Java XML Parsing Standards

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Has anyone ever done any type of XML paring with elements that have dashes in the names? I don't think its possible, any ideas?

<Person-Response>
   <First-Name> 3119043033121014002</First-Name>
   <Last-Name> 3119043033121014002</Last-Name>
</Person-Response>

forty-two · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 11:53:38Z

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If this is a questin regarding XML to java mapping then JAXB can handle it:

@XmlRootElement(name = "Person-Response")
public class PersonResponse {
    @XmlElement(name = "First-Name")
    String firstName;
    @XmlElement(name = "Last-Name")
    String lastName;
}

answered Mar 28, 2011 at 11:53

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c12 Over a year ago

Hi Norrman, I'm getting an xml string and I need to turn it into the entity you outlined above. I didn't know of a way with JAXB to convert from an XML String to an Object without a schema. Do you have an example to do as much? Thanks for the help, much appreciated!

forty-two Over a year ago

Study the documentation of javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext. You can create a JAXBContext with reference to a set of annotated classes, and then create an Unmarshaller from that context.

Uwe · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 11:46:10Z

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Regarding the dashes, see the official XML recommendation of the W3C:

Document authors are encouraged to use names which are meaningful words or combinations of words in natural languages, and to avoid symbolic or white space characters in names. Note that COLON, HYPHEN-MINUS, FULL STOP (period), LOW LINE (underscore), and MIDDLE DOT are explicitly permitted.

answered Mar 28, 2011 at 11:46

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Ernest Friedman-Hill · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 11:37:32Z

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This is legal XML; any compliant parser should have no problems with it.

answered Mar 28, 2011 at 11:37

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forty-two Over a year ago

It is, in fact, not legal. Note the trailing 't' in the closing tag, which might be the source of the problem.

Dhanush Gopinath · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 11:43:42Z

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There should not be any problem because of the dashes. But it is an invalid xml as per the reason mentioned by Per Norman

answered Mar 28, 2011 at 11:43

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c12 Over a year ago

how would you parse something like this to a java object and get the values out?

Shimi Bandiel · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-28 11:49:39Z

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It is a legal XML and any parser could parse it.

Regarding Java, you have the JAXP API support for parsing this XML in either DOM, SAX or StAX.

answered Mar 28, 2011 at 11:49

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