parsing XML String with dom4j

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This is the xml string. I am trying to get the item inside the list Item can be 1 or more. I want to get item values like Id, pay... But I cannot reach to the items. How can I get access to this values with dom4j?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
 <cm>Detail</cm>
 <Code>1</Code>
 <No>20170928</No>
 <Num>1</Num>
 <Flag>Y</end_Flag>
 <list>
  <items>
   <item>
    <Id>01234567</Id>
    <pay>5555</pay>
    <remarksInfo></remarksInfo>
    <d_Date>2017-09-28 16:26:55</d_Date>
    <amount>1.0</amount>
    <Name>ADAM</Name>
    <e_Date>2017-09-28 16:26:55</e_Date>
    <t_Date>2017-09-28 17:46:39</t_Date>
    <damount>1.0</damount>
    <fee>3.0</fee>
    <e_Name>Smith</e_Name>
    <abstractInfo></abstractInfo>
    <Status>S</Status>
    <Code>0026</Code>
    <l_Desc></l_Desc>
    <note></note>
   </item>
<item>
    <Id>01234567</Id>
    <pay>5555</pay>
    <remarksInfo></remarksInfo>
    <d_Date>2017-09-28 16:26:55</d_Date>
    <amount>1.0</amount>
    <Name>ADAM</Name>
    <e_Date>2017-09-28 16:26:55</e_Date>
    <t_Date>2017-09-28 17:46:39</t_Date>
    <damount>1.0</damount>
    <fee>3.0</fee>
    <e_Name>Smith</e_Name>
    <abstractInfo></abstractInfo>
    <Status>S</Status>
    <Code>0026</Code>
    <l_Desc></l_Desc>
    <note></note>
   </item>
  </items>
 </list>
 <hmac>123</hmac>
</data>

I really appreciate your help!

What are you trying and how does it fail?

Michael Kay
– Michael Kay

2017-09-28 17:03:27 +00:00
Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 17:03 — Michael Kay
– Michael Kay, Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 17:03

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

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I was struggling with the same problem and discovered the solution in the DOM4J Documentation.

If you have some XML as a String you can parse it back into a Document again using the helper method DocumentHelper.parseText()

String text = " James";

Document document = DocumentHelper.parseText(text);

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Jaydeep Rajput · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-28 11:46:37Z

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SAXReader reader = new SAXReader();
         Document document = reader.read( inputFile );

         Element classElement = document.getRootElement();

         List<Node> nodes = document.selectNodes("/data/list/items" );
         System.out.println("----------------------------");

         for (Node node : nodes) {
        //get ID & Pay under item
           String id = node.selectSingleNode("Id").getText()
           String pay = node.selectSingleNode("Pay").getText()

         }

In for loop, extract & under .

answered Sep 28, 2017 at 11:46

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Orif Sobitov Over a year ago

But xml is String not file

Jaydeep Rajput Over a year ago

There are multiple variants of read() method. Check dom4j.github.io/javadoc/2.0.1/org/dom4j/io/…

Michael Kay Over a year ago

Specifically, there is a read() method that accepts a Reader, so you can give it a StringReader() that wraps your XML string.

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