java - Parse XML files with strange syntax -

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first: there name type of xml syntax? second: how can parse xml file java, have looked on som sax examples, cant figure out how parse xml files type of syntax. please give me som advice.

<company>     <staff firstname="yong" lastname="mook" nickname="mkyoung" salary="10000" />     <staff firstname="low" lastname="yin fong" nickname="fong fong" salary="2000" /> </company> 

the dom4j library great if xml fits memory.

usage:

document doc = documenthelper.parsetext(xmlstring); 

note: use 1.6.1 version, 2.0 version not active , development stopped in alpha.