XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT ibiblio.org>]

The white space in between elements is also a child and gets counted.

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:26 AM, <tcdfemgdnf AT snkmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm new to XML and trying to figure
> out how to export a XML file from my Java app.
> I'm using XOM-1.2.10 and Java JRE 1.8.0_31-b13.  My program (not
> production quality) writes the attached stuff.xml which I believe looks
> reasonable, but when I try to read it, line 73 /int kids =
> record.getChildCount();///sets kids to 9. I don't understand why since I
> attach 4 elements to the "record" element.
>
> BTW, I just added the serial number to the "record" element because I was
> seeing unexpected behavior.  I'd like to remove it and have just
>     <file ...>
>         <record>
>             <field id="1stfieldName">1stvalue</field>
>             <field id="2ndfieldName">2nd field value</field>
>             <field id="3rdfieldName">3rdfield value</field>
>         <record>
>         <record>
>             <field id="1stfieldName">1stvalue</field>
>             <field id="2ndfieldName">2nd field value</field>
>             <field id="3rdfieldName">3rdfield value</field>
>         <record>
> </file>
>
> Am I on the right track or do I need to learn a lot more about XML before
> I try this in the real world?
>
> TIA for whatever advice I can get.
>
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