I want to create a parser file which dynamically reads out XML file.

Question

HI ,.
I created a DOM parser where i am getting the values of XML file by tag names...
which is increasing my code lines number ...
So can any one suggest me with proper way of approach to overcome this....

Answer 1

HI ...
Here is the code...
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.lang.Integer;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
import sun.java2d.loops.FillPath;
import sun.nio.ch.FileKey;
public class XMLFileParser{
     int Size,Height,X,Y,W,H;
     String L;
     String Path;
     boolean resize;
     XMLFileParser(){
void Parser(){
     try {
            DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
            DocumentBuilder docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = docBuilder.parse (new File("book.xml"));
            // normalize text representation
            doc.getDocumentElement ().normalize ();
            System.out.println ("Root element of the doc is " +
                 doc.getDocumentElement().getNodeName());
       //first node.
                                    NodeList FrameValues = doc.getElementsByTagName("Frame");
                                    NodeList children=(NodeList)doc.getDocumentElement().getChildNodes();
                                    System.out.println("total of childs are: "+children.getLength());
                                    //for (int j = 0; j < children.getLength(); j++)
                                    //     System.out.println(" the childs are: "+children.item(j));
                                         for(int s=0; s<FrameValues.getLength() ; s++){
                                              // System.out.println(FrameValues.getLength());
                             Node FirstFileNode = FrameValues.item(s);
                             if(FirstFileNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE){
                             Element frameelements = (Element)FirstFileNode;
                             NodeList FrameValueList1 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("setSize");
                             Element firstAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList1.item(0);
                                NodeList List1 = firstAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                             Node node1 = (Node)List1.item(0);
                             String nodeName1 = node1.getNodeValue();
                             int value1 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName1);                           
                             setSize(value1);
                             NodeList FrameValueList2 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("Height");
                             Element secondAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList2.item(0);
                             NodeList List2 = secondAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                             Node node2 = (Node)List2.item(0);
                             String nodeName2 = node2.getNodeValue();
                             int value2 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName2);
                               setHeight(value2);
                             NodeList FrameValueList3 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("BoundsX");
                             Element thirdAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList3.item(0);
                             NodeList List3 = thirdAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                             Node node3 = (Node)List3.item(0);
                             String nodeName3 = node3.getNodeValue();
                             int value3 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName3);
                               setBounds(value3);
                                NodeList FrameValueList4 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("BoundsY");
                                Element fourthAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList4.item(0);
                                NodeList List4 = fourthAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                                Node node4 = (Node)List4.item(0);
                                String nodeName4= node4.getNodeValue();
                                int value4 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName4);
                              setBounds1(value4);
                              NodeList FrameValueList5 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("BoundsW");
                                Element fifthAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList5.item(0);
                                NodeList List5 = fourthAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                                Node node5 = (Node)List5.item(0);
                                String nodeName5 = node5.getNodeValue();
                                int value5 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName5);
                              setBounds2(value5);
                              NodeList FrameValueList6 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("BoundsH");
                                Element sixthAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList6.item(0);
                                NodeList List6 = sixthAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                                Node node6 = (Node)List6.item(0);
                                String nodeName6 = node6.getNodeValue();
                                int value6 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName6);
                              setBounds3(value6);
                              NodeList FrameValueList7 = frameelements.getElementsByTagName("Resize");
                                Element seventhAttributeElement = (Element)FrameValueList6.item(0);
                                NodeList List7 = seventhAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                                Node node7 = (Node)List7.item(0);
                                String nodeName7 = node7.getNodeValue();
                                boolean value7= Boolean.parseBoolean(nodeName7);
                              setResize(value7);
     // second node.
                                    NodeList PanelValues = doc.getElementsByTagName("Panel");
                                    for(int s=0; s<PanelValues.getLength() ; s++){
                      // System.out.println(FrameValues.getLength());
                             Node FirstFileNode = PanelValues.item(s);
                             if(FirstFileNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE){
                             Element Panelelements = (Element)FirstFileNode;
                             NodeList PanelValueList1 = Panelelements.getElementsByTagName("Layout");
                             Element firstAttributeElement = (Element)PanelValueList1.item(0);
                                NodeList List1 = firstAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                             Node node1 = (Node)List1.item(0);
                             String Layout = node1.getNodeValue();
                             //int value1 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName1);                           
                             setLayout(Layout);
                             NodeList PanelValueList2 = Panelelements.getElementsByTagName("ImagePath");
                             Element secondAttributeElement = (Element)PanelValueList2.item(0);
                                NodeList List2 = secondAttributeElement.getChildNodes();
                             Node node2 = (Node)List1.item(0);
                             String path = node1.getNodeValue();
                             //int value1 = Integer.parseInt(nodeName1);                           
                             setPath(path);
                }//end of if clause
            }//end of for loop with s1 var*/
        catch (SAXParseException err)
        System.out.println ("** Parsing error" + ", line "
             + err.getLineNumber () + ", uri " + err.getSystemId ());
        System.out.println(" " + err.getMessage ());
        catch (SAXException e)
        Exception x = e.getException ();
        ((x == null) ? e : x).printStackTrace ();
        catch (Throwable t)
        t.printStackTrace ();
private void setResize(boolean value7) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     resize=value7;
public boolean getResize(){
     System.out.println("Resize" + resize);
     return resize;
private void setPath(String path) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
      Path = path;
public String getPath(){
     System.out.println("Path" + Path);
     return Path;
private void setLayout(String layout) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     L=layout;
public String getLayout(){
     System.out.println("Layout" + L);
     return L;
private void setBounds3(int value6) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     H=value6;
     System.out.println("setBoundsH" + H);
public int getBounds3(){
     System.out.println("getBoundsH" + H);
     return H;
private void setBounds2(int value5) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     W=value5;
     System.out.println("setBoundsW" + W);
public int getBounds2(){
     System.out.println("getBoundsW" + W);
     return W;
private void setBounds1(int value4) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     Y=value4;
     System.out.println("setBoundsY" + Y);
public int getBounds1(){
     System.out.println("getBoundsY" + Y);
     return Y;
public void setBounds(int value3) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
X= value3;
     System.out.println("setBoundsX" + X);
public int getBounds(){
     System.out.println("getBoundsX" + X);
     return X ;
public void setHeight(int value2) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          Height=value2;
          System.out.println("setHeight " + Height);
public int getHeight(){
     System.out.println("getHeight " + Height);
     return (Height);
setSize(int value1) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          Size=value1;
          System.out.println("setSize " + Size);
     public int getSize() {
          System.out.println("getSize " + Size);
          return ( Size);
      }here i am calling the elements of my xml file each time by tag name ...which is increasing my code lines....so any solution please....