Android :: Using SAXParser To Get List Of Strings To Arraylist
Jun 21, 2010
I'm trying to parse a web service response using SAXParser and get certain values, store them into an arraylist, then display them in a listview. Example XML being returned from web service:
<ArrayOfStrings>
<string>value</string>
<string>value</string>
<string>value</string>
</ArrayOfStrings>
Here is my SAXHandler class:
public class SAXHandler extends DefaultHandler {
private boolean outertag = false;
private boolean mytag = false;
ArrayList<String> alist;
public ArrayList<String> getList(){
return this.alist;
} @Override
public void startDocument() throws SAXException {
} @Override
public void endDocument() throws SAXException{
} //@Override
public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName, String qName, Attributes atts) throws SAXException {
if (localName.equals("ArrayOfString")){ this.outertag=true;
}else if (localName.equals("string")){ this.mytag=true;
} }
@Override
public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) {
if (this.mytag){ String s = new String(ch, start, length);
alist.add(s);
} }
@Override public void endElement(String namespaceURI, String localName, String qName) throws SAXException {
if (localName.equals("ArrayOfString")){ this.outertag=false;
}else if (localName.equals("string")){ this.mytag=false;
} } }
And here's my method calling and returing my web service:
try{ URL url = new URL("xxxxxxx");
SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
SAXParser sp = spf.newSAXParser();
XMLReader xr = sp.getXMLReader();
SAXHandler SAXHandler = new SAXHandler();
xr.setContentHandler(SAXHandler);
xr.parse(new InputSource(url.openStream()));
ArrayList<String> stateList = SAXHandler.getList();
aa = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, stateList);
RESTlist.setAdapter(aa);
I keep getting an exception and I don't know why. Can anyone give me a hand?
Logcat:
06-21 20:10:47.901: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.pa.passammain/com.pa.passammain.RESTtest}: java.lang.NullPointerException: println needs a message
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2401)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2417)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:116)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4203)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:549)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: println needs a message
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.util.Log.println(Native Method)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.util.Log.e(Log.java:208)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at com.pa.passammain.RESTtest.onCreate(RESTtest.java:82)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1123)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2364)
06-21 20:10:47.950: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(472): ... 11 more
After editing how my error is displayed in my try/catch i'm not longer getting an exception, but just a blank screen. Here is what my logcat is displaying:
06-21 20:22:00.330: WARN/System.err(542): java.lang.NullPointerException
06-21 20:22:00.352: WARN/System.err(542): at com.pa.passammain.SAXHandler.characters(SAXHandler.java:45)
06-21 20:22:00.352: WARN/System.err(542): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser.text(ExpatParser.java:166)
06-21 20:22:00.362: WARN/System.err(542): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser.append(Native Method)
06-21 20:22:00.371: WARN/System.err(542): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser.parseFragment(ExpatParser.java:506)
06-21 20:22:00.371: WARN/System.err(542): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatParser.parseDocument(ExpatParser.java:467)
06-21 20:22:00.371: WARN/System.err(542): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatReader.parse(ExpatReader.java:329)
06-21 20:22:00.381: WARN/System.err(542): at org.apache.harmony.xml.ExpatReader.parse(ExpatReader.java:286)
06-21 20:22:00.381: WARN/System.err(542): at com.pa.passammain.RESTtest.onCreate(RESTtest.java:71)
06-21 20:22:00.391: WARN/System.err(542): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1123)
06-21 20:22:00.391: WARN/System.err(542): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2364)
06-21 20:22:00.401: WARN/System.err(542): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2417)
06-21 20:22:00.401: WARN/System.err(542): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2100(ActivityThread.java:116)
06-21 20:22:00.410: WARN/System.err(542): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794)
06-21 20:22:00.410: WARN/System.err(542): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
06-21 20:22:00.420: WARN/System.err(542): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
06-21 20:22:00.420: WARN/System.err(542): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4203)
06-21 20:22:00.420: WARN/System.err(542): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-21 20:22:00.430: WARN/System.err(542): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
06-21 20:22:00.430: WARN/System.err(542): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791)
06-21 20:22:00.442: WARN/System.err(542): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:549)
06-21 20:22:00.442: WARN/System.err(542): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
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