Here's a useful class I found a while back for XMLFiles. Takes a lot of the work off of your shoulders.
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
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;
/**
* XMLFile.java
*
* XML file object that represents an xml file and its properties. Used to
* simplify the process of reading from and writing to XML files.
*
* Derived from unknown source. Implemented on 12/03/09. Permission given to
* implement and modify code.
*/
public class XMLFile {
private String name;
private String content;
private Map<String, String> nameAttributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
private Map<String, List<XMLFile>> nameChildren = new HashMap<String, List<XMLFile>>();
private static Element rootElement(String filename, String rootName) {
FileInputStream fileInputStream = null;
try {
fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(filename);
DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory
.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document document = builder.parse(fileInputStream);
Element rootElement = document.getDocumentElement();
if (!rootElement.getNodeName().equals(rootName))
throw new RuntimeException("Could not find root node: "
+ rootName);
return rootElement;
} catch (Exception exception) {
throw new RuntimeException(exception);
} finally {
if (fileInputStream != null) {
try {
fileInputStream.close();
} catch (Exception exception) {
throw new RuntimeException(exception);
}
}
}
}
/**
* @param (String) Filepath of XML File (String) Root of XML File
**/
public XMLFile(String filename, String rootName) {
this(rootElement(filename, rootName));
}
/**
* @param (Element) XML File Element
**/
private XMLFile(Element element) {
this.name = element.getNodeName();
this.content = element.getTextContent();
NamedNodeMap namedNodeMap = element.getAttributes();
int n = namedNodeMap.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
Node node = namedNodeMap.item(i);
String name = node.getNodeName();
addAttribute(name, node.getNodeValue());
}
NodeList nodes = element.getChildNodes();
n = nodes.getLength();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
Node node = nodes.item(i);
int type = node.getNodeType();
if (type == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
addChild(node.getNodeName(), new XMLFile((Element) node));
}
}
/**
* Adds attribute to ???
*
* @param (String) Attribute Name (String) Attribute Value
**/
private void addAttribute(String name, String value) {
nameAttributes.put(name, value);
}
/**
* Adds child directory to ???
*
* @param (String) Name of New Child Directory (XMLFile) XML Documentation
* of Child
**/
private void addChild(String name, XMLFile child) {
List<XMLFile> children = nameChildren.get(name);
if (children == null) {
children = new ArrayList<XMLFile>();
nameChildren.put(name, children);
}
children.add(child);
}
public String name() {
return name;
}
public String content() {
return content;
}
/**
*
**/
public XMLFile child(String name) {
List<XMLFile> children = children(name);
if (children.size() != 1)
throw new RuntimeException("Could not find individual child node: "
+ name);
return children.get(0);
}
/**
*
**/
public List<XMLFile> children(String name) {
List<XMLFile> children = nameChildren.get(name);
return children == null ? new ArrayList<XMLFile>() : children;
}
/**
* Gets the value of a specific field and converts it to a String object
*
* @param (String) Name of Field
**/
public String string(String name) {
String value = nameAttributes.get(name);
if (value == null)
throw new RuntimeException("Could not find attribute: " + name
+ ", in node: " + this.name);
return value;
}
/**
* Gets the value of a specific field and converts it to an int
*
* @param (String) Name of Field
**/
public int integer(String name) {
return Integer.parseInt(string(name));
}
/**
* Gets the value of a specific field and converts it to an
* ArrayList<String>
*
* @param (String) Name of Field
**/
public ArrayList<String> arrayListString(String name) {
String left = new String();
int finished = 0;
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
left = nameAttributes.get(name);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
}
while (finished == 0) {
if (left.indexOf(", ") > -1) {
list.add(left.substring(0, left.indexOf(", ")));
left = left.substring(left.indexOf(", ") + 2);
} else {
list.add(left);
finished = 1;
}
}
return list;
}
}