Reading XML node attribute

[uday kantt]

Hi
The following is the XML file
<Students>
<Student id=10>
<name>Steve</name>
<qualification status="failed">Computer Science</qualification>
</Student>
<Student id=9>
<name>John</name>
<qualification status="passed">Computer Graphics</qualification>
</Student>
<Student id=8>
<name>Sarah</name>
<qualification status="passed">Computer Science</qualification>
</Student>
</Students>

So given the above XML file. If the status ="passed" then that particular id of the Student should be fetched into the String variable. Is this possible. Do we have to travel reverse in the XML file. Is this possible. Please Help.

[William Brogden]

If you are parsing the XML to a DOM (Document Object Model) then you can use the methods in the standard Java library to "move" back from a child Node to a parent Node.

Study the org.w3c.dom.Node JavaDocs

bill

[g tsuji]

This is the xpath for the desired result(s).

/Students/Student[qualification/@status='passed']/@id

ps: Your xml doc is not well-formed at the most basic level. Can you see it?!