Here is a hint to get you started...
import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser;
DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();
parser.parse("your.xml");
Document document = parser.getDocument();
NodeList elements = document.getElementsByTagName("your-element-tag");
int elementCount = elements.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < elementCount; i++){
Element element = (Element) elements.item(i);
...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:18 PM
> To: 'Tomcat User List (E-mail)'
> Subject: Fumbling around Tomcat and Java and XML
>
>
> ENV: Linux 2.4, tomcat-4.0.1, JDK1.3.1
>
> I have just inherited a servlet project that uses tomcat running on Linux.
> I'm not a java programmer so I'm fumbling around trying to learn java and
> tomcat and everything else that's involved simultaneously.
>
> I need to add the ability to parse an XML document but have not been
> successful at getting to the right jar files. What import directive do I
> need to use in my servlet to get access to the DOM parsers
> available in the
> tomcat xerces.jar, or what environment settings do I need to check for
> correctness.
>
> I tried "import javax.xml.*;" which said that I had no such javax.xml does
> not exist, I tried "import org.w3c.dom.*;" and the same general error. I
> have been browsing the sun java site for a day now and can't figure out
> where to download the javax XML stuff. I found the xerces xml files but it
> complains about the w3c stuff. I downloaded the w3c stuff but,
> can't get it
> to compile. I'm striking out on all fronts. I noticed that tomcat already
> has a xerces.jar but I don't know how to get to it or what my environment
> variables should be setup as and if it's still going to complain about the
> w3c stuff...
>
> Does the tomcat XML parsing stuff work out of the box or do I need to do
> download more software. From what I've read so far, Sun only provides an
> interface which must be coupled to a specific vendor's implementation. I
> assume that is what xerces is -- the actual implementation based
> on the Sun
> interface. But I don't know if everything is all there with a vanilla
> installation of the jdk and tomcat. Is there a way to find out?
>
> Thanks for any direction you can give me here. I can't see to find the
> correct document to read so if you can send me a URL to the any documents
> that tell me how to set this up that would be great. It can't be
> this hard I
> must be just not understanding something trivial...
>
> thanks for your time...
>
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