from an xml String to the xml root element

[Cruisy]

I'm having a hard time getting the root element from an xml string

I get the xml in a String format and need the rootelement

anyone know how to do this.
It should be something with making it into a Document and then retrieving the root element i think but i seem to be looking over it..

any help is welcome (-:

 

[Targol]

Look in the DocumentBuilder direction :

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/DocumentBuilder.html

I didn't found a way to create an Xml document from a string but there are other methods that can help. Water is not bad as soon as it stays out human body ;-)

 

[RimK]

Hi,
I am using the XML xerces parser. Here an example I used to load a string in a DOM structure :

String strXml = args[0] ;
Document myXmlDocument ;
DOMParser myDOMParser = new DOMParser();
myDOMParser.parse(new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(strXml.getBytes())));
myXmlDocument = myDOMParser.getDocument();

So, I use myXmlDocument to get its diffrents nodes, the same way like I do with XML Files.

Hope this helps.

Rim

 

[Cruisy]

thx very much , that helped alot RimK