Question

i have an xml file with attributes like this:

  <folder name = 'somename' description = ''/>

i want to display the description attribute as ‘null’ but it force closes and throws a FATAL Exception main in the LogCat.

i have this code below at the startElement() method

   if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase("folder")) {
      /** Get attribute value */
      if(attributes.getValue("description")== "null"){
         parseList.setFolderdesc(null);
      }else{
         String desc = attributes.getValue("description");                   
         parseList.setFolderdesc(desc);
      } 

i tried this code but no luck…
how will i solve this without changing my xml file?

Answer 1

try with the following code

String desc = null;
        try{
        desc = attributes.getValue("description");
        if((desc == null) || (desc.length()<=0)){
            desc = null;    
        }
        }catch(Exception ex){
            desc = null;
        }
if(parseList != null){
parseList.setFolderdesc(desc);  
}