Why I can't retrieve records stored in a XMLFile correctly?

[Mellihoney Michael]

Why I can't retrieve records stored in a XMLFile correctly?
ReadXMLFile.java

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import java.io.File;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
public class ReadXMLFile{
  //Global value so it can be ref'd by the tree-adapter
  static Document document;
  public static void main(String argv[]){
  //create an input source
  File xmlFile = new File("address.xml");
  //create an instance of document builder that contains a parser
  DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
  try {
   DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
   //parse and create the in-memory document object
   document = docBuilder.parse(xmlFile);
   //get reference to the root document
   Node rootNode = document.getDocumentElement();
   NamedNodeMap nnm1 = rootNode.getAttributes();
   System.out.println("The root node is : "+rootNode.getNodeName()+ "\n");
   if (nnm1!= null) {
     for (int i=0;i < nnm1.getLength(); i++) {
        Node n1 = nnm1.item(i);//0 for the first element?
        System.out.println("The attribute name is : "+n1.getNodeName()+ " and the attribute value is - "+n1.getNodeValue()
+"\n");      
     }
   }
   //get the children of the root element and process ALL the child node.
   NodeList children = rootNode.getChildNodes();
   for (int i=0;i < children.getLength(); i++) {
     Node n = children.item(i);
     System.out.println("The child node is : "+n.getNodeName()+ " and the node value is: "+n.getNodeValue()+"\n");
     NamedNodeMap nnm2 = n.getAttributes();
     if (nnm2!= null) {
       for (int j=0;j < nnm2.getLength(); j++) {
         Node n2 = nnm2.item(j);
         System.out.println("The attribute name is :"+n2.getNodeName()+ "; and the attribute value is - "+n2.getNodeValue()
+"\n");
       }
     }
   }
  }
  catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
  } // main()
}//class

the xml file is:
address.xml

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<addressbook version="Ver. 1">
  <entry list="personal">
    <name>Ms Smith</name>
    <address>1 Central Street, Sydney</address>
    <phone>23232323</phone>
  </entry>
  <entry list="business">
    <name>Mr William</name>
    <address>1 George Street, Sydney</address>
    <phone>12312323</phone>
  </entry>
</addressbook>

the output:

The root node is : addressbook
The attribute name is : version and the attribute value is - Ver. 1
The child node is : #text and the node value is:
The child node is : entry and the node value is: null
The attribute name is :list; and the attribute value is - personal
The child node is : #text and the node value is:
The child node is : entry and the node value is: null
The attribute name is :list; and the attribute value is - business
The child node is : #text and the node value is:

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But the output is supposed to be

The root node is : addressbook
The attribute name is : version and the attribute value is - Ver. 1
The child node is : entry and the node value is: null
The attribute name is :list; and the attribute value is - personal
The child node is : entry and the node value is: null
The attribute name is :list; and the attribute value is - business

can anyone help to explain me?
[ January 14, 2004: Message edited by: Mellihoney Michael ]

[Ray Stojonic]

The #text tags are the closing tags of your nodes.
If you want to work with XML, I'd recommend learning to use SAX and JDOM.

[William Brogden]

You are seeing a lot of text nodes that contain the crlf and spaces of your formatted XML. Rather than index through the child nodes, consider use of the getElementsByTagName method to go directly to the Elements you want.
Bill

[Mark Spritzler]

I am going to move this thread to the XML forum. This forum is for Servlet questions.
Thanks
Mark