XML Parsing From A String (Not a File)

Question

Hi all,
I've been looking throughout this forum and still can't find a total answer to my question. I was wondering if it is possible to do the following:
I want to pass in a string of XML code to a java stored procedure; the XML string looking like the following (for example):
<Table-Name="PersonalInfo">
<row>
<First-Name>Bob</First-Name>
<Last-Name>Smith</Last-Name>
<Age>55</Age>
</row>
</Table-Name>
We don't want to be passing in an XML file; we want to pass in the actual string of XML code that would be in the file.
Is it possible to put into the DOM format (like every example I've seen so far) by parsing an XML formatted string? If so, how would I go about doing that?
Thanks in advance!
Jadie

Answer 1

<Table-Name="PersonalInfo">
<row>
<First-Name>Bob</First-Name>
<Last-Name>Smith</Last-Name>
<Age>55</Age>
</row>
</Table-Name>This is exactly what JAXB is for! :)
With JAXB unmarshalling against an XSD file can be applied to any InputStream, etc.
Take a look at JAXB, and you'll find it'll be just what you're looking for. :)
In fact, here's a short segment of the XSD you'd write for the above:
<xsd:complexType name="PersonalInfo">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="row" type="PersonalInfoRow" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="PersonalInfoRow">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="First-Name" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xsd:element name="Last-Name" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xsd:element name="Age" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
Also, perhaps redesign your XML a little, since each table will be different, simply use its name as the tags...i.e. <PersonalInfo></PersonalInfo> and change the <row> to <PersonalInfo> since <row> is pretty generic and will probably occur many times in other places.
Hope this helps you along your way. :)
-G