[christiand]

If the title is too brief...

With the help of these forums (in particular richard.pluckett and jfisher's responses) I successfully parsed an xml file received through an http request.

SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
SAXParser parser = spf.newSAXParser();
MySAXHandler handler = new MySAXHandler();
parser.parse(inputstream, handler);

Now the handler I wrote parses it all properly, however I don't understand how to save this data. I have the handler class creating other objects to hold this data once the entire document has been read, but I don't see how to logically access these objects once the parse method is over. They're just floating around in memory with no way to reference them.

I hope expressed my need properly, let me know if you want a detailed explanation other than "what do I do with the xml data I just parsed so that the rest of my application has complete access to it".


Thanks,

Christian.

[skicson]

Something besides just adding your own method into the handler? Ex:

MySAXHander extends blahblahblah

public Object getData()
{
return data;
}

==

Once you have it out of the handler, you can look at the docs for PersistantObject storage of data. It's pretty straightforward.


(It's late so perhaps I'm not understanding the question).

Originally Posted by christiand

If the title is too brief...

With the help of these forums (in particular richard.pluckett and jfisher's responses) I successfully parsed an xml file received through an http request.

SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
SAXParser parser = spf.newSAXParser();
MySAXHandler handler = new MySAXHandler();
parser.parse(inputstream, handler);

Now the handler I wrote parses it all properly, however I don't understand how to save this data. I have the handler class creating other objects to hold this data once the entire document has been read, but I don't see how to logically access these objects once the parse method is over. They're just floating around in memory with no way to reference them.

I hope expressed my need properly, let me know if you want a detailed explanation other than "what do I do with the xml data I just parsed so that the rest of my application has complete access to it".


Thanks,

Christian.

[baran_khan]

In case, if you don't want to use the persistent storage ...another option is to have the parser itself in your functioning class..i.e use ur class both for the process execution and along with that declare the handler in the class itself..that will allow you to assign the values to the variables declared in the class and can be used as and when required...

Second approach would be to create static variables in the main class and assign them the values...although that would not be a great approach but certainly solve ur purpose....

Hope it helps!!!

[christiand]

Thanks for the responses.

The static variable works and is a quick fix in the meantime. I was trying to do this but my 2 weeks worth of self-explored Java skills are obviously poor heh.

I'll eventually need the persistent storage elsewhere, so when I get to that I'll knock both birds with one stone.

Thanks again, it helped.

Christian

[baran_khan]

Originally Posted by christiand

Thanks for the responses.

The static variable works and is a quick fix in the meantime. I was trying to do this but my 2 weeks worth of self-explored Java skills are obviously poor heh.

I'll eventually need the persistent storage elsewhere, so when I get to that I'll knock both birds with one stone.

Thanks again, it helped.

Christian

welcome....