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How to use getElementsByTagName to retrieve an array of elements from a XML file.

Asked by dan4good in Document Object Model, Programming Languages, Java Programming Language

Tags: XML getElementsByTagName DOM java

Given the following XML:

                                                <Coverage id="Base">
                                                      <PlanName>Whole Life</PlanName>
                                                      <Purpose tc="1">None</Purpose>
                                                      <ShortName>WL100</ShortName>
                                                      <MarketingName>Legacy 100 Whole Life</MarketingName>
                                                      <LifeCovTypeCode tc="1">Whole Life Ordinary</LifeCovTypeCode>
                                                      <ProductCode>W070002290</ProductCode>
                                                      <IndicatorCode tc="1">Base</IndicatorCode>
                                                      <LifeCovStatus tc="12">Proposed</LifeCovStatus>
                                                      <LineOfBusiness tc="1">Life</LineOfBusiness>
                                                      <ProductVersionCode>1</ProductVersionCode>
                                                      <PaymentMode tc="4">M#Monthly</PaymentMode>
                                                      <ModalPremAmt>205.50</ModalPremAmt>
                                                      <EffDate>2009-06-26</EffDate>
                                                </Coverage>
                                                <Coverage id="LISR">
                                                      <PlanName>Life Insurance Supplement Rider</PlanName>
                                                      <ShortName>LISR</ShortName>
                                                      <MarketingName>Life Insurance Supplement Rider(LISR)</MarketingName>
                                                      <LifeCovTypeCode tc="24">Flexible Additional Insurance</LifeCovTypeCode>
                                                      <ProductCode>L070102294</ProductCode>
                                                      <IndicatorCode tc="4">Integrated</IndicatorCode>
                                                      <LifeCovStatus tc="12">Proposed</LifeCovStatus>
                                                      <LineOfBusiness tc="1">Life</LineOfBusiness>
                                                      <ProductVersionCode>1</ProductVersionCode>
                                                      <EffDate>2009-06-26</EffDate>
                                                </Coverage>
                                                <Coverage id="ALIR">
                                                      <PlanName>Adjustable Life Insurance Rider</PlanName>
                                                      <ShortName>ALIR</ShortName>
                                                      <MarketingName>Adjustable Life Insurance Rider(ALIR)</MarketingName>
                                                      <LifeCovTypeCode tc="1013200003">Adjustable Life Insurance Rider</LifeCovTypeCode>
                                                      <ProductCode>A070002293</ProductCode>
                                                      <IndicatorCode tc="2">Rider</IndicatorCode>
                                                      <LifeCovStatus tc="12">Proposed</LifeCovStatus>
                                                      <LineOfBusiness tc="1">Life</LineOfBusiness>
                                                      <ProductVersionCode>1</ProductVersionCode>
                                                      <EffDate>2009-06-26</EffDate>
                                                </Coverage>

I want to get all 3 element values from the XML and populate a Java object with a similar structure(within the class called 'coverageObj ' in the sample code). How do you get at all the instances of a repeating element using DOM's getElementsByTagName method.

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             public static Coverage getFieldValue(Context cxt)
 
        {
        String path = "Coverage";
        Coverage coverageObj = new Coverage();
         Node element = null;
         NodeList root = null;
            if (cxt != null) {
    	try{
                    Document document = cxt.getDocument();
                    root = document.getElementsByTagName(path);
                    element = root.item(0);
                 } catch (Exception e) {
    		e.printStackTrace();
    	}
            }

           
         

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How to use getElementsByTagName to retrieve an array of elements from a XML file.

Asked by dan4good in Document Object Model, Programming Languages, Java Programming Language

Tags: XML getElementsByTagName DOM java

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