Xml parsing using java DefaultHandler of org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

Question

i am using
org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler api for parsing xml file ,while parsing i am getting exception sometimes ,
i am using code below to parse the element and then store it to vectore
parser truncate the charaacters sometimes like parsing string
" NJ-HealthCare " i am getting only " NJ-HealthCare " and remaing characters are added in new element
public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
try{
ElementVal="";
System.out.println(" start "+start+" ength :: "+length);
String ElementVal = new String(ch,start,length);
v.addElement( ElementVal );
}catch(Exception ex){
System.out.println("Exception in vector::"+ex);
System.out.println(""+ex.getMessage());
ex.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

This is an FAQ in the XML forum. The characters() method is not required to give you an entire text node all at once. The parser is free to split up the text node and call characters() several times if it likes. Your program will have to account for that possibility.