path for xml file

[Sebastian Green]

I have tired both SAX & JAXP to parse xml-files. It works fine if give the parser an absolute path to file (C:\\demo.xml). But what I really want to is give a an url (http://localhost/demo.xml). Is it possible for an more dynamic sollution then the first case?

[Vladas Razas]

Have you put your xml on web server?

[Lasse Koskela]

Originally posted by Sebastian Green:
I have tired both SAX & JAXP to parse xml-files. It works fine if give the parser an absolute path to file (C:\\demo.xml). But what I really want to is give a an url (http://localhost/demo.xml). Is it possible for an more dynamic sollution then the first case?

Make your API to take the XML as a java.io.InputStream instead of File or String. Then, if you need to parse a local file, pass in a new FileInputStream("C:\\demo.xml"), and when you need to parse a remote file on a web server, pass in new URL("http://localhost/demo.xml").openStream().