Parse XML Inbound Interface file

What are SAP best practices to parse XML Inbound Interface file?
Currently we are parsing XML Inbound file with custom ABAP code, but it is somewhat cumbersome and requires maintenance.
We do not any middleware that can parse file for us.
Is there is any best way we can handle this without lot of maintenance..

You can do it thro XLST..
Check this links..
Upload XML to internal table and vice versa in SAP 4.6C
/people/r.eijpe/blog/2005/11/10/xml-dom-processing-in-abap-part-i--convert-an-abap-table-into-xml-file-using-sap-dom-approach
YOu can do it through XLST. it is supported in ABAP from 4.7. you can create a XSLT, and read you XML, then CALL TRANSFORMATION to convert a XML into ABAP data structure.
reference link:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fd/9d7348389211d596a200a0c94260a5/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/bb/576670dca511d4990b00508b6b8b11/content.htm
Reward each helpful answer.
Raja T
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Raja Thangamani

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stream = xmlInputSource.getByteStream();
if(stream != null && encoding != null)
declaredEncoding = true;
if (stream == null) {
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URLConnection connect = location.openConnection();
if (connect instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
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Java Web Start 1.5.0_18
Using JRE version 1.5.0_12 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
Why java still uses my latest jre lib to run my application?
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http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/XMLTools2/
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<icon image='icon2.png' content='Two'/>
<icon image='icon3.png' content='Three'/>
<icon image='icon4.png' content='Four'/>
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http://www.latenightsw.com/freeware/XMLTools2/
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Cheers,
H
PS. Copy code from this web page, not from subscribed email text, for I escaed some character, namely [, for posting.
Message was edited by: Hiroto (fixed typo, etc)

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Document doc = null;
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docBuilderFactory.setIgnoringElementContentWhitespace(true);
try {
docBuilder = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
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try {
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check out the following links
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/people/kamaljeet.kharbanda/blog/2005/09/16/xi-bi-integration
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fe/65d03b3f34d172e10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
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