Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.*; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import java.io.File; public class Main { public static void ReadXMLFile() { try { File fXmlFile = new File("D:\\FAR_Documents\\__Startamap\\Home.xml"); DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = dBuilder.parse(fXmlFile); //optional, but recommended //read this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13786607/normalization-in-dom-parsing-with-java-how-does-it-work doc.getDocumentElement().normalize(); System.out.println("Root element :" + doc.getDocumentElement().getNodeName()); NodeList nList = doc.getElementsByTagName("staff"); System.out.println("----------------------------"); for (int temp = 0; temp < nList.getLength(); temp++) { Node nNode = nList.item(temp); System.out.println("\nCurrent Element :" + nNode.getNodeName()); if (nNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element eElement = (Element) nNode; System.out.println("Staff id : " + eElement.getAttribute("id")); System.out.println( "First Name : " + eElement.getElementsByTagName("firstname").item(0).getTextContent()); System.out.println( "Last Name : " + eElement.getElementsByTagName("lastname").item(0).getTextContent()); System.out.println( "Nick Name : " + eElement.getElementsByTagName("nickname").item(0).getTextContent()); System.out.println( "Salary : " + eElement.getElementsByTagName("salary").item(0).getTextContent()); } } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }