New to XML+Java: which is the best API?

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I am new to XML+Java and I am trying to develop an application that will both read and write to an XML file. After reading some tutorials, I decided that jaxp, sax, and org.w3c.dom.* are rather low-level and very unfriendly.
After a cursory web search, I came to the conclusion (please correct me if I am wrong) that JDOM and DOM4J are the most easy-to-use free APIs. So I would like to ask which one of the two (or any other API) is the "best"? With "best" I mean larger user base, better documentation, more features, less bugs, active development community (i.e. if a bug gets discovered, it will be fixed). I don't want to start building my application, just to realise 6 months later that the API I've chosen is very limited.
Your experience is much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Thanks guys. It seems that there is no clear answer as to which one should I use.
I will start using dom4j because it has more convenience methods and it heavily uses JCF, which I am very comfortable with. Although it seems that the learning curve is steeper (more complicated API) it is probably worth the effort.
Thanks again for your responses.

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