iterate through string get elements

[dale con]

hi all can someone please tell me how i convert a string to xml, so that i can iterate through it and grab the elements and their values

e.g. if my string is this
String xml = "<person><firstname>first</firstname><lastname>first</lastname></person>";

i want to iterate through to get the firstname and lastname elements and then get their vlaues

thanks for any help

[Seb Mathe]

You can use XML parsers.

Look at the javax.xml.parsers package.

[Naveen Vooka]

Have a look at various XML parsers available
http://www.devx.com/xml/Article/16921
http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/
http://www.xml.com/pub/rg/Java_Parsers

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