Reg Xml Parsing

[kumsa]

hi iam new to java and jdom parsing.my imput is user passes the xml
file and a string (string is not a tag in xml its a attribute value).i
need to look for the string in the xml file and get all its child
attributes .my xml looks like


<Trs>
<cetTra>
<xName>"jeff"</xName>
<child>pat</child>
<child>sush</child>
<Delay>
<timeSec>60</timeSec>
<retry>1</retry>
</Delay>
</cetTra>

<cetTra>
<xName>"kumsa"</xName>
<child>sac</child>
<child>ed</child>
<Delay>
<timeSec>5</timeSec>
<retry>10</retry>
</Delay>
</cetTra>

</Trs>



my quesion is how to get only the the contents based on attribute
..Input string will be jeff i need to get the contents only for jeff .my
code looks like

List passedStringList = root.getChildren("CetTra");
Iterator i = passedStringList.iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
Element serv= (Element) i.next();
out.print("\t" + serv.getChild("xName")
.getText());

or can i do this with Jdom or shld i use perl parser .Can any one pls
guide me how to proceed.
thanks in advance

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

hi iam new to java and jdom parsing.my imput is user passes the xml
file and a string (string is not a tag in xml its a attribute value).i
need to look for the string in the xml file and get all its child
attributes .my xml looks like

my quesion is how to get only the the contents based on attribute
.Input string will be jeff i need to get the contents only for jeff .my
code looks like

or can i do this with Jdom or shld i use perl parser .Can any one pls
guide me how to proceed.

I think you should use the JDOM XPath class to get what you wnat out.

Arne

 

[Daniel Pitts]

hi iam new to java and jdom parsing.my imput is user passes the xml
file and a string (string is not a tag in xml its a attribute value).i
need to look for the string in the xml file and get all its child
attributes .my xml looks like


<Trs>
<cetTra>
<xName>"jeff"</xName>
<child>pat</child>
<child>sush</child>
<Delay>
<timeSec>60</timeSec>
<retry>1</retry>
</Delay>
</cetTra>

<cetTra>
<xName>"kumsa"</xName>
<child>sac</child>
<child>ed</child>
<Delay>
<timeSec>5</timeSec>
<retry>10</retry>
</Delay>
</cetTra>

</Trs>



my quesion is how to get only the the contents based on attribute
.Input string will be jeff i need to get the contents only for jeff .my
code looks like

List passedStringList = root.getChildren("CetTra");
Iterator i = passedStringList.iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
Element serv= (Element) i.next();
out.print("\t" + serv.getChild("xName")
.getText());

or can i do this with Jdom or shld i use perl parser .Can any one pls
guide me how to proceed.
thanks in advance

Using XPath is easy, and clear. Why parse the XML syntax when there
are libraries out there that do it for you. You're only concern should
be the semantic values in the XML. That is what XPath helps get you to.