XML parsing - #text

[Jigar Naik]

hi,

cd_catalog.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<CATALOG>
<CD>
<TITLE>Empire Burlesque</TITLE>
<ARTIST>Bob Dylan</ARTIST>
<COUNTRY>USA</COUNTRY>
<COMPANY>Columbia</COMPANY>
<PRICE>10.90</PRICE>
<YEAR>1985</YEAR>
</CD>
<CD>
<TITLE>Hide your heart</TITLE>
<ARTIST>Bonnie Tyler</ARTIST>
<COUNTRY>UK</COUNTRY>
<COMPANY>CBS Records</COMPANY>
<PRICE>9.90</PRICE>
<YEAR>1988</YEAR>
</CD>
<CD>
<TITLE>Greatest Hits</TITLE>
<ARTIST>Dolly Parton</ARTIST>
<COUNTRY>USA</COUNTRY>
<COMPANY>RCA</COMPANY>
<PRICE>9.90</PRICE>
<YEAR>1982</YEAR>
</CD>
</CATALOG>

Testxml.java

  
package com.tg;
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
public class Testxml {
public static void main(String[] args){
//Parse XML
try{
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = db.parse(new InputSource("D:/cd_catalog.xml"));

NodeList nodelist = doc.getChildNodes().item(0).getChildNodes();
System.out.println(nodelist.item(1).getParentNode().getNodeName());
for(int i=0;i<nodelist.getLength();i++)
{
System.out.println(nodelist.item(i).getNodeName());
NodeList child_nodelist = nodelist.item(i).getChildNodes();

for(int j=0;j<child_nodelist.getLength();j++){
System.out.println("childe_nodelist's item name : " + child_nodelist.item(j).getNodeName());
System.out.println("child_nodelist's item's value : " + child_nodelist.item(j).getTextContent());
}
}
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
 

Output :

  
CATALOG
#text
CD
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : TITLE
child_nodelist's item's value : Empire Burlesque
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : ARTIST
child_nodelist's item's value : Bob Dylan
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : COUNTRY
child_nodelist's item's value : USA
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : COMPANY
child_nodelist's item's value : Columbia
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : PRICE
child_nodelist's item's value : 10.90
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : YEAR
child_nodelist's item's value : 1985
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

#text
CD
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : TITLE
child_nodelist's item's value : Hide your heart
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : ARTIST
child_nodelist's item's value : Bonnie Tyler
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : COUNTRY
child_nodelist's item's value : UK
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : COMPANY
child_nodelist's item's value : CBS Records
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : PRICE
child_nodelist's item's value : 9.90
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : YEAR
child_nodelist's item's value : 1988
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

#text
CD
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : TITLE
child_nodelist's item's value : Greatest Hits
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : ARTIST
child_nodelist's item's value : Dolly Parton
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : COUNTRY
child_nodelist's item's value : USA
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : COMPANY
child_nodelist's item's value : RCA
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : PRICE
child_nodelist's item's value : 9.90
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

childe_nodelist's item name : YEAR
child_nodelist's item's value : 1982
childe_nodelist's item name : #text
child_nodelist's item's value : 

#text

The question is why there is #text after each item ??? do i have to do something like x = x + 2 & j = j + 2 ???