TagSoup vs. Jsoup vs. HTML Parser vs. HotSax vs

java android html-parsing
Regex Rookie picture Regex Rookie · Mar 3, 2011 · Viewed 21.4k times · Source

The abundance of HTML parsers to choose from (and stick with) is mind boggling:

http://java-source.net/open-source/html-parsers

How do I choose one that best suits the following requirements:

  1. Mature (fewer bugs than the rest)
  2. Live and breathing (i.e. being maintained)
  3. Fast and resource-efficient (intended to run on Android)

Based on your experience, which HTML parser would you recommend (for meeting the above requirements) and why?

Answer

Regex Rookie picture Regex Rookie · Mar 3, 2011

Well, I found the answer, which was given by @BalusC on a different thread:

  1. If you just want to use a XML based tool to traverse it: JTidy.
  2. If you like to unit test the HTML: HtmlUnit
  3. If you like to extract specific data from the HTML: Jsoup

Thank you @BalusC.

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