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]

Offering an alternative to traditional methods for XML documents parsing. It allows large XML documents and streams to be parsed, offering a way to handle parsed data in an object-oriented way. [Open source, LGPL]

Advanced XML parser, including support for XML Schema, DOM Level 2, and SAX version 2. [Open Source, BSD-like]

Contains Namespace support and is fully configurable and extensible. [Open Source, Public Domain]

Fast non-validating XML parser for Java supporting SAX 1, SAX 2.0.1, and JAXP 1.1. [Open Source, LGPL]

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.

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].

Parses, manipulates, and outputs XML using standard Java constructs. API is similar to DOM, but easier to use. [Open Source, BSD-like]

Non-validating XML parser. [Open Source, BSD-like]

Simple and small SAX XML parser. Extremely small (6kb) version without SAX interface is also available. [Open Source, zlib/libpng-like]