Count XML Elements In Java Example – (DOM Parser)
Chapter:
XML
Last Updated:
11-06-2016 18:42:25 UTC
Program:
/* ............... START ............... */
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
public class JavaCountXMLElements {
public static void main(String argv[]) {
try {
String filepath = "c:\\file.xml";
DocumentBuilderFactory docFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = docBuilder.parse(filepath);
NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName("staff");
System.out.println("Total of elements : " + list.getLength());
} catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
pce.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
} catch (SAXException sae) {
sae.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
/* ............... END ............... */
Output
Notes:
-
DOM Parser to count the total number of elements in a XML file.
- NodeList.getLength() to get the total number of available elements.
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Count XML Elements, Java