title: Parsing large XML documents in JAVA
body: <p>I have the following problem: </p>
  
  <p>I've got an XML file (approx 1GB), and have to iterate up and down (i.e. not sequential; one after the other) in order to get the required data and do some operations on it.  Initially, I used the DOM Java package, but obviously, while parsing through the XML file, the JVM reaches its maximum heap space and halted. </p>
  
  <p>In order to overcome this problem, one of the solutions I came up with, was to find another parser that iterates each element in the XML and then I store it's contents in a temporary SQLite Database on my Hard disk. Hence, in this way, the JVM's heap is not exceeded, and once all data is filled, I ignore the XML file and continue my operations on the temporary SQLite Database.</p>
  
  <p>Is there another way how I can tackle my problem in hand?</p>