Checking for XML Attribute Values

[garbar]

Here is a Snippet from an XML File I have:

<guide>
<r>
<a n="CategoryPath" v="Home, T Shirts"/>
<a n="Brand" v="Our Brand"/>
<a n="LongDescription" v="Mens; Short Sleeve Tee"/>
<a n="Description" v="Random T Shirt Name"/>
<a n="Price" v="29"/>
<a n="bnGender" v="Men's"/>
<a n="PageType" v="product"/>
<a n="bnCategory" v="Men's - T Shirts"/>
<a n="Title" v="XYZ-Blah-Blah"/>
<a n="Size" v="XXL"/>
<a n="thumbnailURL" v="/blah.jpg"/>
</r>
<r>
<a n="CategoryPath" v="Home, Pants"/>
<a n="Brand" v="Our Brand"/>
<a n="LongDescription" v="Mens; Pants"/>
<a n="Description" v="Random Pants Name"/>
<a n="Price" v="29"/>
<a n="bnGender" v="Women's"/>
<a n="PageType" v="product"/>
<a n="bnCategory" v="Women's - Pants"/>
<a n="Title" v="XYZ-Blah"/>
<a n="Size" v="XXL"/>
<a n="thumbnailURL" v="/blah2.jpg"/>
</r>
</guide>

My goal is to query the "a" tag. For example, "If n = Title, return XYZ-Blah-Blah"

How can I search for where that n tag = "Title" and then return the corresponding v tag value?

Thanks :)

[Fubarable]

I believe that XPath can extract this information for you. What have you tried?

[garbar]

So far I have tried the following code:

DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
	        DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
	        
	        URL url = new URL(strRecsFeedUrl);
	        InputStream stream = url.openStream();
	        Document doc = docBuilder.parse(stream);
			
	        /*
	        doc.getDocumentElement ().normalize ();
	        System.out.println ("Root element of the doc is " + doc.getDocumentElement().getNodeName());
	        */	        
	        
	        NodeList listOfRTags = doc.getElementsByTagName("r");
	        NodeList listOfATags = doc.getElementsByTagName("a");
	        NodeList listOfDisplayTags = doc.getElementsByTagName("thumb");
	        
	        int totalRecs = listOfRTags.getLength();
	        System.out.println("Total no of recs : " + totalRecs);
	       
	        ArrayList alRecords = new ArrayList();
	        
	        for( int i = 0; i < totalRecs; i++ ) { 	
	            // for every attribute
	            Element rTags = (Element) listOfRTags.item( i );	            
	            Element aTags = (Element) listOfATags.item( i );
	            Element displayTags = (Element) listOfDisplayTags.item( i );	            
	            
	            try {strRecURL = rTags.getAttribute( "u" );}catch (Exception ex) { }
	            try {strRecCatPath = rTags.getAttribute( "t" );}catch (Exception ex) { }
	            try {strRecRank = rTags.getAttribute( "rk" );}catch (Exception ex) { }
	            try {strRecType = rTags.getAttribute( "g" );}catch (Exception ex) { }
	            try {
	            	strRecPrice = aTags.getAttribute( "v" );
	            	double dblRecPrice = Double.parseDouble(strRecPrice);	            	
	            	DecimalFormat Currency = new DecimalFormat("$0.00");
	            	strRecPriceOutput = Currency.format(dblRecPrice);	
	            }catch (Exception ex) { }
	            try {strRecThumbnail = displayTags.getAttribute( "v" );}catch (Exception ex) { }
	            
	            System.out.println(strRecProductName);
	            
            	alRecords.add(new String[]{
            								strRecURL, 		//Product URL [0] Element 
											strRecCatPath, 	//Category Path [1] Element
											strRecRank, 	//Product Rank [2] Element
											strRecType, 	//Recommendation Type [3] Element
											strRecPriceOutput,  	//Product Price [4] Element
											strRecThumbnail,	// Product Thumbnail [5] Element									
										});	            
	        }

Which works perfectly for the "r" tags, since they are pulling attributes correctly.

Is there a native XPath for Java? Or should I try Ajax or Javascript? :)

[Fubarable]

Is there a native XPath for Java?

Yes there is. Google has helped me to find information on it and it can help you too. Much luck!