Parsing a xml file using Java

I need to parse a xml file using JAVA and have to create a bean out of that xml file after parsing .

I need this while using Spring JMS in which producer is producing a xml file .First I need to read the xml file and take action according .

I read some thing about parsing and come wi开发者_如何学编程th these option

1. xpath
2. DOM

Which ll be the best option to parse the xml file.

did you check JAXB

There's three ways of parsing an XML file, SAX, DOM and StAX.

DOM will parse the whole file and build up a tree in memory - great for small files but obviously if this is huge then you don't want the entire tree just sitting in memory! SAX is event based - it doesn't load anything into memory per-se but just fires off a series of events as it reads through the file. StAX is a median between the two, the application moves the cursor forward as it needs, grabbing the data as it goes (so no event firing or huge memory consumption.)

What one you use will really depend on your application - all have built in libraries since Java 6.

Looks like, you receive a serialized object via Java messaging. Have a look first, how the object is being serialized. Usually this is done with a library (jaxb, axis, ...) and you could use the very same library to create a deserializer.

You will need:

1. The xml schema (a xsd file)
2. The Java bean class (very helpful, it should exist)

Then, usually the library will create all helper classes and files and you don't have to care about parsing.

if you need to create an object, just extract the needed properties and go on... I recommend using StaX, see this tutorial for more information.

Umh..there are several ways you can parse an xml document to into memory and work with it. You mentioned DOM. DOM actually holds uploads the whole document into memory and then allows you to move between different branches of the XML document.

On the other hand, you could use StAX. It works similar to DOM. The only difference is that, it streams the content of the XML document thus allowing better allocation of memory. On the other hand, it does not retain the information that has already been read.

Look at : http://download.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnbem.html It gives details about both parsing methods and example code. Hope that helps.