Question about public void characters(char []ch, int start, int length) thr

Question

Can anyone tell me how you would keep all the characters from within one pair of tags together each time characters() is called?
the character() method doesn't read all the character data at once, and i would like to create a buffer of what it has read.
thank you.

Answer 1

I recommend using getNodeName and/or/combination
with
getNodeValue to get the strings.i have tried using a buffer, and i have got that to work!
At long last I am seeing the string I would like to see as it is in the xml file!
thank you for your help
here is an example of my code:
private boolean isDescription = false;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes atts) throws SAXException {
     if(localName.equals("description")) {
          sb = new StringBuffer();
          isDescription = true;
public void characters(char []ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException {
     if(isDescription == true) {
          String desc = new String(ch, start, length);
          sb.append(desc);
public void endElement(String namespaceURI, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
     if(localName.equals("description")) {
          isDescription == false;
          System.out.println(sb.toString());
}