How to read an XML file with Java?

Question

I don\'t need to read complex XML files. I just want to read the following configuration file with a simplest XML reader

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Answer 1

I would recommend Commons Digester, which allows you to parse a file without writing reams of code. It uses a series of rules to determine what action is should perform when encountering a given element or attribute (a typical rule might be to create a particular business object).