Seems to me that a databinding framwork such as JAXB2 [1] or JiBX [2] would work nicely for this, assuming you have a schema for the document.
[1] http://jaxb.java.net/ [2] http://jibx.sourceforge.net/ Jake On 12/15/2011 11:56 AM, kesh...@us.ibm.com wrote: > There are a number of good tutorials on XML programming in Java at > http://www.ibm.com/xml, along with a lot of articles on more specific > techniques. For basic "how do I get started" questions, I'd recommend > reading some of those. > > XML itself is a strict tree structure, with the only "links" being the > parent/child/attribute/previous/next relationships. The ID/IDREF > relationship may also exist, IF the kind of document you're working with > uses it. It's also possible that some kinds of documents define their > own relationships. You need to understand how the specific XML-based > language(s) you'll be working with behave if you want to extract these, > and/or use XML Schema datatypes to help interpret them. > > If you want an XML-specific in-memory datastructure, the DOM is an > obvious one to work with since it's already implemented; you might need > some additional datastructures to support the applicaiton-specific > relationships. Or you can code your own, for your specific application, > and write a SAX handler (see the tutorials) to build it ... but that's a > straight Java data structure and UI problem, and I'd consider that > mostly offtopic for this list. > > > > ______________________________________ > "You build world of steel and stone > I build worlds of words alone > Skilled tradespeople, long years taught: > You shape matter; I shape thought." > (http://www.songworm.com/lyrics/songworm-parody/ShapesofShadow.html) > > > From: "alessandra.brind...@virgilio.it" > <alessandra.brind...@virgilio.it> > To: j-users@xerces.apache.org, > Date: 12/14/2011 11:08 PM > Subject: Data graph from xml document > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Hello, I have to implement the Data Graph in Java from an XML document. > For example, having the following document: > > <movie> > <title> Hello </ title> > <actors> > <actor> Brad Pitt </ actor> > <actor> George Clooney </ actor> > </actors> > </movie> > > we must build an internal representation of the document in the form of > a graph, where elements are represented as nodes and links between > elements such as arches. Then I have to navigate through the graph to > process the data. I wanted to understand what are the most efficient > structures for the representation of a graph, ie Hashtable, matrices, > etc. ... > In addition, you have to give me some suggestions on how I can use the > sax parser to construct the structure graph? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-users-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: j-users-h...@xerces.apache.org
