import java.io. * ;
import javax.servlet. * ;
import javax.servlet.http. * ;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
public class PostingXMLExample extends HttpServlet {
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String xml = readXMLFromRequestBody(request);
Document xmlDoc = null ;
try {
xmlDoc =
DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder()
.parse( new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes()));
}
catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
System.out.println( " ParserConfigurationException: " + e);
}
catch (SAXException e) {
System.out.println( " SAXException: " + e);
}
/**/ /* Note how the Java implementation of
the W3C DOM has the same methods
* as the JavaScript implementation, such as getElementsByTagName and
* getNodeValue.
*/
NodeList selectedPetTypes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName( " type " );
String type = null ;
String responseText = " Selected Pets: " ;
for ( int i = 0 ; i < selectedPetTypes.getLength(); i ++ ) {
type = selectedPetTypes.item(i).getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
responseText = responseText + " " + type;
}
response.setContentType( " text/xml " );
response.getWriter().print(responseText);
}
private String readXMLFromRequestBody(HttpServletRequest request) {
StringBuffer xml = new StringBuffer();
String line = null ;
try {
BufferedReader reader = request.getReader();
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null ) {
xml.append(line);
}
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println( " Error reading XML: " + e.toString());
}
return xml.toString();
}
}