java - Access a node in a xml using Sax parsing -

am trying parse xml file ..and trying read employee nodes...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <employees>   <employee id="111">     <firstname>rakesh</firstname>     <lastname>mishra</lastname>     <location>bangalore</location>     <secretary>         <employee id="211">             <firstname>andy</firstname>             <lastname>mishra</lastname>             <location>bangalore</location>         </employee>     </secretary>   </employee>   <employee id="112">     <firstname>john</firstname>     <lastname>davis</lastname>     <location>chennai</location>   </employee>   <employee id="113">     <firstname>rajesh</firstname>     <lastname>sharma</lastname>     <location>pune</location>   </employee> </employees>   

and in handler ..i have below...

    class saxhandler extends defaulthandler{   @override public void startelement(string uri, string localname, string qname,         attributes attributes) throws saxexception {      if(qname.equals("employee")){                    system.out.print("its employee ...and not secretary");         /*for(int i=0;i< attributes.getlength();i++){             system.out.print("attr " +attributes.getqname(i)+ " value " +attributes.getvalue(i));         }*/         system.out.println();     }   } 

how can know if the employee secretary or not

regards

you need add if inside startelement detect secretary start element event, , set flag can test when inside employee tag. reset flag when leave secretary element. example

class saxhandler extends defaulthandler {       private boolean insidesecretarytag = false;       @override      public void startelement(...) throws saxexception {           if(qname.equals("employee")){                         if(insidesecretarytag) {                 // secretary              } else {                 // not secretary              }          }           if(qname.equals("secretary")){                         insidesecretarytag = true;          }       public void endelement(...) {         if(qname.equals("secretary")){                        insidesecretarytag = false;         }      } }