Help with simple XML reading example using StAX

Question

Please, could somebody help me with this issue?
Or, could somebody point me to a comprehensive StAX tutorial?
thanks!
I have prepared a simple sample that looks like 'homework', but this newbie task is getting me crazy...
I just want to store in the object Shop[] shopsArray; the next XML file, using StAX:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<shops>
    <shop>
         <name>Amazon</name>
        <code>AMZ</code>
        <url>www.amazon.com</url>
        <product>
            <book>
                <name>Core JSF</name>
                <code>cojsf</code>
                <price>136</price>
                <pages>333</pages>
            </book>
        </product>
        <product>
            <book>
                <name>Java forr Dummies</name>
                <code>jfd</code>
                <price>68</price>
                <pages>400</pages>
            </book>
        </product>
        <product>
            <video>
                <name>Braveheart</name>
                <code>brvh</code>
                <price>15</price>
                <duration>3h</duration>
            </video>
        </product>
    </shop>
     <!-- <shop>Other types of shops</shop> -->
</shops>Having the related classes below:
public class Shop {
     String name;
     String code;
     String url;
     Product[] productsArray;
public class Product {
     String name;
     String code;
     String price;
public class Book extends Product {
     String pages;
public class Video extends Product {
     String duration;
}

Answer 1

[http://vtd-xml.sf.net|http://vtd-xml.sf.net] While I am not an expert on StAX, I think you may be interested in vtd-xml to simplify coding as it
supports random access and XPath
http://vtd-xml.sf.net