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Thread: XML InputSource class and the retrieval/browser type

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    Hi all,
    I hope this is the right forum subsection..
    I'm trying to make an application which gets data in the form of XML using a URL but I don't think I'm getting the right data that I'm expecting returned to me.
    The thing is, when I "view source" for the URL (which has search parameters encoded into it), using Firefox I get xml and using Chrome, I get something completely different so how can I choose which I want to use?

    I'm currently using the InputSource class in org.xml.sax to access the URL but I think I'll probably have to use another class as well to achieve what I want if it's even possible.

    Sorry if anything I've said doesn't make sense,

    I appreciate any help, thanks


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    Default Re: XML InputSource class and the retrieval/browser type

    Hello dave0110, welcome to the forums.

    What URL are you attempting to get the XML from?
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    Default Re: XML InputSource class and the retrieval/browser type

    Hey,

    Edit:

    So that I don't waste any more of your time, I thought I'd just change this so that you know using another forum, I was able to find my answer, (for anyone else looking to do something similar) I'll use the resource here:
    How to use java.net.URLConnection to fire and handle HTTP requests? - Stack Overflow
    and instead of using an InputSource object as a parameter of the SAXParsers .parse() method, I'll use an InputStream which is returned from URLConnection.

    Thank you for your time

    Edit: Actually, another resource I was shown off these very same forums (and written by JavaPF too!) which I think is much much cleaner for me to use than create myself is probably what I will end up using:
    http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...bsite-url.html - and instead of using the System.outs, just directly use that InputStream for the .parse() method instead of an InputSource. Sorry if all of this is terribly basic and obvious!
    Last edited by dave0110; December 3rd, 2010 at 10:18 AM.

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