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Parsing an XML File Using SAX Parser 1. Overview SAX, also known as the Simple API for XML, is used for parsing XML documents. In this tutorial, we’ll learn what SAX is and why, when and how it should be used. 2. SAX: The Simple API for XML SAX is… Continue Reading java-sax-parser
XStream User Guide: Converting XML to Objects 1. Overview In a previous article, we learned how to use XStream to serialize Java objects to XML. In this tutorial, we will learn how to do the reverse: deserialize XML to Java objects. These tasks can be accomplished using annotations or programmatically.… Continue Reading xstream-deserialize-xml-to-object
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Introduction to JiBX 1. Overview JiBX is a tool for binding XML data to Java objects. It provides solid performance compared to other common tools such as JAXB. JiBX is also quite flexible when compared to other Java-XML tools, using binding definitions to decouple the Java structure from XML representation… Continue Reading jibx
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Modifying an XML Attribute in Java 1. Introduction One common activity when we are working with XML is working with its attributes. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to modify an XML attribute using Java. 2. Dependencies In order to run our tests, we’ll need to add the JUnit and… Continue Reading java-modify-xml-attribute
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Unmarshalling Dates Using JAXB 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’re going to see how to unmarshal date objects with different formats using JAXB. First, we’ll cover the default schema date format. Then, we’ll explore how to use different formats. We’ll also see how we can handle a common challenge that… Continue Reading jaxb-unmarshalling-dates
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XStream User Guide: JSON 1. Overview This is the third article in a series about XStream. If you want to learn about its basic use in converting Java objects to XML and vice versa, please refer to the previous articles. Beyond its XML-handling capabilities, XStream can also convert Java objects… Continue Reading xstream-json-processing
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Introduction To XMLUnit 2.x 1. Overview XMLUnit 2.x is a powerful library that helps us test and verify XML content, and comes in particularly handy when we know exactly what that XML should contain. And so we’ll mainly be using XMLUnit inside unit tests to verify that what we have… Continue Reading xmlunit2
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Working with XML Files in Java Using DOM Parsing 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how to parse DOM with Apache Xerces – a mature and established library for parsing/manipulating XML. There are multiple options to parse an XML document; we’ll focus on DOM parsing in this article. The DOM parser… Continue Reading java-xerces-dom-parsing
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XML Serialization and Deserialization with Jackson 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to serialize Java objects to XML data using Jackson 2.x and deserialize it back to a POJO. We’ll focus on the basic operation that doesn’t require a lot of complexity or customization. 2.… Continue Reading jackson-xml-serialization-and-deserialization
Write an org.w3.dom.Document to a File 1. Overview An important part of XML handling is creating XML files that can be consumed by others. When handling XML in Java, we’ll often have an instance of org.w3c.dom.Document that we need to export. In this quick tutorial, we’ll see how to write a Document… Continue Reading java-write-xml-document-file
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