Simple sax handler package com.ack.xml.jaxp; import org.xml.sax.SAXException; import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler; public class SimpleSaxHandler extends DefaultHandler { public void endDocument() throws org.xml.sax.SAXException { log( "finished parsing document" ); } public void startDocument() throws org.xml.sax.SAXException { log( "starting to parse document" ); } public void warning( SAXParseException exception ) throws SAXException { log( "Warning SAX Exception:" + "\nProblem at line " + exception.getLineNumber() + ", column " + exception.getColumnNumber() + "\nReason: " + exception.getMessage() ); } public void error( SAXParseException exception ) throws SAXException { log( "Error SAX Exception:" + "\nProblem at line " + exception.getLineNumber() + ", column " + exception.getColumnNumber() + "\nReason: " + exception.getMessage() ); } public void fatalError( SAXParseException exception ) throws SAXException { log( "Fatal Error SAX Exception:" + "\nProblem at line " + exception.getLineNumber() + ", column " + exception.getColumnNumber() + "\nReason: " + exception.getMessage() ); } private void log( String msg ) { System.out.println( "\n======================" ); System.out.println( msg ); System.out.println( "======================" ); } }