How to Read certain data from a xml file I made? xPath?

[Chrix Wu]

lets say i have following data in a config file,

i was wondering how do i read the "class" attribute from the file?

my colleague suggested me to use xPath, but how? read as an inputstream or what? or is there any existing api i can use?

do you guys have other suggestions? thanks in advance.

   
<persistentClass >
     <application name=xxx class=yyyy/>
</persistentClass> 

[Jimmy Clark]

There are many different ways to read XML-based data using Java API and other technologies. Study the Simple API for XML (SAX) to learn how.

Good luck!