public static void main(String[] args) throws SAXException, IOException, ParserConfigurationException { String provider = "org.apache.crimson.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl"; InputStream xmlInput = new FileInputStream("../../xml_files_windows/standard.xml"); SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance(provider, null); MyDefaultHandler myDefaultHandler = new MyDefaultHandler(); SAXParser saxParser = factory.newSAXParser(); saxParser.parse(xmlInput, myDefaultHandler); System.out.println(myDefaultHandler.getElementContent("data")); }