Java tutorial
/* Parser object is: com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl@c9ba38 Start document: Start element: local name: PHONEBOOK qname: PHONEBOOK uri: Characters: Start element: local name: PERSON qname: PERSON uri: Characters: Start element: local name: NAME qname: NAME uri: Attributes: Name : firstName Type : CDATA Value: Joe Name : lastName Type : CDATA Value: Yin Characters: Joe Characters: Yin End element: local name: NAME qname: NAME uri: Characters: Start element: local name: EMAIL qname: EMAIL uri: Characters: joe@yourserver.com End element: local name: EMAIL qname: EMAIL uri: Characters: Start element: local name: TELEPHONE qname: TELEPHONE uri: Characters: 202-999-9999 End element: local name: TELEPHONE qname: TELEPHONE uri: Characters: Start element: local name: WEB qname: WEB uri: Characters: www.java2s.com End element: local name: WEB qname: WEB uri: Characters: End element: local name: PERSON qname: PERSON uri: Characters: End element: local name: PHONEBOOK qname: PHONEBOOK uri: End document: */ import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException; import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser; import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory; import org.xml.sax.Attributes; import org.xml.sax.InputSource; import org.xml.sax.SAXException; import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance(); SAXParser parser = null; spf.setNamespaceAware(true); spf.setValidating(true); try { spf.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/namespace-prefixes", true); parser = spf.newSAXParser(); System.out.println("Parser object is: " + parser); } catch (SAXException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); } MySAXHandler handler = new MySAXHandler(); parser.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(xmlString)), handler); } static String xmlString = "<PHONEBOOK>" + " <PERSON>" + " <NAME firstName=\"Joe\" lastName=\"Yin\">Joe Wang</NAME>" + " <EMAIL>joe@yourserver.com</EMAIL>" + " <TELEPHONE>202-999-9999</TELEPHONE>" + " <WEB>www.java2s.com</WEB>" + " </PERSON>" + " </PHONEBOOK>"; } class MySAXHandler extends DefaultHandler { public void startDocument() { System.out.println("Start document: "); } public void endDocument() { System.out.println("End document: "); } public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qname, Attributes attr) { System.out.println("Start element: local name: " + localName + " qname: " + qname + " uri: " + uri); int attrCount = attr.getLength(); if (attrCount > 0) { System.out.println("Attributes:"); for (int i = 0; i < attrCount; i++) { System.out.println(" Name : " + attr.getQName(i)); System.out.println(" Type : " + attr.getType(i)); System.out.println(" Value: " + attr.getValue(i)); } } } public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qname) { System.out.println("End element: local name: " + localName + " qname: " + qname + " uri: " + uri); } public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) { System.out.println("Characters: " + new String(ch, start, length)); } public void ignorableWhitespace(char[] ch, int start, int length) { System.out.println("Ignorable whitespace: " + new String(ch, start, length)); } public void startPrefixMapping(String prefix, String uri) { System.out.println("Start \"" + prefix + "\" namespace scope. URI: " + uri); } public void endPrefixMapping(String prefix) { System.out.println("End \"" + prefix + "\" namespace scope."); } public void warning(SAXParseException spe) { System.out.println("Warning at line " + spe.getLineNumber()); System.out.println(spe.getMessage()); } public void fatalError(SAXParseException spe) throws SAXException { System.out.println("Fatal error at line " + spe.getLineNumber()); System.out.println(spe.getMessage()); throw spe; } }