Question

My xml looks like this-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <Objects>
    <object1>object1Value</object1>
    <object2>object1Value</object2>
  </Objects>
</root>

To show all objects under “Objects” I am using code-

    List collected_objects = rootNode.getChildren("Objects");

    ListIterator litr = collected_objects.listIterator();
    while (litr.hasNext()) {

        Element  element = (Element) litr.next();
        System.out.println(element.toString());
    }

but it displays-

[Element: <Objects/>]

Why isn’t it showing two objects?

Answer 1

You have to call a NodeList objectList = element.getChildNodes() on each of the collected_objects and iterate through the returned list, since in your XML <object1>, <object2>... nodes are children of the <Objects>.