Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setValidating(true); factory.setExpandEntityReferences(false); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File("file.xml")); visit(doc, 0); } public static void visit(Node node, int level) { NodeList list = node.getChildNodes(); for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) { Node childNode = list.item(i); visit(childNode, level + 1); } } }