Parse XMLfile as String using SAX parser

[Jack]

Hi
I am trying to use SAX parser.

Here is the requirement
I will get the XML file as string from a third party application. Now I need to get the java objects out of this String by using SAX parser.

Sample XML string as below.

Code:

String xmlString="<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><response><record><Id>04334</Id>
<Type>A</Type><effectiveDate /><lastModifiedDate>2006-04-03 00:00:00</lastModifiedDate>
<modifiedBy>GH002</modifiedBy>
<associatedSisId /><risk><namedInsured> <firstName>Barney</firstName><lastName>Rubble
</lastName>
</namedInsured><address><street1>123 Easy Street</street1>
<street2>Apartment 5</street2><city>Madras</city> <state>TN</state><zip5>55345340</zip5>
 <zip4>2333</zip4></address></risk></record>"

I need parse this using SAX and get the values out of it.
thanks

[Peter]

SAX is not a good choice for your requirement. A better idea would be to use DOM if the String that you recieve contains more then 1 records.
However if you insist on using SAX
In brief, you will have to override the existing functions in the DefaultHandler like startelement(), characters() etc and you will have to populate your Record Object by the Values that the parser returns.

[Ed]

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