Sounds Interesting : SAXParser Not returning Attributes

Question

hi!
I implemented the SAXParser but its not getting me the attributes. It does get me the data .
e.g.
<DATA>
<RECORD ID="1">
<FIELD>165</FIELD>
</RECORD>
<RECORD ID="2">
<FIELD>189</FIELD>
</RECORD>
</DATA>
Here , if i do, element.getLocalName() -- it is getting me all tags, which is PERFECT.
if i do, element.getAttributes(), and then att.getLength() is returning 0's.
While creating the element, i am seeing that it is setting the attributes ( in the constructor of MyElement).
I have implemented, MySaxParserBean to have parser, startelement and endelement and character function.
MyElement has all 4 memebers, uri, localname, attributes, qName, and value. and has implemented the functions to return them. and the constructor is setting these values.
public MyElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
Attributes attributes)
this.uri = uri;
this.localName = localName;
this.qName = qName;
this.attributes = attributes;
System.out.println ("attribs = " + attributes.getLength()); -- THIS DOES PRINT THE ATTRIBUTES... good...
public Attributes getAttributes() {
return attributes;
Can you please see into this one and say why, getAttributes() not getting me anything.

Answer 1

Hmm. Which SAX implementation are your using? It could actually be, that the engine is REUSING the same attributes instance, without creating a separate one for every invocation of your MyElement constructor. Which means that the attributes reference in your MyElement class will actually get updated EVERY time a new start element is encountered, and some of those can very well be without attributes.
The solution? Try creating a separate copy of the Attributes object in your constructor:
this.attributes = (Attributes)attributes.clone();If the Attributes implementation class in your engine doesn't support cloning, then you'll have to do it manually.
.P.