How to Parse XML data directly from context variables in webdynpro

Hello,
   I have two requirements:
1) I have a context variable which has string value.
   I want to write the this value into a flat file.
   How do I do this in WebDynpro.
   Any sample code for this.
2) In Webdynpro, I want to parse and process the XML data directly from a string context variable which
   has the value in XML format.
   How do I achieve this. Any pointers or sample codes for this.
Thanks and Regards,
Anupama.

Anupama,
Here is some link which talks about unpacking xml and converting to HTML.
<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/eb/3dfb402eb5f76fe10000000a1550b0/content.htm">http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/eb/3dfb402eb5f76fe10000000a1550b0/content.htm</a>
I have done something like this in portal development and not in webdynpro.But in principle it should work very where.

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Hi! I'm having problems parsing an xml string. I've done DOM and SAX parsing before. But both of them either parse a file or data from an input source. I don't think they handle strings. I also don't want to write the string into a file just so I can use DOM or SAX.
I'm looking for something where I could simply do:
Document doc = documentBuilder.parse( myXMLString );
So the heirarchy is automatically established for me. Then I could just do
Element elem = doc.getElement();
String name = elem.getTagName();
These aren't the only methods I would want to use. Again, my main problem is how to parse xml if it is stored in a string, not a file, nor comming from a stream.
thanks!

But both of them either parse a file or data from an input source. I don't think they handle strings.An InputSource can be constructed with a Reader as input. One useful subclass of Reader is StringReader, so you'd use something likeDocument doc = documentBuilder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(myXMLString)));

How to store xml data into file in xml format through java program?

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Please let me know
How to store xml data into file in xml format through java program?
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Avanish Kumar Singh
Software Engineer,
Samsung India Development Center,
Bangalore--560001.
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Hi i need to write the data from an XML file to a Microsoft SQL SErver database!
i got a piece of code from the net which allows me to parse th file:
import java.io.IOException;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.*;
import org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser;
import java.lang.*;
public class MySaxParser extends DefaultHandler
private static int INDENT = 4;
private static String attList = "";
public static void main(String[] argv)
if (argv.length != 1)
System.out.println("Usage: java MySaxParser [URI]");
System.exit(0);
String uri = argv[0];
try
XMLReader parser = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");
MySaxParser MySaxParserInstance = new MySaxParser();
parser.setContentHandler(MySaxParserInstance);
parser.parse(uri);
catch(IOException ioe)
ioe.printStackTrace();
catch(SAXException saxe)
saxe.printStackTrace();
private int idx = 0;
public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
throws SAXException
String s = new String(ch, start, length);
if (ch[0] == '\n')
return;
System.out.println(getIndent() + " Value: " + s);
public void endDocument() throws SAXException
idx -= INDENT;
public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException
if (!attList.equals(""))
System.out.println(getIndent() + " Attributes: " + attList);
attList = "";
System.out.println(getIndent() + "end document");
idx -= INDENT;
public void startDocument() throws SAXException
idx += INDENT;
public void startElement(String uri,
String localName,
String qName,
Attributes attributes) throws SAXException
idx += INDENT;
System.out.println('\n' + getIndent() + "start element: " + localName);
if (localName.compareTo("Machine") == 0)
System.out.println("YES");
if (attributes.getLength() > 0)
idx += INDENT;
for (int i = 0; i < attributes.getLength(); i++)
attList = attList + attributes.getLocalName(i) + " = " + attributes.getValue(i);
if (i < (attributes.getLength() - 1))
attList = attList + ", ";
idx-= INDENT;
private String getIndent()
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < idx; i++)
sb.append(" ");
return sb.toString();
}// END PRGM
Now , am not a very good Java DEv. and i need to find a soln. to this prob within 1 week.
The next step is to write the data to the DB.
Am sending an example of my file:
<Start>
<Machine>
<Hostname> IPCServer </Hostname>
<HostID> 80c04499 </HostID>
<MachineType> sun4u [ID 466748 kern.info] Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 360MHz) </MachineType>
<CPU> UltraSPARC-IIi at 360 MHz </CPU>
<Memory> RAM : 512 MB </Memory>
<HostAdapter>
<HA> kern.info] </HA>
</HostAdapter>
<Harddisks>
<HD>
<HD1> c0t0d0 ctrl kern.info] target 0 lun 0 </HD1>
<HD2> ST38420A 8.2 GB </HD2>
</HD>
</Harddisks>
<GraphicCard> m64B : PCI PGX 8-bit +Accel. </GraphicCard>
<NetworkType> hme0 : Fast-Ethernet </NetworkType>
<EthernetAddress> 09:00:30:C1:34:90 </EthernetAddress>
<IPAddress> 149.51.23.140 </IPAddress>
</Machine>
</Start>
Note that i can have more than 1 machines (meaning that i have to loop thru the file to be able to write to the DB)
Cal u tellme what to do!
Even better- do u have a piece of code that will help me understand and implement the database writing portion?
I badly need help here.
THANX

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