How to parse XML file using JDOM?

[jollyplay]

Hi,

I am using JDOM to parse the xml file. I'm able get the text value from the xml file.

I'm havaing a xml file like this,

<config>
<database>
<tableName>emp</tableName>
<columnName>
<column>id</column>
<column>dept</column>
</columnName>
<database>
</config>

I need to get the column names in an array. I don't know how to get it. Kindly give me some idea to solve this issue.

Thanks in advance.

 

[timw]

You need to create a DocumentBuilderFactory and from that get an instance of a DocumentBuilder.

Use the parse method of the DocuementBuilder to create a Document.

Acquire a NodeList containing your column nodes using the getElementsByTagName method of the top level Element. (Use the getDocumentElement method on the Document to get the top node as an Element).

The NodeList can be iterated and the text contents of each element node move to your array.

The packages org.w3c.dom and java.xml.parsers should guide you.

Tim

 

[jollyplay]

Thanks Tim