How can i parse through xml data from consumed web service Android?

Question

Hi!

I have a web service, .asmx that when consumed gives a response in the form:

<lData>
<name>...</name>
<posx>..</posx>
<posy>...</posy>
</lData>

I use Ksoap2 to consume the web service in Android, and I see the response as a string anyType {lData=anyType{name=....;posx=....;posy=....;};}

So, I get the right data from my web service, but i don't know how to parse it correctly. I want to find a way to iterate through the different nodes.

I have tried to use a SAXParser, but can't seem to understand what I should use instead of the url. In the tutotirals I have followed the link to a xml-file on a url, but my url is only part "finished" since i need to consume the web service first.

MyXMLHandler myXMLHandler = new MyXMLHandler();
xr.setContentHandler(myXMLHandler);
xr.parse(new InputSource(sourceUrl.openStream()));

Is this above something I should use, but have another openStream?

Thanks for any help!

AK

Answer 1

The SAXParser wants an InputStream to parse. I think you are saying that you have a string of xml you want to parse? To do so, you need to turn your String into an input stream:

InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(text.getBytes("UTF-8"));