java - Passing Attributes from startElement to EndElement in SAX -

we trying parse xml using sax parser. our environment: java version: 1.7

<wrappercell borderwidth="0.9f" border="no_border" colspan="1">         <phrase font="bold_arial">           <token>1234</token>         </phrase> </wrappercell> 

in our startelement doing below

public void startelement(string uri, string localname, string qname, attributes attributes){   if("wrappercell".equals(qname)){      elemenstack.push(attributes);   }else if("phrase".equals(qname)){      elemenstack.push(attributes);   } } 

in our endelement wanted refer attributes pushed during startelement

public void endelement(string uri, string localname, string qname) throws saxexception {   if("wrappercell".equals(qname)){      system.out.println(((attributes)elemenstack.pop()).getlength());   }else if("phrase".equals(qname)){      system.out.println(((attributes)elemenstack.pop()).getlength());   }  } 

this returns 0 getlength(). refer other ques says attributes objects has same instances @ each startelement.

is there option other below tried such can refer startelement values in endelement;

our plan solution

public void startelement(string uri, string localname, string qname, attributes attributes){   if("wrappercell".equals(qname)){      elementattribute.put(attribute.getqname(1),attributes.getvalue(1));      elemenstack.push(elementattribute);    }else if("phrase".equals(qname)){     elementattribute.put(attribute.getqname(1),attributes.getvalue(1));      elemenstack.push(elementattribute);    } }  public void endelement(string uri, string localname, string qname) throws saxexception {   if("wrappercell".equals(qname)){      system.out.println(((hashmap<string,string>)elemenstack.pop()).size());   }else if("phrase".equals(qname)){      system.out.println(((hashmap<string,string>)elemenstack.pop()).size());   }  } 

not direct answer question, using stax instead of sax easier issues that.

sax push-parser, meaning pushes events executing callback method.

stax pull-parser, meaning request next event stream. allows use call stack in code control "context".

both shipped java 7.