Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import java.io.InputStream; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class Main { /** * Loads the xml file into an xml document and returns the root element. * * @param fileName * the fully qualified name of the XML file to load; assumed not * to be <code>null</code>. * * @return root element of the xml document, never <code>null</code>. * * @throws Exception * on any error */ public static Element loadXmlResource(final String fileName) throws Exception { File file = new File(fileName); DocumentBuilder db = getDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = db.parse(file); return doc.getDocumentElement(); } /** * Loads the imput stream and returns the root element. * * @param in * Input Stream. * * @return root element of the xml document, never <code>null</code>. * * @throws Exception * on any error */ public static Element loadXmlResource(final InputStream in) throws Exception { DocumentBuilder db = getDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = db.parse(in); return doc.getDocumentElement(); } /** * Returns a <code>DocumentBuilder</code>, which is used for parsing XML * documents. * * @return a <code>DocumentBuilder</code> which is used for parsing XML * documents. Never <code>null</code>. */ public static DocumentBuilder getDocumentBuilder() { try { DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); dbf.setNamespaceAware(true); dbf.setValidating(false); return dbf.newDocumentBuilder(); } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) { e.printStackTrace(); throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage()); } } }