Definition. XML parsing is the process of reading an XML document and providing an interface to the user application for accessing the document. An XML parser is a software apparatus that accomplishes such tasks.

What is the purpose of a parser in XML?

XML parser is a software library or a package that provides interface for client applications to work with XML documents. It checks for proper format of the XML document and may also validate the XML documents. Modern day browsers have built-in XML parsers. The goal of a parser is to transform XML into a readable code.

What is XML Pull Parser?

In android, the XMLPullParser interface provides the functionality to parse the XML files in android applications. The XMLPullParser is a simple and efficient parser method to parse the XML data when compared to other parser methods such as DOM Parser and SAX Parser.