getting a null pointer exception

Hi, I am trying to parse a very simple xml file but getting a null pointer exception while reading the text node, for some reason I am getting a null value while reading the text node of an element node, below is the xml and the code snippet ..any help is greatly appreciated..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<list>
<fitem localPath="c:\projects\install.log" />
</list>

code snippet

NodeList nodeLst = doc.getElementsByTagName("fitem");
for (int s = 0; s < nodeLst.getLength(); s++) {

Node fstNode = nodeLst.item(s);
if (fstNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
Element fstElmnt = (Element) nodeLst.item(0);
NodeList fileItm = fstElmnt.getChildNodes();
System.out.println("FileItem : " + ((Node) fileItm.item(0)).getNodeValue());
}

Did you try to debug and see. Somewhere in you code, value is set to null.

If I print the value of the nodelist object nodelst I am getting a null ...

Quote:

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doc.getElementsByTagName("fitem");

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What does the documentation for the above method say it will return?
Is null one of the possiblities? If so, your code must check for it.

Basically you have to think about Parent & Child nodes. That means <list> and <fitem> tags. That's the correct way. Start from the parent tag and move ahead.