How to branch a SAX parser depending on the first known tag?

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I'm having a hard time parsing multiple different XML files on Android using the built-in SAX parser.

Nate and Aron Saunders have helped me with the right approach to this problem but I struggle with implementing it. You can read about it here.

I have ten different XML files.

Example ResponseOne.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ResponseOne>
  <InnerTag Id="1">
  </InnerTag>
</ResponseOne>

Example ResponseTwo.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ResponseTwo>
  <AnotherInnerTag State="2">
  </AnotherInnerTag>
</ResponseTwo>

And so on. Every root tag is different. Now I know that I could branch the parser to trigger a different event on every root tag but I'm not quite sure I know how exactly do achieve this.

How would I tell my SAX handler that he should parse for AnotherInnerTag with its attributes based on the root tag?

You use lots of flags and condition checks – Falmarri Aug 31 '10 at 09:08 — Falmarri, Aug 31 '10 at 09:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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Assuming the Android SAX parser is similar to the Java SE SAX parser the following strategy could be used:

Using SAX to parse common XML elements

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Sep 01 '10 at 14:25

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Thanks. I'm always amused by the fact that all those answers were on StackOverflow and I couldn't find them even after hours of search. – Octavian Helm Sep 01 '10 at 15:58

How to branch a SAX parser depending on the first known tag?

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