Parse xml and store data in Map using xom parser

[Santosh Shet]

Hi,

I am trying to parse below shown XML file using xom parser in java and put each 
key,value pairs into Map. Later I am trying to insert this Map into Cassandra 
using Mutator object. My XML file looks like as below:
        <sample>
             <Max>0.25000</Max>
             <test>
                <A>Percentage</A>
                <B>1</B>
                <C>0</C>
                <D>2000000000</D>
                <E>0.25</E>
             </test>
             <test>
                <A>Percentage</A>
                <B>1</B>
                <C>5000000000</C>
                <D>7500000000</D>
                <E>0.15</E>
             </test>
        </sample>

Currently I have HashMap<String,String> xmlData to hold elements of XML.
I am traversing each child elements using getChildElements() and then 
retrieving element name ,element value and storing them inside HashMap. But I 
am facing problem while doing for the second subchild element (<test>marked in 
green) because it overwrites values of child elements of which I had traversed 
in my last iteration (<test> marked in blue) .
Could somebody provide thoughts on how to store data in Cassandra in above 
situation. Is there any better way to it or do I need to append counter+xpath. 
For example, if there are 2 child elements, append <test1>+1+<A> for element 
<A> inside first <test> and append <test>+2+<A> for subchild of another <test> 
element.

Thanks in advance.

Best,
Santosh Shet
Software Engineer | VistaOne Solutions
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