To Count The Elements in a XML File

In this section, you will learn to count the element in XML document using DOM APIs defined in the org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser package. Your classpath must contain xercesImpl.jar and xml-apis.jar files to run this program.
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Description of program: This program takes a file name from the console and checks its availability. If the file exists then DOMParser is created using the org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser package.This object parses the given XML document. It asks the element name and counts its occurence in the xml file. If the given element doesn't exist it displays the '0' element.

Here is the XML File: Employee-Detail.xml

<?xml version = "1.0" ?>
<Employee-Detail>

<Employee>
<Emp_Id> E-001 </Emp_Id>
<Emp_Name> Vinod </Emp_Name>
<Emp_E-mail> [email protected] </Emp_E-mail>
</Employee>

<Employee>
<Emp_Id> E-002 </Emp_Id>
<Emp_Name> Amit </Emp_Name>
<Emp_E-mail> [email protected] </Emp_E-mail>
</Employee>

<Employee>
<Emp_Id> E-003 </Emp_Id>
<Emp_Name> Deepak </Emp_Name>
<Emp_E-mail> [email protected] </Emp_E-mail>
</Employee>

</Employee-Detail>

Here is the Java File: CountNodes.java


import org.w3c.dom.*;

import org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser;

import java.io.*;



public class CountNodes{

  public static void main(String[] args) {

  try{

  BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(

  new InputStreamReader(System.in));

  System.out.print("Enter file name: ");

  String str = bf.readLine();

  File file = new File(str);

  if (file.exists()){

  DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();

  parser.parse(str);

  Document doc = parser.getDocument();

  System.out.print("Enter element that have to count: ");

  String ele = bf.readLine();

  NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName(ele);

  System.out.println("Number of nodes: " + list.getLength());

  }

  else{

  System.out.println("File not found!");

  }

  }

  catch (Exception e){

  e.getMessage();

  }

  }

}

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Output of program:

C:\vinod\xml>javac CountNodes.java

C:\vinod\xml>java CountNodes
Enter file name: Employee-Detail.xml
Enter element that have to count: Emp_Name
Number of nodes: 3

To Count The Elements in a XML File

To Count The Elements in a XML File

To Count The Elements in a XML File

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