Parse into array using JDOM! please help

Question

hey,
i've managed to parse an xml document using JDOM
i[b] need to be able to parse it and store the text (the value of each node) into an array, and then insert into db etc.
the problem is with the recursive function listChildren which calls itself... can someone tell me where do i insert the block of code such that i can store it into an array of string.
here's the code:
public static void parse(String stock) throws SQLException
SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder();
Reader r = new StringReader(stock);
Document doc = builder.build(r);
Element root = doc.getRootElement();
listChildren(root, 0);
public static void listChildren(Element current, int depth) throws Exception
String nodes = current.getName();
System.out.println(nodes + " : " + current.getText());
List children = current.getChildren();
Iterator iterator = children.iterator();
while(iterator.hasNext())
Element child = (Element) iterator.next();
listChildren(child, depth+1);
i'm looking for something like:
a=current.getText();
but i donno where to include this line of code, please help
cheers,
Shivek Sachdev

Answer 1

hi, I suggest you make an array of byte arrays
--> Byte[][] and use one row for each number
you can do 2 things,
take each cipher of one number and put one by one in each column of the row correspondent to that number. of course it may take too much room if the int[] is too big, but that is the easiest way I think
the other way is dividing your number into bitsets(class BitSet) with sizes of 8 bits and then you can save each bit into each column of your array. and you still have one number in each row. To put your numbers back use the same class.
Maybe someone has an easier way, I couldnt think of any.