Below is the sample code which is being referred to...Actual code is based on this code itself....
We did a System.out.println in the characters function and there itself it prints out partial characters...
Hope this info is enough
Thanks again,
Mahesh
a) Create a Sax Parser and parse the xml
private void parseDocument() {
//get a factory
SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
try {
//get a new instance of parser
SAXParser sp = spf.newSAXParser();
//parse the file and also register this class for call backs
sp.parse("employees.xml", this);
}catch(SAXException se) {
se.printStackTrace();
}catch(ParserConfigurationException pce) {
pce.printStackTrace();
}catch (IOException ie) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
b) In the event handlers create the Employee object and call the corresponding setter methods.
//Event Handlers
public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
//reset
tempVal = "";
if(qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Employee")) {
//create a new instance of employee
tempEmp = new Employee();
tempEmp.setType(attributes.getValue("type"));
}
}
public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException {
tempVal = new String(ch,start,length);
}
public void endElement(String uri, String localName,
String qName) throws SAXException {
if(qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Employee")) {
//add it to the list
myEmpls.add(tempEmp);
}else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Name")) {
tempEmp.setName(tempVal);
}else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Id")) {
tempEmp.setId(Integer.parseInt(tempVal));
}else if (qName.equalsIgnoreCase("Age")) {
tempEmp.setAge(Integer.parseInt(tempVal));
}
}
c) Iterating and printing.
private void printData(){
System.out.println("No of Employees '" + myEmpls.size() + "'.");
Iterator it = myEmpls.iterator();
while(it.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(it.next().toString());
}
}
Employee.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Personnel>
<Employee type="permanent">
<Name>Seagull</Name>
<Id>3674</Id>
<Age>34</Age>
</Employee>
<Employee type="contract">
<Name>Robin</Name>
<Id>3675</Id>
<Age>25</Age>
</Employee>
<Employee type="permanent">
<Name>Crow</Name>
<Id>3676</Id>
<Age>28</Age>
</Employee>
</Personnel>
