Java - How to parse KML files

Parse KML files in Java with ximpleware lib:

package readkmlfile;

import com.ximpleware.AutoPilot;
import com.ximpleware.NavException;
import com.ximpleware.VTDGen;
import com.ximpleware.VTDNav;
import com.ximpleware.XPathEvalException;
import com.ximpleware.XPathParseException;

/**
 * @author Marco Berri marcoberri@gmail.com 
 * @see http://tecnicume.blogspot.com
 */
public class ReadKmlFile {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     * @throws XPathEvalException
     * @throws NavException  
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws XPathEvalException, NavException {

        VTDGen vg = new VTDGen();
        vg.parseFile("/Users/marco/Desktop/test.kml", true);

        System.out.println("Start");


        AutoPilot ap;
        VTDNav vn = vg.getNav();


        try {
            vn.toElement(VTDNav.ROOT);
            vn.matchElement("kml");
            ap = new AutoPilot(vn);
            ap.selectXPath("/kml/Placemark/*");

        } catch (XPathParseException ex) {
            System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
            return;
        } catch (NavException ex) {
            System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
            return;
        }


        int r = 0;
        while ((r = ap.evalXPath()) != -1) {
            System.out.println(vn.toString(r));

            if (vn.toString(r).equals("LineString")) {


                VTDNav vnls = vn.cloneNav();

                if (vnls.toElement(VTDNav.FC)) {

                    do {


                        if (vnls.toString(vnls.getCurrentIndex()).equals("coordinates")) {
                            String coordinates = vnls.toString(vnls.getText());

                            String[] lines = coordinates.split("\\n");

                            for (String l : lines) {
                                if (l.length() == 0) {
                                    continue;
                                }

                                String[] block = l.split(",");
                                System.out.println("lat:" + block[0].trim());
                                System.out.println("lon:" + block[1].trim());
                                System.out.println("ele:" + block[2].trim());
                            }


                        }

                    } while (vnls.toElement(VTDNav.NEXT_SIBLING));

                }

            }

        }

    }
}

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