How to stop the sax parser with parsing

Question

hi,
I'm parsing some large xml-files with jaxp sax.
To do it I use a contenthandler that goes through the file.
Wat I want now is that when I have found the nodes that I need that parsing of the xml stops.
I tried to do it with detecting a certain endElement and putting there a return, but it will not work, parsing continues till the end of the file (see code underneath).
Does anyone can say what I'm doing wrong,
thanks, Hans
code:
public void endElement(String namespaceURI,
String sName,
String qName
) throws SAXException {
if (qName.equals("file")) {
return;
} // end of if ()
}

Answer 1

You have to return from that method anyway, so a return statement is not going to tell the parser to stop. You could throw a SAXException, but be prepared to catch that in the code that called the parser, and be prepared to treat it differently from SAXExceptions that indicate problems.