How can I extract data from a XML Document

David Brownell db at eng.sun.com
Fri Apr 2 19:41:58 BST 1999


> How can I extract the total amount from this file.

Use DOM; there's a Document.getElementsByTagName() call that
may be the fastest way to navigate to it in this instance.

>	 How can I find there are
> three lineitems to process. (PurchaseOrder.lineitem.length)???

DOM -- Document.getElementsByTagName("LineItem").getLength().


Not that DOM is perfect, but it's the best place to start at
this time.

- Dave

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