Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse() Method

Description

The Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(File f, HandlerBase hb) method Parse the content of the file specified as XML using the specified HandlerBase.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse() method

public void parse(File f, HandlerBase hb)

Parameters

• f − The file containing the XML to parse

• hb − The SAX HandlerBase to use.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

• IllegalArgumentException − If the File object is null

• IOException − If any IO errors occur.

• SAXException − If any SAX errors occur during processing.

Example

For our examples to work, a xml file named Student.xml is needed in our CLASSPATH. The contents of this XML are the following −

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" standalone = "yes"?>
<student id = "10">
   <age>12</age>
   <name>Malik</name>
</student>

The following example shows the usage of Javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
import org.xml.sax.HandlerBase;

public class SaxParserDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new file for our XML
      File file = new File("Student.xml");

      // create a new SAXParserFactory
      SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();

      // create a new DefaultHandler
      HandlerBase handler = new HandlerBase() {

         // define what the parser does when it finds a character
         public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {

            // print the characters
            System.out.println("" + new String(ch, start, length));
         }
      };

      try {

         // get a new SAXParser
         SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser();

         // parse the file
         parser.parse(file, handler);

      } catch (Exception ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

If we compile the code and execute it, this will produce the following result −

   
12

   
Malik