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srp
srp

Reputation: 519

delete the unwanted strings before and after the string in xml file

xml file content 

<distributionChannels><distributionChannel type="Wap" id="1"><contentChannelRefs>
<contentChannelRef id="2"><categories><category 
link="http://images/11.gif" id="1"><names><name lang="de">Top Downloads</name><name
lang="ww">Tops</name></names></category></categories></contentChannelRef>
</contentChannelRefs></distributionChannel>  
</distributionChannels>

how do i delete the unwanted content which i am reading from an xml file and the output should look as shown below:

<category link="http://images/11.gif" id="1"><names><name lang="de">Top Downloads</name><name lang="ww">Tops</name></names></category>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 551

Answers (2)

nattyddubbs
nattyddubbs

Reputation: 2095

Pattern matching with XML is not recommended. Use a parser to get your nodes and the manage them accordingly. If you are interested in printing them I have included code to print the nodes.

public static void main(String[] args)
        throws ParserConfigurationException, SAXException,
        IOException, XPathExpressionException {
    DocumentBuilderFactory domFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
    domFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
    DocumentBuilder builder = domFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
    Document doc = builder.parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(s)));

    XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
    XPath xpath = factory.newXPath();
    XPathExpression expr
            = xpath.compile("//categories//category");

    Object result = expr.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
    NodeList nodes = (NodeList) result;
    //This is where you are printing things. You can handle differently if
    //you would like.
    for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
        System.out.println(nodeToString(nodes.item(i)));
    }
}

private static String nodeToString(Node node) {
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    try {
        Transformer t = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
        t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
        t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
        t.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(sw));
    } catch (TransformerException te) {
        te.printStackTrace();
    }
    return sw.toString();
}

Upvotes: 2

Evgeniy Dorofeev
Evgeniy Dorofeev

Reputation: 136002

Reliable solution - use an XML parser. Simple solution is

s = s.substring(s.indexOf("<categories>"), s.indexOf("</categories>") + 13);

if you want to read categories one by one use regex

    Matcher m = Pattern.compile("<category.*?>.*?</category>").matcher(xml);
    for(int i = 0; m.find(); i++) {
        System.out.println(m.group());
    }

Upvotes: 3

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