how to sort XML file using java

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I have an xml file and want to sort like this in txt file

Soccer | England | Premier League | Blackpool FC - Birmingham City 5-1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <LivescoreData>
  <Sport SportId="1">
   <Name language="en">Soccer</Name>
   <Name language="se">Fotboll</Name>
   <Category CategoryId="34">
    <Name language="en">Australia</Name>
   <Name language="se">Australien</Name>
   <Tournament TournamentId="144">
    <Name language="en">Hyundai A-League</Name>
    <Name language="se">Hyundai A-League</Name>
    <Match MatchId="4616735">
      ....
     etc

What does "sort like this" mean? What does your XML file look like? — talnicolas
– talnicolas, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 14:02

shift66 · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17 14:12:10Z

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Use dom4j.It's a great library for working with xml files.
You can download it from here.

    SAXReader reader = new SAXReader();
    Document doc = reader.read(new File("myXML.xml"));
    Element content = doc.getRootElement();
    List<Element> myNeededElements = content.elements("neededElementName");

After this you'll have all elements with the name you want (say "neededElementName") in myNeededElements list.

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 14:12

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:16:23Z

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If you have flexible options in selecting a library/framework, one of the solutions is to use XStream and deserialize the xml into a collection of java objects and sort 'em.

For Ex:

List<Employee> employeeList = xStream.fromXML(xmlFile);
Collections.sort(employeeList, new Comparator() { .... });

EDIT: Also check the below links:

1) How to sort XML elements in Java?

2) XSLT Sort

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answered Jan 17, 2012 at 14:32

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Michael Kay · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17 16:41:01Z

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Sorting an XML file can generally be done in a few lines of XSLT or XQuery, and invoking XSLT or XQuery only takes a few lines of Java. However, it's totally unclear from your post what your desired input and output are (or at any rate, what relationship they have to each other.)

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 16:41

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