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Parse XML in which tag name is not fixed

It is easy to parse XML in which tags name are fixed. In XStream, we can simply use #XStreamAlias("tagname") annotation. But how to parse XML in which tag name is not fixed. Suppose I have following XML :
<result>
<result1>
<fixed1> ... </fixed1>
<fixed2> ... </fixed2>
</result1>
<result2>
<item>
<America>
<name> America </name>
<language> English </language>
</America>
</item>
<item>
<Spain>
<name> Spain </name>
<language> Spanish </language>
</Spain>
</item>
</result2>
</result>
Tag names America and Spain are not fixed and sometimes I may get other tag names like Germany, India, etc.
How to define pojo for tag result2 in such case? Is there a way to tell XStream to accept anything as alias name if tag name is not known before-hand?

if it is ok for you to get the tag from inside the tag itself (field 'name'), using Xpath, you can do:
//result2/*/name/text()
another option could be to use the whole element, like:
//result2/*
or also:
//result2/*/name()

Some technologies (specifically, data binding approaches) are optimized for handling XML whose structure is known at compile time. Others (like DOM and other DOM-like tree models - JDOM, XOM etc) are designed for handling XML whose structure is not known in advance. Use the tool for the job.
XSLT and XQuery try to blend both. In their schema-aware form, they can take advantage of static structure information when it is available. But more usually they are run in "untyped" mode, where there is no a-priori knowledge of element names or structure, and everything is handled as it comes. The XSLT rule-based processing paradigm is particularly well suited to "semi-structured" XML whose content is unpredictable or variable.

android - How to search in xml file

i have a XML file in : /res/xml/countries.xml
and also i have a view with editText inside.
i want to search that text (users should type in editText) in my countries.xml file!
here is my xml file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<countries>
<country>
<name>United State</name>
</country>
<countries>

If you want to read a whole document, use XML Parser, like Pull already mentioned. If you only want to pick out only one or few certain things, I would suggest XPath. Here is a good Tutorial on how to use XPath in Java.

First you need to parse that xml file containing the countries name. Store list of countries in any arraylist and then write any search algo to search the text found from that edittext.

Try this xpath tutorial...
You will have good learning experience...

This tutorial explain clearly how to parse an XML file : XML parser
Other tutorial simpler with XPath : Xparse tutorial

xml parsing using sax

I want to parse XML file using SaxParser. I'm trying to fetch the data associated to a tag or its attributes. The XML is in the following format.
<con>
<fig>
<abc>
<name xyz="">
<id>2</id>
</name>
</abc>
</fig>
</con>
I tried with couple of example but not succeeded in the fetching the data, I am requesting you to provide me any suggestion or and working example to increase my knowledge on parsing using SAX.

Use a DOM parser as your xml is very small and its easy to get what you are asking for.

There are my example and help available online, Please Google your question before posting on the stack over flow from next time.
Please check the following links which has good example for saxParsing
How to read XML file in Java – (SAX Parser)
Getting Attributes And its Value
hope this help you.

XML parsing /JAVA

I have an XML, for example
<root>
<config x="xxx" y="yyyy" z="zzz" />
<properties>blah blah blah </properties>
<example>
<name>...</name>
<decr>...</descr>
</example>
<example>
<name>...</name>
<decr>...</descr>
</example>
</root>
and I need to get nodes config, and properties and all values in it.
Thank you

Xpath can fetch you the data in the config tag. You need to create an expression first like this
expression="//root/config/#x", to get value of x,y,z.
For properties, follow this thread :
Parsing XML with XPath in Java
Hope this helps

DOM,DOM4J,SAX..
if the size of XML file is small,you can use DOM or DOM4J,but the size is big , you use the SAX

If you directly want to query or fetch data XPath can help, but if you want the data as Java Objects so that you can use it further then use JAXB

You can use SAX parser to read the xml manipulate its event based parsing and consumes more memory.
If your xml is big and requires lot of manipulations then go-for DOM/DOM4j either is good. DOM4L is very latest. DOM is widely used in industry.
Based on your requirement go for good parser.
Thanks,
Pavan

The markup must be well-formed

First off, let me say I am a new to SAX and Java.
I am trying to read information from an XML file that is not well formed.
When I try to use the SAX or DOM Parser I get the following error in response:
The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
This is how I set up my XML file:
<format type="filename" t="13241">0;W650;004;AG-Erzgeb</format>
<format type="driver" t="123412">001;023</format>
...
Can I force the SAX or DOM to parse XML files even if they are not well formed XML?
Thank you for your help. Much appreciated.
Haythem

Your best bet is to make the XML well-formed, probably by pre-processing it a bit. In this case, you can achieve that simply by putting an XML declaration on (and even that's optional) and providing a root element (which is not optional), like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<wrapper>
<format type="filename" t="13241">0;W650;004;AG-Erzgeb</format>
<format type="driver" t="123412">001;023</format>
</wrapper>
There I've arbitrarily picked the name "wrapper" for the root element; it can be whatever you like.

Hint: using sax or stax you can successfully parse a not well formed xml document until the FIRST "well formed-ness" error is encountered.
(I know that this is not of too much help...)

As the DOM will scan you xml file then build a tree, the root node of the tree is like the as 1 Answer. However, if the Parser can't find the or even , it can even build the tree. So, its better to do some pre-processing the xml file before parser it by DOM or Sax.