private static Element parseElement(XMLStreamReader xsr) throws XMLStreamException {
// xsr points to a START_ELEMENT event. Create the element and read all its attributes
// Then read all its children events
Element element = new Element(xsr.getLocalName());
// text that will be added to the element. Text can come in different events, so we add it here
// and add it to the element at the end
StringBuilder elementText = new StringBuilder();
int attributeCount = xsr.getAttributeCount();
for (int i = 0; i < attributeCount; i++) {
element.putAttribute(xsr.getAttributeLocalName(i), xsr.getAttributeValue(i));
}
while (xsr.hasNext()) {
xsr.next();
if (xsr.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
// element is closed. Move the cursor and return it
// check if there is some text to add before (empty text is not added, but added text is not
// trimmed)
// we set empty text also if the element has no children
if (!elementText.toString().trim().isEmpty() || !element.hasChildren()) {
element.setText(elementText.toString());
}
// xsr.next();
return element;
} else if (xsr.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS) {
// an attribute of the current element
elementText.append(xsr.getText());
} else if (xsr.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
// new element begins -> read it recursively and add it to the current element
element.addChild(parseElement(xsr));
}
}
// we reached the end of the document without the tag end -> error parsing
throw new XMLStreamException(
"End of the document unexpectedly reached. Element " + element.getName() + " not closed");
}
