How to get a specific event/attribute content from an xml string via stAX or SAX

[leexaa]

I have a xml POST response which I receive as a string. I need the content of the particular "pnr" (see in xml) to pass it on to another GET request.I am trying sax and stAX to achieve this but failing miserably.I used getElementsByTagName and also getAttribute, but no go...Here's my code and later the xml string that I receive. Any kind of help will be a gift\[code\]package rest;import javax.xml.parsers.*;import org.xml.sax.InputSource;import org.w3c.dom.*;import java.io.*;public class ParseXMLString { public static void main(String arg[]) { String outputString = RESTClient.postConfirm(); // this is the xml string response I am getting try { DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder(); InputSource is = new InputSource(); is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(outputString)); Document doc = db.parse(is); String Parentnode = doc.getDocumentElement().getAttribute("pnr"); // Element element = (Element) Parentnode.;// NodeList name = element.getElementsByTagName("pnr");// Element line = (Element) name.item(0); //String IDList = getCharacterDataFromElement(line); System.out.println(Parentnode); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public static String getCharacterDataFromElement(Element e) { Node child = e.getFirstChild(); if (child instanceof CharacterData) { CharacterData cd = (CharacterData) child; return cd.getData(); } return "?"; }}\[/code\]And here is the the XML String I have received:\[code\]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Ticket><bookedSeats>3</bookedSeats><bpAddress>Anand Rao Circle</bpAddress><bpLandMark>ganesha temple</bpLandMark><bpLocation> Ghousia College</bpLocation><bpPhoneNo>98798679769</bpPhoneNo><bpTime>1200</bpTime><busServiceName>efdf</busServiceName><busType>Volvo A/C Semi Sleeper (2+2)</busType><commission>66.19</commission><dateOfJourney>2012-10-05</dateOfJourney><destination>Chennai</destination><fare>600.0</fare><issueTime>2012-10-04T15:46:45.073+05:30</issueTime><noOfSeats>1</noOfSeats><passengerMobile>1234567890</passengerMobile><passengerName>Test</passengerName><pnr>RATPKES44974756</pnr><seatDetails><seatDetail><commission>66.19</commission><fare>600.0</fare><gender>MALE</gender><passengerAge>0</passengerAge><passengerMobile>1234567890</passengerMobile><passengerName>Test</passengerName><prime>false</prime><seatName>3</seatName></seatDetail></seatDetails><source>Bangalore</source><status>BOOKED</status><travelsName>Rajratan Travels</travelsName></Ticket>\[/code\]