Java tutorial
import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory; import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader; import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { XMLInputFactory xif = XMLInputFactory.newFactory(); StreamSource xmlSource = new StreamSource("src/forum19559825/input.xml"); XMLStreamReader xsr = xif.createXMLStreamReader(xmlSource); positionXMLStreamReaderAtAnyElement(xsr); processAnyElement(xsr); } private static void positionXMLStreamReaderAtAnyElement(XMLStreamReader xsr) throws Exception { while (xsr.hasNext()) { if (xsr.getEventType() == XMLStreamReader.START_ELEMENT && "ANY-ELEMENT".equals(xsr.getLocalName())) { break; } xsr.next(); } } private static void processAnyElement(XMLStreamReader xmlStreamReaderAtAnyElement) { System.out.println("FOUND IT"); } }