Sax problem

hi guys
how can i find id value of href with sax
i have such a code block
<a href="showthread.php?t=74134" id="thread_title_74134" style="font-weight: bold;">Compatible Windows Vista 64-bit games</a>and while parsing i wann a check id attribute of link
regards
cem

In your startElement() method there's a parameter which returns an Attributes object. Use that to find the value of a particular attribute in the element.

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SAX problem(plz see the code given)

hi all,
i am using SAX parser for validating my xml file against the dtd,i am getting some errors that i am not able to make out.cud u plz help me.i am sending u my files.
------------------------java file------------------------------------
import java.io.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
public class Echo extends DefaultHandler
public static void main(String argv[]){
if (argv.length != 1) {
System.err.println("Usage: cmd filename");
System.exit(1);
// Use an instance of ourselves as the SAX event handler
//DefaultHandler handler=new DefaultHandler();
Echo handler=new Echo();
// Use the default (non-validating) parser
SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
factory.setValidating(true);
try {
// Set up output stream
out = new OutputStreamWriter(System.out, "UTF8");
// Parse the input
SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
saxParser.parse( new File(argv[0]), handler );
catch (SAXParseException spe) {
// Error generated by the parser
System.out.println("\n** Parsing error"
+ ", line " + spe.getLineNumber()
+ ", uri " + spe.getSystemId());
System.out.println(" " + spe.getMessage() );
}catch (Throwable t){
t.printStackTrace();
System.exit(0);
static private Writer out;
public void startDocument()
throws SAXException{
emit("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>");
nl();
public void endDocument()
throws SAXException{
try {
nl();
out.flush();
}catch (IOException e) {
throw new SAXException("I/O error", e);
public void startElement(String namespaceURI,
String sName, // simple name (localName)
String qName, // qualified name
Attributes attrs)
throws SAXException
String eName = sName; // element name
if ("".equals(eName)) eName = qName; // namespaceAware = false
emit("<"+eName);
if (attrs != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) {
String aName = attrs.getLocalName(i); // Attr name
if ("".equals(aName)) aName = attrs.getQName(i);
emit(" ");
emit(aName+"=\""+attrs.getValue(i)+"\"");
emit(">");
public void endElement(String namespaceURI,
String sName, // simple name
String qName // qualified name
throws SAXException
emit("</"+qName+">");
public void characters(char buf[], int offset, int len)
throws SAXException
String s = new String(buf, offset, len);
emit(s);
public void ignorableWhitespace(char buf[], int offset, int Len)
throws SAXException
nl();
//emit("IGNORABLE");
private void emit(String s)
throws SAXException
try {
out.write(s);
out.flush();
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new SAXException("I/O error", e);
private void nl()
throws SAXException
String lineEnd = System.getProperty("line.separator");
try {
out.write(lineEnd);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new SAXException("I/O error", e);
public void error(SAXParseException e)
throws SAXParseException
throw e;
public void warning(SAXParseException e)throws SAXParseException{
System.out.println("WARNING : Line Number:- "+e.getLineNumber());
System.out.println("WARNING : Column Number:- "+e.getColumnNumber());
System.out.println("WARNING : System ID:- "+e.getSystemId());
System.out.println("WARNING : Public Number:- "+e.getPublicId());
--------------------------xml file------------------------------------
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE slideshow SYSTEM "echo.dtd">

<slideshow
title="Sample Slide Show"
date="Date of publication"
author="Yours Truly"
>
<![CDATA[Digram : frobmorten <------------ fuznaten
| <3> ^
| <1> | <1> = fozzle
V | <2> = framboze
Staten+ <3> = frenzle
<2>
]]>

<slide type="all">
<image src="my.gif" alt="this is my pic" type="image/gif"/>
<title>Wake up to WonderWidgets!</title>
</slide>

<slide type="all">
<title>Overview</title>
<item>WonderWidgets are great</item>
<item/>
<item>Who buys WonderWidgets</item>
</slide>
<slide type="all">
<title>Overview</title>
<item>Who buys WonderWidgets</item>
</slide>
</slideshow>
-----------------------------dtd file---------------------------------
<!ELEMENT slideshow (slide+)>
<!ATTLIST slideshow
title CDATA #IMPLIED
date CDATA #IMPLIED
author CDATA #IMPLIED
>
<!ELEMENT slide (image?,title, item*)>
<!ATTLIST slide type CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT item (#PCDATA | item)* >
<!ELEMENT image EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST image
alt CDATA #IMPLIED
src CDATA #REQUIRED
type CDATA "image/gif"
>
-----------------------ERROR I AM GETTING IS--------------------------
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<slideshow title="Sample Slide Show" date="Date of publication" author="Yours Tr
uly">
Digram : frobmorten <------------ fuznaten
| <3> ^
| <1> | <1> = fozzle
V | <2> = framboze
Staten+ <3> = frenzle
<2>
<slide type="all">
<image src="my.gif" alt="this is my pic" type="image/gif"></image>
<title>Wake up to WonderWidgets!</title>
</slide>
<slide type="all">
<title>Overview</title>
<item>WonderWidgets are great</item>
<item></item>
<item>Who buys WonderWidgets</item>
</slide>
<slide type="all">
<title>Overview</title>
<item>Who buys WonderWidgets</item>
</slide>
org.xml.sax.SAXException: The content of element type "slideshow" must m
atch "(slide)+".
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.j
ava:979)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at Echo.main(Echo.java:28)
with my lot efforts i am not able to make out where i am wrong,plz do have a look on the codes.
thanx in advance
best regards
anshul

Hi i have consulted the XML spec and it is not possible to have a CDATA section as element content. A element declaration can have only content that is empty, ANY (i.e. can include any other declared elements in DTD), mixed (i.e. can contain PCDATA or child elements, or child elements. An element cannot include any character data which CDATA represents. i.e it is not valid to do <!ELEMENT slideshow CDATA>
The CDATA can only be used with an attribute declaration. Regard CDATA as a type definition for any attribute variables.
So what do i suggest. You could declare a separate element which has an attribute for the CDATA section
<!ELEMENT input (Name)>
<!ATTLIST input instructions CDATA #REQUIRED>
hope this helps.

SAX problem with jaxp

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I tried the JAXP but I have this error: could anyone help? Thanks a lot (my java code is under the error)
Thanks
Cecile
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The error is in your XML input, not in your Java code. Probably the XML doesn't declare its encoding, so the parser assumes that it is encoded in UTF-8. And probably it contains some character (like an accented letter, for example) that is not part of the UTF-8 encoding. So contact the person who created the XML -- which is not well-formed XML, by the way -- and get them to fix it. It's possible that declaring the encoding as ISO8859-1 might work, but it might not. All depends on what the invalid character is.

XML SAX dtd Validation Problem

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hi,
i am assuming the problem is with sax parser but i cant be sure. I am parsing a xml file (about 1.4MB) with some data in it. the parser i have created reads the xml file correctly for the most part but when at some point the
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import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.lang.Object;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
import java.util.*;
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import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
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int issuedValue, prodValue;
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OrdDetail detail = new OrdDetail();
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value[1] = value[1].replace(':', ' ');
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break;
case 2:
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pp_transid = strsplit(Opp_transid);
break;
case 3:
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pp_respmsg = strsplit(Opp_respmsg);
break;
case 4:
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pp_authid = strsplit(Opp_authid);
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case 5:
String Opp_avs = st1.nextToken();
pp_avs = strsplit(Opp_avs);
break;
case 6:
String Opp_avszip = st1.nextToken();
pp_avszip = strsplit(Opp_avszip);
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header.put("pp_respmsg", pp_respmsg);
header.put("pp_authid", pp_authid);
header.put("pp_avs", pp_avs);
header.put("pp_avszip", pp_avszip);
}else{
newTag = new String(setVal.set_name(tag, issuedValue));
header.put(newTag, s);
//detail.put(newTag, s);
prod.put(newTag, s);
memInfo.put(newTag,s);
//Check to see-- if we should add this product to the database or not
boolean check = prod.checkValid(newTag, prodValue);
if (check){
prod.addValues(s);
setVal.clearMod();
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Here's the error that i get:
java.util.NoSuchElementException
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:691)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parse(Parser2.java:337)
at org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl.parse(XMLReaderImpl.java:448)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:345)
at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:281)
at Echo03.main(Echo03.java:47)

I haven't gone through your code but I also had a similar error....and the exception in my was because of an "&" instead of the entity reference & in one of the element values. I use a non-validating parser but if you use a validating one then this might not be the reason for your exception.

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               InputStreamReader is = new InputStreamReader(in, "UTF8");
               BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(is);
               StringBuffer file = new StringBuffer();
               String line = new String();
               try {
                    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                         file.append(line);
               } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
               } finally {
                    try {
                         in.close();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
               Date d4 = new Date();
               file = replaceREGEX(
                         "<\\?xml version=\"1\\.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"\\?>", "",
                         file);
               char[] cArray = file.toString().toCharArray();
               Date filedat = new Date();;
               SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss_SSS");
               String fName = df.format(filedat) + "_El_Invoice.xml";
               Writer out1 = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
                         new FileOutputStream(fName), "UTF8"));
               try {
                    out1.write(file.toString().toCharArray());
                    out1.close();
               } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
               } catch (IOException e) {
               saxParser.parse(fName, handler);
               File outFile = new File(fName);
               outFile.delete();
          } catch (Throwable t) {
               if (mappingTrace != null) {
                    mappingTrace.addInfo(t.toString());
               t.printStackTrace();
problem was also in method for writing in output stream, so I've changed it:
     private void printOutPut(String sOP) {
          try {
                  //    fStreamOut.write(sOP.getBytes());
               fStreamOut.write(sOP);
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.notify();

Problem in parsing an XML using SAX parser

Hai All,
I have got a problem in parsing an XML using SAX parser.
I have an XML (sample below) which need to be parsed
<line-items>
<item num="1">
     <part-number>PN1234</part-number>
     <quantity uom="ea">10</quantity>
     <lpn>LPN1060</lpn>
     <reference num="1">Line ref 1</reference>
     <reference num="2">Line ref 2</reference>
     <reference num="3">Line ref 3</reference>
</item>
<item num="2">
     <part-number>PN1527</part-number>
     <quantity uom="lbs">5</quantity>
     <lpn>LPN2152</lpn>
     <reference num="1">Line ref 1</reference>
     <reference num="2">Line ref 2</reference>
     <reference num="3">Line ref 3</reference>
</item>
<item num="n">
</item>
</line-items>
There can be any number of items( 1 to n). I need to parse these
item values using SAX parser and invoke a stored procedure for
each item with its
values(partnumber,qty,lpn,refnum1,refnum2,refnum3).
Suppose if there are 100 items, i need to invoke the stored
procedure sp1() 100 times for each item.
I need to invoke the stored procedure in endDocument() method of
SAX event handler and not in endelement() method.
What is the best way to store those values and invoke the stored
procedure in enddocument() method.
Any help would br greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Pooja.

VO or ValueObject is a trendy new name for Beans.
So just create an item class with variables for each of the sub elements.
<item>
<part-number>PN1234</part-number>
<quantity uom="ea">10</quantity>
<lpn>LPN1060</lpn>
<reference num="1">Line ref 1</reference>
<reference num="2">Line ref 2</reference>
<reference num="3">Line ref 3</reference>
</item>
public class ItemVO
String partNumber;
int quantity;
String quantityType;
String lpn;
List references = new ArrayList();
* @return Returns the lpn.
public String getLpn()
return this.lpn;
* @param lpn The lpn to set.
public void setLpn(String lpn)
this.lpn = lpn;
* @return Returns the partNumber.
public String getPartNumber()
return this.partNumber;
* @param partNumber The partNumber to set.
public void setPartNumber(String partNumber)
this.partNumber = partNumber;
* @return Returns the quantity.
public int getQuantity()
return this.quantity;
* @param quantity The quantity to set.
public void setQuantity(int quantity)
this.quantity = quantity;
* @return Returns the quantityType.
public String getQuantityType()
return this.quantityType;
* @param quantityType The quantityType to set.
public void setQuantityType(String quantityType)
this.quantityType = quantityType;
* @return Returns the references.
public List getReferences()
return this.references;
* @param references The references to set.
public void setReferences(List references)
this.references = references;

Problem in using SAX parser.

Hai All,
I have got a problem in using SAX parser.
My XML looks like this:
<authorizer>
<first-name>HP</first-name>
<last-name>Services</last-name>
<phone>800-22-1984</phone>
</authorizer>
<destination>
<first-name>John</first-name>
<last-name>Doe</last-name>
<company>John Doe Enterprises, Inc.</company>
<department>Manufacturing</department>
<phone>800-555-1234</phone>
<address>
<street-one>1654 Peachtree Str</street-one>
<street-two>Suite Y</street-two>
<city>Atlanta</city>
<province>GA</province>
<country>US</country>
<postal-code>30326</postal-code>
</address>
</destination>
my part of SAX parser code is:
public void startElement (String name, AttributeList attrs)
throws SAXException
accumulator.setLength(0);
public void characters (char buf [], int offset, int len)
throws SAXException
accumulator.append(buf, offset, len);
public void endElement (String name)
throws SAXException
if (name.equals("first-name") )
firstname=accumulator.toString().trim();
if (name.equals("last-name"))
lastname=accumulator.toString().trim();
My problem is that i have to store the values of first-name and last-name.
but i have that in both
<authorizer> </authorizer> Tag and
<destination> </destination>
I need to retrive authorizer's firstname,lastname and
destination's firstname and lastname.
what i mean is i need to store authorizerFirstName,authorizerLastName
destinationFirstname and destinationLastname.
Pls let me know how to do that.
Thanks in advance.
Pooja.

hi pooja,
I think you are using DataHandler for parsing. Its deprecated. try using contentHandler . You can get the value of the element at the beginning. say for example
<firstname>sdfs</firstname>
the startElement will be firstname
the next method that it invokes will be characters method which has the text associated with the element. I am sending a sample code for your problem. try using it .
boolean m_boolinAuth = false;
boolean m_boolinDest = false;
boolean m_bAuthFName = false;
boolean m_bAuthLName = false;
public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String elementName, String qName, Attributes atts)
//does the logic for startElement
if(qName.equals("Authorization"))
m_boolinAuth = true;
m_boolinDest = false;
else if(qName.equals("Destination"))
m_boolinDest = true;
m_boolinAuth = false;
if(qName.equals("firstname"))
m_bFirstName = true;
if(qName.equals("lastname"))
m_bLastName = true;
public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
//does the logic for characters.
String str = new String(ch,start,length);
if(m_bFirstName)
if(m_boolinAuth)
m_strAuthFirstName =str;
else if(m_boolinDest)
m_strDestFirstName = str;
m_bFirstName = false;
if(m_bLastName)
//same as first name case;
}

SAX Parser and special character problem

Hi,
Could anyone help with the following problem?
Background:
1. Using a SAX Parser (Oracle Implementation) to read XML from a CLOB, convert this XML to another format to be inserted in the database.
2. Due to performance issues we parse the input stream from the CLOB.
3. For same reason, we are not using XSL.
This is the problem we face:
1. Values of some of the tags in the XML have special characters (Ex: &, <, >).
2. While using the SAX Parser, the element handler function for the SAX Parser is called by the frame work with the value of these tags broken up with each of these characters being treated as a tag delimiter.
Ex: <Description>SomeText_A & SomeText_B</Description>
is treated as SomeText_A in first call to the handler; SomeText_B in the second call.
The handler function does not get to see the "&" character.
Thus, the final conversion is
Say, <Description> is to be converted to <FreeText>
we, get <FreeText>SomeText_A</FreeText>
<FreeText>SomeText_B</FreeText>
We tried using &; but it then breaks it up into SomeText_A, & and SomeText_B.
How can we get the whole value for the <Description> tag in the characters() function in the SAXParser so that we can convert it to <FreeText>SomeText_A & SomeText_B</FreeText>.
Thanks in advance..
Chirdeep.

We already tried that..looks like the line where I mentioned that it converted the entity referece characters to an ampersand..
"We tried using <entity reference for &> but it then breaks it up into SomeText_A, & and SomeText_B."
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SAX Java problem

Hi,
This is my first time to your forum. I would be grateteful if some one could tell me where Im going wrong.
My program use a SAX parser in a Java application. It should read an XML file and extract cetain attibutes if they appear.
Here is the program.
import java.io.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.*;
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
public class PacketValues extends DefaultHandler {
public static void main(String[] arguments) {
if (arguments.length ==1) {
PacketValues pv = new PacketValues(arguments[0]);
} else {
System.out.println("input just the xml file please");
PacketValues(String xmlFile) {
File input = new File(xmlFile);
SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
factory.setValidating(false);
try {
SAXParser sax = factory.newSAXParser();
PacketValueProcessor pvp = new PacketValueProcessor();
sax.parse(input, pvp);
System.out.println("The value is " + pvp.a);
} catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
System.out.println("Could not create that parser. ");
System.out.println(pce.getMessage());
} catch (SAXException se) {
System.out.println("Problem with the SAX parser. ");
System.out.println(se.getMessage());
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("Error reading file.");
System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
class PacketValueProcessor extends DefaultHandler {
String a;
PacketValueProcessor() {
super();
public void startElement(String URI, String localName,
String qName, Attributes atts) {
System.out.println("here in startElement");
if (localName.equals("field")) {
System.out.println("localname equals field");
String n = atts.getValue("","name");
System.out.println("n is " + n);
if (n.equals("timestamp")) {
String a = atts.getValue("","value");
System.out.println("a is " + a);
if (n.equals("tcp.seq")) {
String a = atts.getValue("","value");
System.out.println("a is " + a);
It aims to extract both the value of a field element which has a name attribute "timestamp" and the value of a field element which has the attribute "tcp.seq".
Here is part of the xml file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<pdml version="0" creator="ethereal/0.10.0">
<packet>
<proto name="geninfo" pos="0" showname="General information" size="74">
<field name="num" pos="0" show="1" showname="Number" value="1" size="74"/>
<field name="len" pos="0" show="74" showname="Packet Length" value="4a" size="74"/>
<field name="caplen" pos="0" show="74" showname="Captured Length" value="4a" size="74"/>
<field name="timestamp" pos="0" show="Jan 22, 2004 12:04:58.646896000" showname="Captured Time" value="1074773098.646896000" size="74"/>
</proto>
<proto name="frame" showname="Frame 1 (74 bytes on wire, 74 bytes captured)" size="74" pos="0">
<field name="frame.marked" showname="Frame is marked: False" size="0" pos="0" show="0"/>
<field name="frame.time" showname="Arrival Time: Jan 22, 2004 12:04:58.646896000" size="0" pos="0" show="Jan 22, 2004 12:04:58.646896000"/>
<field name="frame.time_delta" showname="Time delta from previous packet: 0.000000000 seconds" size="0" pos="0" show="0.000000000"/>
<field name="frame.time_relative" showname="Time since reference or first frame: 0.000000000 seconds" size="0" pos="0" show="0.000000000"/>
<field name="frame.number" showname="Frame Number: 1" size="0" pos="0" show="1"/>
<field name="frame.pkt_len" showname="Packet Length: 74 bytes" size="0" pos="0" show="74"/>
<field name="frame.cap_len" showname="Capture Length: 74 bytes" size="0" pos="0" show="74"/>
</proto>
<proto name="eth" showname="Ethernet II, Src: 00:05:5d:6d:a0:87, Dst: 00:50:da:4f:6d:83" size="14" pos="0">
<field name="eth.dst" showname="Destination: 00:50:da:4f:6d:83 (3com_4f:6d:83)" size="6" pos="0" show="00:50:da:4f:6d:83" value="0050da4f6d83"/>
<field name="eth.src" showname="Source: 00:05:5d:6d:a0:87 (D-Link_6d:a0:87)" size="6" pos="6" show="00:05:5d:6d:a0:87" value="00055d6da087"/>
<field name="eth.addr" showname="Source or Destination Address: 00:50:da:4f:6d:83 (3com_4f:6d:83)" size="6" pos="0" show="00:50:da:4f:6d:83" value="0050da4f6d83"/>
<field name="eth.addr" showname="Source or Destination Address: 00:05:5d:6d:a0:87 (D-Link_6d:a0:87)" size="6" pos="6" show="00:05:5d:6d:a0:87" value="00055d6da087"/>
<field name="eth.type" showname="Type: IP (0x0800)" size="2" pos="12" show="0x0800" value="0800"/>
</proto>
<proto name="ip" showname="Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 192.168.2.21 (192.168.2.21), Dst Addr: 192.168.3.10 (192.168.3.10)" size="20" pos="14">
<field name="ip.version" showname="Version: 4" size="1" pos="14" show="4" value="45"/>
<field name="ip.hdr_len" showname="Header length: 20 bytes" size="1" pos="14" show="20" value="45"/>
<field name="ip.dsfield" showname="Differentiated Services Field: 0x00 (DSCP 0x00: Default; ECN: 0x00)" size="1" pos="15" show="0" value="00">
<field name="ip.dsfield.dscp" showname="0000 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00)" size="1" pos="15" show="0x00" value="00"/>
<field name="ip.dsfield.ect" showname=".... ..0. = ECN-Capable Transport (ECT): 0" size="1" pos="15" show="0" value="00"/>
<field name="ip.dsfield.ce" showname=".... ...0 = ECN-CE: 0" size="1" pos="15" show="0" value="00"/>
</field>
<field name="ip.len" showname="Total Length: 60" size="2" pos="16" show="60" value="003c"/>
<field name="ip.id" showname="Identification: 0xd779 (55161)" size="2" pos="18" show="0xd779" value="d779"/>
<field name="ip.flags" showname="Flags: 0x04" size="1" pos="20" show="0x04" value="40">
<field name="ip.flags.df" showname=".1.. = Don't fragment: Set" size="1" pos="20" show="1" value="40"/>
<field name="ip.flags.mf" showname="..0. = More fragments: Not set" size="1" pos="20" show="0" value="40"/>
</field>
<field name="ip.frag_offset" showname="Fragment offset: 0" size="2" pos="20" show="0" value="4000"/>
<field name="ip.ttl" showname="Time to live: 64" size="1" pos="22" show="64" value="40"/>
<field name="ip.proto" showname="Protocol: TCP (0x06)" size="1" pos="23" show="0x06" value="06"/>
<field name="ip.checksum" showname="Header checksum: 0xdcd2 (correct)" size="2" pos="24" show="0xdcd2" value="dcd2"/>
<field name="ip.src" showname="Source: 192.168.2.21 (192.168.2.21)" size="4" pos="26" show="192.168.2.21" value="c0a80215"/>
<field name="ip.addr" showname="Source or Destination Address: 192.168.2.21 (192.168.2.21)" size="4" pos="26" show="192.168.2.21" value="c0a80215"/>
<field name="ip.dst" showname="Destination: 192.168.3.10 (192.168.3.10)" size="4" pos="30" show="192.168.3.10" value="c0a8030a"/>
<field name="ip.addr" showname="Source or Destination Address: 192.168.3.10 (192.168.3.10)" size="4" pos="30" show="192.168.3.10" value="c0a8030a"/>
</proto>
<proto name="tcp" showname="Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 32862 (32862), Dst Port: 5001 (5001), Seq: 0, Ack: 0, Len: 0" size="40" pos="34">
<field name="tcp.srcport" showname="Source port: 32862 (32862)" size="2" pos="34" show="32862" value="805e"/>
<field name="tcp.dstport" showname="Destination port: 5001 (5001)" size="2" pos="36" show="5001" value="1389"/>
<field name="tcp.port" showname="Source or Destination Port: 32862" size="2" pos="34" show="32862" value="805e"/>
<field name="tcp.port" showname="Source or Destination Port: 5001" size="2" pos="36" show="5001" value="1389"/>
<field name="tcp.len" showname="TCP Segment Len: 0" size="4" pos="34" show="0" value="805e1389"/>
<field name="tcp.seq" showname="Sequence number: 0" size="4" pos="38" show="0" value="8dc936ab"/>
<field name="tcp.hdr_len" showname="Header length: 40 bytes" size="1" pos="46" show="40" value="a0"/>
<field name="tcp.flags" showname="Flags: 0x0002 (SYN)" size="1" pos="47" show="0x02" value="02">
<field name="tcp.flags.cwr" showname="0... .... = Congestion Window Reduced (CWR): Not set" size="1" pos="47" show="0" value="02"/>
<field name="tcp.flags.ecn" showname=".0.. .... = ECN-Echo: Not set" size="1" pos="47" show="0" value="02"/>
<field name="tcp.flags.urg" showname="..0. .... = Urgent: Not set" size="1" pos="47" show="0" value="02"/>
<field name="tcp.flags.ack" showname= etc etc
The output is
here in startElement
here in startElement
here in startElement
here in startElement
here in startElement
here in startElement
here in startElement
here in startElement
etc
etc
here in startElement
here in startElement
The value is null
this of course means that all the program gets as far as startElement
it never gets beyond the condition
if (localName.equals("field")) {
Can someone tell me why? Im not an experienced programmer.
Thanks in advance.

I based my program on this program:
import java.io.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.*;
import org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser;
public class Flour extends DefaultHandler {
float amount = 0;
public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,
String qName, Attributes atts) {
if (namespaceURI.equals("http://recipes.org") && localName.equals("ingredient")) {
String n = atts.getValue("","name");
if (n.equals("flour")) {
String a = atts.getValue("","amount"); // assume 'amount' exists
amount = amount + Float.valueOf(a).floatValue();
public static void main(String[] args) {
Flour f = new Flour();
SAXParser p = new SAXParser();
p.setContentHandler(f);
try { p.parse(args[0]); }
catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}
System.out.println(f.amount);
which has as the data
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?dsd href="recipes.dsd"?>
- <collection xmlns="http://recipes.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://recipes.org recipes.xsd">
<description>Some recipes used in the XML tutorial.</description>
- <recipe>
<title>Beef Parmesan with Garlic Angel Hair Pasta</title>
<ingredient name="beef cube steak" amount="1.5" unit="pound" />
<ingredient name="onion, sliced into thin rings" amount="1" />
<ingredient name="green bell pepper, sliced in rings" amount="1" />
<ingredient name="Italian seasoned bread crumbs" amount="1" unit="cup" />
<ingredient name="grated Parmesan cheese" amount="0.5" unit="cup" />
<ingredient name="olive oil" amount="2" unit="tablespoon" />
<ingredient name="spaghetti sauce" amount="1" unit="jar" />
<ingredient name="shredded mozzarella cheese" amount="0.5" unit="cup" />
<ingredient name="angel hair pasta" amount="12" unit="ounce" />
<ingredient name="minced garlic" amount="2" unit="teaspoon" />
<ingredient name="butter" amount="0.25" unit="cup" />
- <preparation>
<step>Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).</step>
<step>Cut cube steak into serving size pieces. Coat meat with the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Heat olive oil in a large frying pan, and saute 1 teaspoon of the garlic for 3 minutes. Quick fry (brown quickly on both sides) meat. Place meat in a casserole baking dish, slightly overlapping edges. Place onion rings and peppers on top of meat, and pour marinara sauce over all.</step>
<step>Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the thickness of the meat. Sprinkle mozzarella over meat and leave in the oven till bubbly.</step>
<step>Boil pasta al dente. Drain, and toss in butter and 1 teaspoon garlic. For a stronger garlic taste, season with garlic powder. Top with grated parmesan and parsley for color. Serve meat and sauce atop a mound of pasta!</step>
</preparation>
my program doesnt need to account for namespaces apart from that I cant see why this would work and my one not.

Problem with SAX parser - entity must finish with a semi-colon

Hi,
I'm pretty new to the complexities of using SAXParserFactory and its cousins of XMLReaderAdapter, HTMLBuilder, HTMLDocument, entity resolvers and the like, so wondered if perhaps someone could give me a hand with this problem.
In a nutshell, my code is really nothing more than a glorified HTML parser - a web page editor, if you like. I read in an HTML file (only one that my software has created in the first place), parse it, then produce a Swing representation of the various tags I've parsed from the page and display this on a canvas. So, for instance, I would convert a simple <TABLE> of three rows and one column, via an HTMLTableElement, into a Swing JPanel containing three JLabels, suitably laid out.
I then allow the user to amend the values of the various HTML attributes, and I then write the HTML representation back to the web page.
It works reasonably well, albeit a bit heavy on resources. Here's a summary of the code for parsing an HTML file:
      htmlBuilder = new HTMLBuilder();
parserFactory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
parserFactory.setValidating(false);
parserFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(htmlFile);
InputSource inputSource = new InputSource(fileInputStream);
DoctypeChangerStream changer = new DoctypeChangerStream(inputSource.getByteStream());
changer.setGenerator(
   new DoctypeGenerator()
      public Doctype generate(Doctype old)
         return new DoctypeImpl
         old.getRootElement(),
                          old.getPublicId(),
                          old.getSystemId(),
         old.getInternalSubset()
      resolver = new TSLLocalEntityResolver("-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN", "xhtml1-transitional.dtd");
      readerAdapter = new XMLReaderAdapter(parserFactory.newSAXParser().getXMLReader());
      readerAdapter.setDocumentHandler(htmlBuilder);
      readerAdapter.setEntityResolver(resolver);
      readerAdapter.parse(inputSource);
      htmlDocument = htmlBuilder.getHTMLDocument();
      htmlBody = (HTMLBodyElement)htmlDocument.getBody();
      traversal = (DocumentTraversal)htmlDocument;
      walker = traversal.createTreeWalker(htmlBody,NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, null, true);
      rootNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new WidgetTreeRootNode(htmlFile));
      createNodes(walker); However, I'm having a problem parsing a piece of HTML for a streaming video widget. The key part of this HTML is as follows:
            <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
              id="client"
        width="100%"
        height="100%"
              codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab">
              <param name="movie" value="client.swf?user=lkcl&stream=stream2&streamtype=live&server=rtmp://192.168.250.206/oflaDemo" />
         etc....You will see that the <param> tag in the HTML has a value attribute which is a URL plus three URL parameters - looks absolutely standard, and in fact works absolutely correctly in a browser. However, when my readerAdapter.parse() method gets to this point, it throws an exception saying that there should be a semi-colon after the entity 'stream'. I can see whats happening - basically the SAXParser thinks that the ampersand marks the start of a new entity. When it finds '&stream' it expects it to finish with a semi-colon (e.g. much like and other such HTML characters). The only way I can get the parser past this point is to encode all the relevant ampersands to %26 -- but then the web page stops working ! Aaargh....
Can someone explain what my options are for getting around this problem ? Some property I can set on the parser ? A different DTD ? Not to use SAX at all ? Override the parser's exception handler ? A completely different approach ?!
Could you provide a simple example to explain what you mean ?
Thanks in anticipation !

You probably don't have the ampersands in your "value" attribute escaped properly. It should look like this:
value="client.swf?user=lkcl&stream=...{code}
Most HTML processors (i.e. browsers) will overlook that omission, because almost nobody does it right when they are generating HTML by hand, but XML processors won't.

Problem with sax parser

Hello..
I have the following problem. When I parse an xml document with blank spaces and numbers with decimals, its sometimes comes out as one string and sometimes as two, for example "First A" sometimes comes out as "First" and "A" and sometimes as "First A", which is how its stored in the xml file. Same with numbers like 19.20. Im enclosing a little of my code..
public void characters(char buf[], int offset, int len)
throws SAXException
if (textBuffer != null) {
SaveString = ""+textBuffer;
if(i>-1)
numbers = SaveString;
Whats wrong and how do I fix it.
Best Regards Dan
PS I have more code, in data and out data if needed.Ds

Hello,
I do not know if this is your problem, yet please find hereafter an excerpt of the SAX API:
public void characters(char[] ch,
                       int start,
                       int length)
                throws SAXException
... SAX parsers may return all contiguous character data in a single chunk, or they may split it into several chunks;...
... Note that some parsers will report whitespace in element content using the ignorableWhitespace method rather than this one (validating parsers must do so)...
In other words, I am afraid that your issue is the "standard behaviour" of a SAX parser.
I hope it helps.

Problem Using Sax parser with Eclipse 3.0 and command line

Hi,
I am parsing a xml file with sax. When I am running my programm in the command line everthing is ok and I get the right results from parsing.
But if I am running the programm in Eclipse 3.0 (the same java code) I get an other result (the wrong results).
Does anybody know what this can be the reason for. Is Eclipse using an other xml parser and if where I can change the parser?
It would be very kind if somebody can give me a reason for this strange behaviour.
Thanks in advance

I have solved my problem.
In the command line I used jre 1.4 and in Eclipse I used jre 1.5.
I think jre 1.5 uses an other xml parser so I got an other result.
If i use in Eclipse jre1.4 I get the same result as in the command line.

SAX parser problem in JDK1.5

I have parse the xml file using SAX in jdk1.5 environment. During the parsing, it missed the some text content.
for example
<employeeid>
<empid>1001</empid>
<empid>1002</empid>
</employeeid>
If i have parse the above xml file using SAX in jdk1.5 environment. The output is
1001
100
during the parsing , SAX parser misses digit of 2.
if i have parse the above xml file using SAX in jdk1.4 environment , it is working fine.
what is the problem in jdk1.5
please help
bala

What I expect the problem to be was discussed recently in a topic titled "SAX Parser Problems" that was started on March 14 at 6:59 AM by JackoBS.
Read that and see if it fixes your problem. If so, it is not a JDK1.5 problem, but a user error.
Dave Patterson

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