how to read XML file into two dimensional array using java

Question

hi friends, How to read XML file into two dimensional array using java. Am new to this concept. Please suggest me any ideas and suggest any websites and examples regarding this question.

Answer 1

I would recommend reading it into a map.
Use the DocumentBuilder API: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/xml/parsers/DocumentBuilder.html

  DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
  document = builder.parse( new File(fileName) );

You can then use the DocumentBuilder's methods to grab the data as required e.g:

document.getElementsByTagName("NameOfTag");

Answer 2

Hi Marcelo Cantos, My xml file will be look like this

    <Map>
    <Display>0B85</Display>
    <Keys>61</Keys>
    </Map>

I want to read this xml file into two dimensional array. Suppose i have an array xml[10][40]. In this array i want to display as xml[0][0]=character and xml[0][1]=keys using java program. Please suggest any idea.