Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.util.List; import org.jdom.Document; import org.jdom.Element; import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String characterName = "asdf"; SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder(); Document document = builder.build(new File("r.xml")); List actList = document.getRootElement().getChildren("ACT"); allDone: for (int act = 0; act < actList.size(); act++) { List sceneList = ((Element) actList.get(act)).getChildren("SCENE"); for (int scene = 0; scene < sceneList.size(); scene++) { List speechList = ((Element) sceneList.get(scene)).getChildren("SPEECH"); for (int speech = 0; speech < speechList.size(); speech++) { if (characterName .equalsIgnoreCase(((Element) speechList.get(speech)).getChildText("SPEAKER"))) { System.out.println(characterName); break allDone; } } } } } }