Java tutorial
import java.io.StringReader; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static void main(String arg[]) throws Exception { String xmlRecords = "<root><x>1</x><x>2</x><x>3</x><x>4</x></root>"; DocumentBuilder db = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder(); InputSource is = new InputSource(); is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(xmlRecords)); Document doc = db.parse(is); NodeList nodes = doc.getElementsByTagName("x"); System.out.println(nodes.getLength()); List<String> valueList = new ArrayList<String>(); for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) { Element element = (Element) nodes.item(i); String name = element.getTextContent(); // Element line = (Element) name.item(0); System.out.println("Name: " + name); valueList.add(name); } } }