Difference between SAX and DOM

Both SAX and DOM are used to parse the XML document

SAX	DOM
It stands for Simple API for XML	It stands for Document Object Model
SAX is event-based	DOM is tree model
In SAX, events are triggered when the XML is being parsed	In DOM, there are no events triggered while parsing.
Parses node by node	Stores the entire XML document into memory before processing
Doesn’t store the XML in memory	Occupies more memory
We can’t insert or delete a node	We can insert or delete nodes
Top to bottom traversing	Traverse in any direction.