Parsing html

I want to make a simple java program to extract information out of an HTML page i maintain. The way I see it I need to parse the HTML document throwing away the tags and saving the data. I have read in the entire HTML page as a String and all I need to do is parse it, I woulb be very gratefull if you could point me in the right direction.

I have tried StringTokenizer and StreamTokenizer,but I find the parsing is still fairly complicated. I have also considered Java Jack gramatical tool, but it seemed too complicated for what I wanted.
Thank you.

[poochi]

If you are using JDK1.2.x , check javax.swing.text.html(.parser) package.

Thank you for your help, I am not using jdk1.2 currently but I will try to upgrade.

I have written an HTML Parser that is very simple to use that could do what you
want. Check out my website at http://home.earthlink.net/~hheister. If you
want the parser email me at [email protected]

[forloop]

I've looked at the API specs for javax.swing.text.html.parser and found it lacking in information that would help me use it. do you have any sample code or do you know where I can find a good discussion of its usage?

Thanks

[Svetoslav]

Hi

I was implement simple HTML parser in the past...
I suggest you to NOT use String to store HTML data, because the String has a limit of size. The limit is about 4-5 Kbytes (I don't know how).

I am using byte[] array and for this I was made CABuffer.class which has methods such IndexOf( String ), Replace( String Find, String Replace, int startpos )

The simplest idea for parsing is:
1. Search symbol "<" for beginnig of a tag.
2. Analyze text (no tag) between last ">" and current "<" position.
2. Search symbol ">" for end of the tag.
3. Analyze tag (text between "<" and ">")
4. go to step 1 if more data available
5. exit

if you contact me, i will help you more.

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Svetoslav Tchekanov [email protected]