Version 2.3 of VTD-XML, the next generation XML processing API, is now released. Below is a list of new features and enhancements in this version.

* VTDException is now introduced as the root class for all other VTD-XML's
exception classes (per suggestion of Max Rahder).

* Transcoding capability is now added for inter-document cut and paste. You
can cut a chuck of bytes in a UTF-8 encoded document and...

The best way to update XML documents is using VTD-XML
http://vtd-xml.sf.net

See this article: http://www.javaworld.c om/javaworld/jw-07-2006/jw-0724-vtdxml.html...