java - Sax Parser Missing opening Element

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Im having an issue opening the
stackoverflow posts XML dump using the java sax parser. It recognizes the end of each
element but seems to skip the startElement method. Im using the example
code:

 try
            {

 SAXParserFactory factory =
            SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
 SAXParser saxParser =
            factory.newSAXParser();

 DefaultHandler handler = new
            DefaultHandler() {

 public void startElement(String uri, String
            localName, String qName,
 Attributes attributes) throws SAXException
            {


 System.out.println("Start Element :" +
            qName);

 }

 public void endElement(String uri,
            String localName,
 String qName) throws SAXException {


            System.out.println("End Element :" + qName);



            }

 public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length) throws
            SAXException {

 }

 };


            saxParser.parse(filename,
            handler);

The
XML is structured simply as a row with a number of
attributes:

            "postTypeID=1"
            AcceptedAnswer...>

and
the output from the code above is
simply:

End Element
            :row

I have
tried adding @Override annotations to the methods inside the defaultHandler however it
throws an error if i try to override the startElement. Can anyone recommend how to
correct this issue and why startElement cannot be overriden?

Answer

If you get an error when adding an
Override annotation, the most likely explanation is that the
signature of your method does not quite match the one of the method you intend to
override.

From the href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/org/xml/sax/helpers/DefaultHandler.html"
rel="nofollow noreferrer">Java 8 JavaDocs of the SAX
DefaultParser:

public
            void startElement(String uri,
 String localName,
 String
            qName,

 Attributes attributes)
 throws
            SAXException

this
looks ok, but possibly you are using a different version.