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Jed
Jed

Reputation: 1043

Object to string array java

I am getting xml in a object back from a soap service.

<data><name>Test</name><name>Test</name><name>Test</name></data>

I need to convert that into an array so i can input it into a list

String[] accounts = result(this is my object);

        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.listaccounts, accounts));

How can i do this.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 498

Answers (3)

RokL
RokL

Reputation: 2812

If the XML structure is so simple then regular expression will solve it for you.

private static final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<name>([^<]+)</name>");
.....
Matcher m = pattern.compile(xmlString);
List<String> retList = new ArrayList<String>();
while(m.find()) {
    retList.add(m.group(1));
}
return retList;

It could be parsed even faster with String.indexOf();

Oh yeah: boatloads of people will tell you to use XML parser. It's complete overkill for simple XML. As long as it's not nested and you're not interested in attributes etc... simpler methods will do just fine.

Upvotes: 1

Dimitris Makris
Dimitris Makris

Reputation: 5183

you have to parse the XML response and then fill the String array. For XML parsing, you can use the SAXParser.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 0

Vladimir
Vladimir

Reputation: 3812

You can use for it xml parsers. Take a look at this topic

Upvotes: 0

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