Creation of GUI from xml file

[Avinash Rakkasagi]

Hi,

I have an xml file containing a list of items as-

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
   <book id="bk101">
      <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author>
      <title>XML Developer's Guide</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>44.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date>
      <description>An in-depth look at creating applications 
      with XML.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk102">
      <author>Ralls, Kim</author>
      <title>Midnight Rain</title>
      <genre>Fantasy</genre>
      <price>5.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-12-16</publish_date>
      <description>A former architect battles corporate zombies, 
      an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen 
      of the world.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk103">
      <author>Corets, Eva</author>
      <title>Maeve Ascendant</title>
      <genre>Fantasy</genre>
      <price>5.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-11-17</publish_date>
      <description>After the collapse of a nanotechnology 
      society in England, the young survivors lay the 
      foundation for a new society.</description>
   </book>
</catalog>

My question is: How do I code in java in order to display this in a tree structure in a GUI?
It should be displayed as:

bk105
       Gambardella, Matthew
       XML Developer's Guide
      Computer
      44.95
      2000-10-01
      An in-depth look at creating applications 
      with XML.
bk102
      Ralls, Kim
      Midnight Rain
      Fantasy
      5.95
      2000-12-16
      A former architect battles corporate zombies, 
      an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen 
      of the world.

Added to it, there should be an option to expand and compress the contents of the tree also.

[Darryl Burke]

Hi Avinash, and welcome to the Ranch!

You would need to load the data into a TreeModel and display it using a JTree. You can read more about using JTree in the tutorial linked from its API.

[Avinash Rakkasagi]

Darryl Burke wrote:Hi Avinash, and welcome to the Ranch!

You would need to load the data into a TreeModel and display it using a JTree. You can read more about using JTree in the tutorial linked from its API.

@ Darryl Burke: Could you be more specific, I am new to Java programming. Thanks in advance.

[John Jai]

I believe he is pointing you to the tutorial - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/tree.html