Re: how can i parse the nmap's xml output with java

[David Warde-Farley <david.warde.farley () utoronto ca>]

On 28-Jul-06, at 2:05 PM, oscar miranda wrote:

> my problem is that i want to recover almost all the information as  
> i can
> from the nmap's xml file output and this has to be with a java  
> parser, i
> read  that it can be done with SAX parser in java, but i would like  
> to have
> a look into the source to know how to parse the file i refer to. i  
> will
> apreciate all opinions you send to me, thanks.

So, the most complete description of the XML format that Nmap uses is  
going to be in its DTD:

http://insecure.org/nmap/data/nmap.dtd

It's not too hard to figure out just by reading it what stuff is/ 
means, but a tutorial on DTDs can be found at http:// 
www.w3schools.com/dtd/default.asp .

You can parse it with whatever you like, but you're going to need to  
settle on which parser. http://www.saxproject.org/links.html has a  
list of SAX parsers.

Regards,

David


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