BOX provides a binary encoding for XML that is:

• easy to understand
• see Example for details
• somewhat human readable
  • text values are ASCII or UTF-8
  • relationships between the text values are not apparent
• more compact than standard XML
• see FAQ for details
• can be parsed rapidily into a DOM Document
  • see FAQ for details
• can be parsed rapidily into a series of SAX events
  • see FAQ for details

BOX may be created from a DOM Document using BOXDOMEncoderImpl or through a series of methods calls in BOXEmitter. To encode XML in the BOX format using a DOM Document you

• create a DOM Document
• create an OutputStream where the BOX will be written
• specify whether UTF-8 or ASCII should be used
• specify whether whitespace in text nodes should be trimmed
• tell BOXDOMEncoderImpl to encode the Document

See the User's Guide for examples of this and using BOXEmitter.