Java - Reading Comment from XML-File

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I have to extract comments from a XML-File. I couldn't find a way to get them using JDOM or something else. At the moment I use Regex and FileReader but I don't feel like this is the way to go.

Can you use something like JDOM to get comments from a XML-File? Or ist it limited to Elements/Nodes and Attributes?

If you want JDOM way to read comment you can refer http://cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/chapters/ch15s07.html — AurA, Mar 06 '13 at 11:23

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 11:23

I suggest StAX, fastest and simple

    XMLStreamReader xr = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(
            new FileInputStream("1.xml"));
    while (xr.hasNext()) {
        if (xr.next() == XMLStreamConstants.COMMENT) {
            String comment = xr.getText();
        }
    }

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '13 at 11:17

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You need to implement a lexical handler. More information over here - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jaxp/dom/readingXML.html

Look at the Lexical Controls chapter.

answered Mar 06 '13 at 11:17

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Thanks, that helped. Not the lexical control chapter but something about searching nodes, that fits my problem quite good. – Frank Wittich Mar 06 '13 at 12:27

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 11:20

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Are you using XPath? If yes, you can select comments with comment() function.

answered Mar 06 '13 at 11:20

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