How to parse (non well-formed) HTML in android?

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3k views Asked by Kristof At 26 November 2009 at 22:04

How to parse non well-formed HTML in android ?

I tried to use XOM and TagSoup, but i get the following error when creating the Builder:

11-26 20:42:39.294: ERROR/dalvikvm(1298): Could not find method org.apache.xerces.impl.Version.getVersion, referenced from method nu.xom.Builder.

Must i install Xerces to use XOM or can i use tagsoup without XOM ?

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peter.murray.rust On 26 November 2009 at 22:10

XOM may require Xerces to be in the classpath - it may depend on the version of Java. Currently we use

xercesImpl-2.8.0.jar

**peter.murray.rust** · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-28 06:50:40

peter.murray.rust On 28 November 2009 at 06:50 BEST ANSWER

You might find JTidy (http://jtidy.sourceforge.net/) - a port of HTMLTidy to be sufficiently lightweight. It outputs XHTML on request