Java – simple XML parsing from XML to list

I use simple XML (simple-xml-2.6.2. Jar) to parse XML files, such as:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
<orderList> 
    <order id="1"> 
        <name>NAME1</name> 
    </order> 
    <order id="2"> 
        <name>NAME2</name> 
    </order> 
</orderList>

The root element contains subelements I want to be ArrayList. How?

Solution

This is a possible solution and I hope it can help you:

Comments of order class:

@Root(name="order")
public class Order
{
    @Attribute(name="id",required=true)
    private int id;
    @Element(name="name",required=true)
    private String name;


    public Order(int id,String name)
    {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
    }


    public Order() { }


    // Getter / Setter
}

Sample class with list:

@Root(name="elementList")
public class Example
{
    @ElementList(required=true,inline=true)
    private List<Order> list = new ArrayList<>();

    // ...
}

Here are some code for reading the code:

Serializer ser = new Persister();
Example example = ser.read(Example.class,file); // file = your xml file
// 'list' Now contains all your Orders