What am I missing here?

843834

Take a look at this code, I'm trying to extract the value of the tag<question_text>Some question</question_text> from my xml document, I get the question text, but everthing else along with it.


public void startElement (String uri, String name,
String qName, Attributes atts)
{

if( name.equals("question_text")){

question_text = true;

}// close if
}//close start element

public void characters (char ch[], int start, int length)
{


if(question_text){
String question = new String(ch).substring(start,start + length);
System.out.println( question );
}// close if
}//close characters

Can't seem to isolate just the question_text
TIA
Jim

843834

Instead of this:
question = new String(ch).substring(start,start +
length);

Try:
question = new String(ch, start,length);




>

public void characters (char ch[], int start, int
length)

{





if(question_text){

String question = new
uestion = new String(ch).substring(start,start +
length);

System.out.println( question );

}// close if

}//close characters



Can't seem to isolate just the question_text

TIA

Jim

843834

Hi,
Actually the answer was in the endElement,
question_text = false;

therefore turning off the listener for question text before it was staying true for everything.

Thanks for the reply, and I'll try your suggestion also
Jim