// Parse the data, filtering out the start elements
XMLInputFactory xmlif = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
FileReader fr = new FileReader("src-data/foundbugs.xml");
XMLEventReader xmler = xmlif.createXMLEventReader(fr);
EventFilter filter = new EventFilter() {
public boolean accept(XMLEvent event) {
return event.isStartElement();
}
};
XMLEventReader xmlfer = xmlif.createFilteredReader(xmler, filter);
while (xmlfer.peek() != null) {
At this point the event that is peeked() should always be a StartElement or null. I've found this not to be true and have gotten back peeks() that are Characters, etc.