diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a51347af6..ce7dfca62f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
spring-thymeleaf
spring-zuul
jsf
-
+ xml
diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc158901e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ com.baeldung
+ xml
+ 0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+ xml
+
+
+
+
+
+ com.google.guava
+ guava
+ ${guava.version}
+
+
+
+ commons-io
+ commons-io
+ 2.4
+
+
+
+ org.apache.commons
+ commons-collections4
+ 4.0
+
+
+
+ org.apache.commons
+ commons-lang3
+ ${commons-lang3.version}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ junit
+ junit
+ ${junit.version}
+ test
+
+
+
+ org.hamcrest
+ hamcrest-core
+ ${org.hamcrest.version}
+ test
+
+
+ org.hamcrest
+ hamcrest-library
+ ${org.hamcrest.version}
+ test
+
+
+
+ org.mockito
+ mockito-core
+ ${mockito.version}
+ test
+
+
+
+
+
+ xml
+
+
+ src/main/resources
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ ${maven-compiler-plugin.version}
+
+ 1.8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-surefire-plugin
+ ${maven-surefire-plugin.version}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.3.11.Final
+ 5.1.38
+
+
+ 2.7.2
+
+
+ 1.7.13
+ 1.1.3
+
+
+ 5.1.3.Final
+
+
+ 19.0
+ 3.4
+
+
+ 1.3
+ 4.12
+ 1.10.19
+
+ 4.4.1
+ 4.5
+
+ 2.9.0
+
+
+ 3.5.1
+ 2.6
+ 2.19.1
+ 2.7
+ 1.4.18
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xml/DefaultParser.java b/xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xml/DefaultParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89326f45c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xml/DefaultParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package com.baeldung.xml;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.NamespaceContext;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+public class DefaultParser {
+
+ private File file;
+
+ public DefaultParser(File file) {
+ this.file = file;
+ }
+
+ public NodeList getFirstLevelNodeList() {
+ NodeList nodeList = null;
+ try {
+ FileInputStream fileIS = new FileInputStream(this.getFile());
+ DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+
+ DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+
+ Document xmlDocument = builder.parse(fileIS);
+
+ XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+
+ String expression = "/Tutorials/Tutorial";
+
+ nodeList = (NodeList) xPath.compile(expression).evaluate(xmlDocument, XPathConstants.NODESET);
+
+ } catch (SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException | XPathExpressionException e) {
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+ return nodeList;
+ }
+
+ public Node getNodeById(String id) {
+ Node node = null;
+ try {
+ DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+
+ DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+
+ Document xmlDocument = builder.parse(this.getFile());
+
+ XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+
+ String expression = "/Tutorials/Tutorial[@tutId=" + "'" + id + "'" + "]";
+
+ node = (Node) xPath.compile(expression).evaluate(xmlDocument, XPathConstants.NODE);
+
+ } catch (SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException | XPathExpressionException e) {
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+ return node;
+ }
+
+ public NodeList getNodeListByTitle(String name) {
+ NodeList nodeList = null;
+ try {
+ DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+
+ DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+
+ Document xmlDocument = builder.parse(this.getFile());
+
+ this.clean(xmlDocument);
+
+ XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+
+ String expression = "//Tutorial[descendant::title[text()=" + "'" + name + "'" + "]]";
+
+ nodeList = (NodeList) xPath.compile(expression).evaluate(xmlDocument, XPathConstants.NODESET);
+
+ } catch (SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException | XPathExpressionException e) {
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+ return nodeList;
+ }
+
+ public NodeList getElementsByDate(String date) {
+ NodeList nodeList = null;
+
+ try {
+ DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+
+ DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+
+ Document xmlDocument = builder.parse(this.getFile());
+
+ this.clean(xmlDocument);
+
+ XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+
+ String expression = "//Tutorial[number(translate(date, '/', '')) > " + date + "]";
+
+ nodeList = (NodeList) xPath.compile(expression).evaluate(xmlDocument, XPathConstants.NODESET);
+
+ } catch (SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException | XPathExpressionException e) {
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+ return nodeList;
+ }
+
+ public NodeList getAllTutorials() {
+ NodeList nodeList = null;
+ try {
+ DocumentBuilderFactory builderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+ builderFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
+ DocumentBuilder builder = builderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
+
+ Document xmlDocument = builder.parse(this.getFile());
+
+ this.clean(xmlDocument);
+
+ XPath xPath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
+
+ xPath.setNamespaceContext(new NamespaceContext() {
+
+ @Override
+ public Iterator getPrefixes(String arg0) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String getPrefix(String arg0) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String getNamespaceURI(String arg0) {
+ if ("bdn".equals(arg0)) {
+ return "http://www.baeldung.com/full_archive";
+ }
+ return null;
+ }
+ });
+
+ String expression = "/bdn:Tutorials/bdn:Tutorial";
+
+ nodeList = (NodeList) xPath.compile(expression).evaluate(xmlDocument, XPathConstants.NODESET);
+
+ } catch (SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException | XPathExpressionException e) {
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+ return nodeList;
+ }
+
+ private void clean(Node node) {
+
+ NodeList childs = node.getChildNodes();
+
+ for (int n = childs.getLength() - 1; n >= 0; n--) {
+ Node child = childs.item(n);
+ short nodeType = child.getNodeType();
+
+ if (nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
+ clean(child);
+ else if (nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
+ String trimmedNodeVal = child.getNodeValue().trim();
+ if (trimmedNodeVal.length() == 0)
+ node.removeChild(child);
+ else
+ child.setNodeValue(trimmedNodeVal);
+ } else if (nodeType == Node.COMMENT_NODE)
+ node.removeChild(child);
+ }
+ }
+
+ public File getFile() {
+ return file;
+ }
+
+ public void setFile(File file) {
+ this.file = file;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xml/DefaultParserTest.java b/xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xml/DefaultParserTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..451917a5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xml/DefaultParserTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.baeldung.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class DefaultParserTest {
+
+ final String fileName = "src/test/resources/example.xml";
+
+ final String fileNameSpace = "src/test/resources/example_namespace.xml";
+
+ DefaultParser parser;
+
+ @Test
+ public void getFirstLevelNodeListTest() {
+ parser = new DefaultParser(new File(fileName));
+ NodeList list = parser.getFirstLevelNodeList();
+
+ assertNotNull(list);
+ assertTrue(list.getLength() == 4);
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void getNodeListByTitle() {
+ parser = new DefaultParser(new File(fileName));
+ NodeList list = parser.getNodeListByTitle("XML");
+
+ for (int i = 0; null != list && i < list.getLength(); i++) {
+ Node nod = list.item(i);
+ assertEquals("java", nod.getAttributes().getNamedItem("type").getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("02", nod.getAttributes().getNamedItem("tutId").getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("XML", nod.getFirstChild().getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("title", nod.getFirstChild().getNodeName());
+ assertEquals("description", nod.getChildNodes().item(1).getNodeName());
+ assertEquals("Introduction to XPath", nod.getChildNodes().item(1).getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("author", nod.getLastChild().getNodeName());
+ assertEquals("XMLAuthor", nod.getLastChild().getTextContent());
+ }
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void getNodeById() {
+ parser = new DefaultParser(new File(fileName));
+ Node node = parser.getNodeById("03");
+
+ String type = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem("type").getNodeValue();
+ assertEquals("android", type);
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void getNodeListByDate(){
+ parser = new DefaultParser(new File(fileName));
+ NodeList list = parser.getNodeListByTitle("04022016");
+ for (int i = 0; null != list && i < list.getLength(); i++) {
+ Node nod = list.item(i);
+ assertEquals("java", nod.getAttributes().getNamedItem("type").getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("04", nod.getAttributes().getNamedItem("tutId").getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("Spring", nod.getFirstChild().getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("title", nod.getFirstChild().getNodeName());
+ assertEquals("description", nod.getChildNodes().item(1).getNodeName());
+ assertEquals("Introduction to Spring", nod.getChildNodes().item(1).getTextContent());
+ assertEquals("author", nod.getLastChild().getNodeName());
+ assertEquals("SpringAuthor", nod.getLastChild().getTextContent());
+ }
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void getNodeListWithNamespace(){
+ parser = new DefaultParser(new File(fileNameSpace));
+ NodeList list = parser.getAllTutorials();
+ assertNotNull(list);
+ assertTrue(list.getLength() == 4);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/example.xml b/xml/src/test/resources/example.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d546dd137b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/example.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+
+
+ Guava
+ Introduction to Guava
+ 04/04/2016
+ GuavaAuthor
+
+
+ XML
+ Introduction to XPath
+ 04/05/2016
+ XMLAuthor
+
+
+ Android
+ Introduction to Android
+ 04/03/2016
+ AndroidAuthor
+
+
+ Spring
+ Introduction to Spring
+ 04/02/2016
+ SpringAuthor
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/example_namespace.xml b/xml/src/test/resources/example_namespace.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26131302ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/example_namespace.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+
+
+ Guava
+ Introduction to Guava
+ 04/04/2016
+ GuavaAuthor
+
+
+ XML
+ Introduction to XPath
+ 04/05/2016
+ XMLAuthor
+
+
+ Android
+ Introduction to Android
+ 04/03/2016
+ AndroidAuthor
+
+
+ Spring
+ Introduction to Spring
+ 04/02/2016
+ SpringAuthor
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file