Java tutorial
import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.EntityReference; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; public class Main { public static String getXMLData() { return "your data"; } public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(getXMLData()))); Element root = doc.getDocumentElement(); EntityReference eref = (EntityReference) root.getFirstChild(); } }