Jdom parsing

Question

hi iam new to java and jdom parsing.my imput is user passes the xml file and a string (string is not a tag in xml its a attribute value).i need to look for the string in the xml file and get all its child attributes .my xml looks like
<Trs>
     <cetTra>
            <xName>"jeff"</xName>
                     <child>pat</child>
                     <child>sush</childT>
                     <Delay>
                <timeSec>60</timeSec>
                <retry>1</retry>
      </Delay>
        </cetTra>
      <cetTra>
            <xName>"kumsa"</xName>
                     <child>sac</child>
                     <child>ed</child>
                     <Delay>
                <timeSec>5</timeSec>
                <retry>10</retry>
      </Delay>
        </cetTra>
  </Trs>my quesion is how to get only the the contents based on attribute .Input string will be jeff i need to get the contents only for jeff .my code looks like
List passedStringList = root.getChildren("Cetra");
Iterator i = passedStringList.iterator();
      while (i.hasNext()) {
        Element serv= (Element) i.next();
        out.print("\t" + serv.getChild("xName")
                                .getText());o/p gets both jeff and kumsa
Thanks for the help

Answer 1

XML file has an error at <child>sush</childT>. It should be </child>
Since jdom uses SAX structure, devise a recursive depth search function similar to listChildren() in http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/chapters/ch14s08.html . It contains examples on jdom as well. Test whether current object returned by iterator is an instance of Element. and content is "jeff".
if ( child.getContent().equalsIgnoreCase("\"jeff\"") )Then invoke listChildren() once again with current Element object as start point. Manipulate print statements to suit your need.