I'm parsing XML using SAX for a class I'm taking at Johns Hopkins. The teacher gave us a class to extend. His class extends DefaultHandler. Here is his class:

public abstract class XMLLoaderBase extends DefaultHandler {

   public abstract void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName)
      throws SAXException;

// other stuff...
}

public class JobRequestXMLLoader extends XMLLoaderBase {

   SimpleDateFormat sdf_;

   public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName)
      throws SAXException {

      if (qName.equals("due-date")) {
         date_ = sdf_.parse(text);
      }
   }
}

2/24/2006 1:10:33 PM

why don't you use a try/catch block and catch the exception instead of throwing it?

2/24/2006 1:15:42 PM

?

i've never really understood exceptions. i just know to add the exception to the end of the method declaration when eclipse complains about it...

2/24/2006 1:23:46 PM

sweet. i did this:

if (qName.equals("due-date")) {
   try {
      date_ = sdf_.parse(text);
      jobRequest_.setDueDate(date_);
   } catch (ParseException ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
   }

2/24/2006 1:26:39 PM

no problem

2/24/2006 1:38:33 PM