import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import java.util.ArrayList; // JDOM import org.jdom.*; import org.jdom.JDOMException; import org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder; import org.jdom.output.SAXOutputter; public class XMLhandling { SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder(); private void getData() throws Exception { try { SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder(); Document XMLdoc = builder.build("targets.xml"); // arraylists for attributes ArrayList list_fieldname = new ArrayList(); ArrayList list_fieldvalue = new ArrayList(); ArrayList list_fielddescrip = new ArrayList(); Element targets = XMLdoc.getRootElement(); Element form = targets.getChild("formfields"); List forminfos = form.getChildren(); Iterator formIterator = forminfos.iterator(); while (formIterator.hasNext()) { Element actelement = (Element)formIterator.next(); // next Element of formfield List actAttributes = actelement.getAttributes(); list_fieldname.add(actelement.getAttributeValue("fieldname")); list_fieldvalue.add(actelement.getAttributeValue("fieldvalue")); list_fielddescrip.add(actelement.getAttributeValue("fielddescrip")); } System.out.println(getIndivFormdata(2)); System.out.println(list_fieldname.get(2)); System.out.println(list_fieldvalue.size()); System.out.println(list_fielddescrip.size()); } catch (JDOMException e) { System.out.println("JDOM Exception: "+e.getMessage()); throw new Exception(e); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("IO Excep:"+e.getMessage()); throw new Exception(e); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println((e.getClass()).toString()); } } }