java - SAX Parser characters method doesn't collect all content -

i'm using sax parser parse xml , working fine.

i have below tag in xml.

<value>•certass >> certass</value> 

here expect '•certass >> certass' output. below code returns certass. there issue special chars of value tag?

public void characters(char[] buffer, int start, int length) {            temp = new string(buffer, start, length);     } 

it not guaranteed characters() method run once inside element.

if storing content in string, , characters() method happens run twice, content second run. second time characters method runs overwrite contents of temp variable stored first time.

to remedy this, use stringbuilder , append() contents in characters() , process contents in endelement(). example:

 defaulthandler handler = new defaulthandler() {      private stringbuilder stringbuilder;       @override      public void startelement(string uri, string localname,string qname, attributes attributes) throws saxexception {          stringbuilder = new stringbuilder();      }       public void characters(char[] buffer, int start, int length) {          stringbuilder.append(new string(buffer, start, length));      }       public void endelement(string uri, string localname, string qname) throws saxexception {          system.out.println(stringbuilder.tostring());      }  }; 

parsing string "<value>•certass >> certass</value>" , handler above gives output:

?certass >> certass 

i hope helps.