How to convert positional attributes in an xml file to normal attributes?

How to convert XML(attributes) file into a java(classes) file

• I want to write a java code to read the input XML file and generate its equivalent Java code. enter code here <CodeMarkers classname="CodeGenerator" access="public"> <MethodMarker javadoc="Compares two strings" name="stringComparator" access="private" static="no" return="boolean"> <Input name="str1" notnull="true"/> <Input name="str2" notnull="false"/> <MethodVariable name="success" type="boolean" initvalue="false"/> <JavaCode> <![CDATA[ System.out.println("Executing comparator"); if (str1.equals(str2)) success = BOOLEAN.TRUE; return success; ]]> </JavaCode> </MethodMarker> <MethodMarker javadoc="Database look for an employee id" name="getEmployeeId" access="public" static="yes" return="int"> <Input name="employeeName" notnull="true"/> <MethodVariable name="empId" type="int"/> <DBInit> <SQLCode> <![CDATA[ empId = SELECT emp_id FROM test.employee where emp_id = empId; return empId; ]]> </SQLCode> </DBInit> </MethodMarker> I need to write a java code to convert the above XML code into a java code ie The first line of output java code should be public class CodeGenerator{} enter code here <![CDATA[ empId = SELECT emp_id FROM test.employee where emp_id = empId; return empId; ]]> Im not able to put the Lines under CDATA should be used as is in the method Thanks Athreya

• Answer:

  Q2: "How to get data under < ![CDATA][...]]" For retriveing the character data (CDATA) You do something like this, import org.w3c.dom.Element; public static String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e) { Node child = e.getFirstChild(); if (child instanceof CharacterData) { CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child; return cd.getData(); } return ""; }