SAX Parser

[manoj achari]

I have a small program which reads a simple XML file written by me with customised tags. The problem is whenever OnCharacter method of the content handler is triggered it reads only a part of the string between the tags, but if i interchange the xml content it works fine, can anyone out tre help me out in this regard .

[Ulf Dittmer]

There's no workaround - that's how SAX works. You'll need to collect the characters (maybe in a StringBuilder) until the element ends or a nested element starts.

[Johnny Gara]

just to add to the above post, the sax parser cannot guarantee that it has reached the end of the field.

http://www.saxproject.org/apidoc/org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.html#characters(char[],%20int,%20int)

so yeah, I tend to use a stack of stringbuilders to ensure that you've reached the end of the field, and in the endElement function, pop the field. That way you ensure you have the full value.