[jdom-interest] Parsing only root element

[Jason Hunter]

There's the org.jdom.contrib.input.scanner package (see the jdom-contrib
CVS module) which lets you built just part of a document.  But if all
you want is the root, you'd best use SAX or a pull parser like Bob
recommends.

-jh-

bob mcwhirter wrote:
> 
> Maybe use an XML Pull Parser (I have no experience) or magical SAX
> handlers?  I don't think JDOM can help you.  JDOM (and most of the
> other models too) typically are an all-or-nothing type of thing.
> 
>         -bob
> 
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 daves.subscriptions at SAFe-mail.net wrote:
> 
> > How can I parse only the root element of a document?  I want to save the time and space of parsing the entire document since I am only interested in the attributes and namespace of the root element.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- Dave
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