Passing XML resource to XMLReader

Question

I am trying to pass a .xml file from my res folder to an XMLReader in order to parse it to an object:

private void parseXML() {
    String parsedData = "";
       try {
           Log.w("AndroidParseXMLActivity", "Start");
           /** Handling XML */
           SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
           SAXParser sp = spf.newSAXParser();
           XMLReader xr = sp.getXMLReader();

           QuestionXMLHandler myXMLHandler = new QuestionXMLHandler();
           xr.setContentHandler(myXMLHandler);
           InputSource inStream = new InputSource();
           Log.w("AndroidParseXMLActivity", "Parse1");

           inStream.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(getResources().getXml(R.xml.questions).toString()));
           Log.w("AndroidParseXMLActivity", "Parse2");

           xr.parse(inStream);
           Log.w("AndroidParseXMLActivity", "Parse3");

           ArrayList<QuestionMaster> questionList = myXMLHandler.getQuestionsList();
           for(int i=0;i<questionList.size();i++){
                QuestionMaster question = questionList.get(i);
                parsedData = parsedData + "----->\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "Queston No: " + question.getQuestionNo() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "QuestionText: " + question.getQuestionText() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "CorrectAnswer: " + question.getQuestionText() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "WrongAnswer1: " + question.getQuestionText() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "WrongAnswer2: " + question.getQuestionText() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "WrongAnswer3: " + question.getQuestionText() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "Answered: " + question.isAnswered() + "\n";
                parsedData = parsedData + "QuestionText: " + question.isAnsweredCorrectly() + "\n";
            }
            Log.w("AndroidParseXMLActivity", "Done");
        }catch (Exception e) {
            Log.w("AndroidParseXMLActivity",e );
        }
        xmlOutput.setText(parsedData);
    }
}

I am sure that it is the line:

inStream.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(getResources().getXml(R.xml.questions).toString()));

Could someone guide me to pass this .xml file to the XMLReader.

edit:

Changed it to:

InputSource inStream = new InputSource(getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.questions));

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '12 at 11:58

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InputStream inStream = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.questions);
xr.parse(inStream);

answered Jun 12 '12 at 11:58

Samir Mangroliya

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Thanks for the help however when i use your changes i get : The method parse(InputSource) in the type XMLReader is not applicable for the arguments (InputStream) – EHarpham Jun 12 '12 at 12:19

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 11:58

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getXml() returns an implementation of the XmlPullParser, and so it is already set to be parsed using that engine. Change your existing code to use XmlPullParser instead of SAX.

answered Jun 12 '12 at 11:58

CommonsWare

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 12:01

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I think you should put the file either in raw or asset folder to use SAX parser and then using context read that file from there

Android - Read file from Assets http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2012/02/android-read-file-from-assets.html

answered Jun 12 '12 at 12:01

Dheeresh Singh

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Passing XML resource to XMLReader

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