SAXParser with local XML file

Question

I've read several topic on how to read local XML file.

Most of them are using openRawResource(). However it's much more slower compared to getXML().

I wanted to use getXML for my project, it's there any way to use getXML with XMLReader.parse(), as SAX InputSource does not accept XmlResourceParser as parameter.

Edit: btw, when do the startElement endElement will be called? Is it right after XMLReader.parse? Is it possible to restart the parsing from the top when I read a certain value of attributes?

Thank you very much

Answer 1

If you want to use the 'getXML()'-function, you can check out this tutorial, whic show's how to use the 'XmlResourceParser'-Interface: Link

Anothet way would be if you put the XML files in the 'openRawResource'-method, which returns an 'InputStream' on a given Resource ID, which you can then pass to the normal 'SAXParser'.

Answer 2

You can use it(assume that you are keeping your xml in assets folder)

 InputStream response=context.getAssets().open("your.xml");

and then

  Xml.parse(response, Xml.Encoding.UTF_8,rootElement.getContentHandler());

Answer 3

try {
            SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
            SAXParser parser = factory.newSAXParser();
            XMLReader reader = parser.getXMLReader();
            MyXMLHandler myXMLHandler = new MyXMLHandler(getApplicationContext());
            reader.setContentHandler(myXMLHandler);
            reader.parse(new InputSource(getAssets().open("Getalloffersbyzipcoderesponse_xml.xml")));
        //  listView.setAdapter(new EventListAdapter(getApplicationContext(), 0, myXMLHandler.getEventList()));
            listView.setAdapter(new OffersListAdapter(getApplicationContext(), 0, myXMLHandler.getOffersList()));
        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SAXException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }