Re: How to retrieve XML CDATA text contents by org.xml.sax.ext.DefaultHandler2?

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.text.xml,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:56:20 -0700 (PDT)
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RC wrote:

For example I have a XML tag

<script>
<![CDATA[
My script is here
]]>
</script>

I am using org.xml.sax.ext.DefaultHandler2 to parse my XML
file. How do I retrieve my script contents?


Via the 'characters()' method.

What shall I do in these two methods?


Mark the beginning and end of each element so that your parser knows
where it is in the parse process.

@Override
public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
Attributes attributes)
throws SAXException
{
        if (qName.equals("script"))
        {
                // How to retrieve my script contents?


Not here. What do the Javadocs tell you about the purpose of this
method and the event it handles?

        }}

@Override
public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName)
throws SAXException
{
        if (qName.equals("script"))
        {
                // How to retrieve my script contents?


Not here. What do the Javadocs tell you about the purpose of this
method and the event it handles?

        }

}

Below two methods have no print out at all


Did you read the Javadocs?

@Override
public void endCDATA()
{
        System.out.println("End of CDATA");
}

@Override
public void startCDATA()
{
        System.out.println("Start of CDATA");
}


The Javadocs will tell you:

The contents of the CDATA section will be reported through the regular
characters event; this event is intended only to report the boundary.


While not always enough, the API Javadocs are always a good place to
start, and often will completely answer your questions.

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Lew

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