOM-like XML interface. 


True.

But REXML != tree API only; it also offers a stream API:
http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml_doc/
http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml_doc/classes/REXML/StreamListener.html

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