XMLEventReader and XMLEventWriter for Stax XML parser : Stream Parser « XML « Java Tutorial

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import java.util.Calendar;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventWriter;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Characters;
import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;


class StaxEvent {
    XMLEventFactory m_eventFactory = XMLEventFactory.newInstance();

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
            StaxEvent ms = new StaxEvent();

            XMLEventReader reader = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLEventReader(new java.io.FileInputStream("yourXML.xml"));
            XMLEventWriter writer = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance().createXMLEventWriter(System.out);

            while (reader.hasNext()) {
                XMLEvent event = (XMLEvent) reader.next();

                if (event.getEventType() == event.CHARACTERS) {
                    writer.add(ms.getNewCharactersEvent(event.asCharacters()));
                } else {
                    writer.add(event);
                }
            }
            writer.flush();
    }

    private Characters getNewCharactersEvent(Characters event) {
        if (event.getData().equalsIgnoreCase("Name1")) {
            return m_eventFactory.createCharacters(Calendar.getInstance().getTime().toString());
        } else {
            return event;
        }
    }
}