XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Steve Loughran <steve.loughran AT gmail.com>]

On 5/30/05, marcx AT catbull.com <marcx AT catbull.com> wrote:
> hi xomers,
> 
> I do a java-app on Linux, and I use XOM to parse a XML-file with multiple
> namespaces. I use javasdk1.4.2_07 and xom-1.0. Everything works fine and
> as expected...
> 
> when I gave the app to the tester on windows(javasdk1.4.2_04, xom-1.0)
> suddenly the parser didn'twork anymore.
> 
> the function I use in MyXom.java:
> 
> 
> Builder parser = new Builder();
>        Document d=parser.build(inFilePath);
>        Element rootElement = d.getRootElement();
>        processChildren(rootElement);
> 
> (the path to the xml file is ok, and we use the same files)
> 
> and:
> 
> public static void processChildren(Node current) {
> 
> 
>          Logger.getLogger("ev").log(Level.FINE, "MyXom processing 
> children");
>          String data = "";
>          if (current instanceof Element) {
>          Logger.getLogger("ev").log(Level.FINE, "MyXom found element");
>             Element temp = (Element) current;
>             data = ": " + temp.getQualifiedName();
>             if (temp.getQualifiedName().equals("Receiver")) {
> 
>                 Elements elements = temp.getChildElements();
>                 for (int j = 0; j < elements.size(); j++) {
>                     Element child = elements.get(j);
>                      if (child.getQualifiedName().equals("Addressee")) {
>                      //something
> 
> 
> (snippped)
> 
> 
> however the windows setup never comes to processChildren(),and therefore
> does not get data from the xml-file.

if it doesnt get there, an exception is probably being raised. I'd
find out what it is.

One possibilty: the file isnt there in windows, with the different
path rules and things.