Reading XML with Groovy and SAX

import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler
import org.xml.sax.*

class RecordsHandler extends DefaultHandler {
    def messages = []
    def currentMessage
    def countryFlag = false
    void startElement(String ns, String localName, String qName, Attributes atts) {
        switch (qName) {
           case 'car':
               currentMessage = atts.getValue('make') + ' of '; break
           case 'country':
               countryFlag = true; break
           case 'record':
               currentMessage += atts.getValue('type') + ' record'; break
        }
    }
    void characters(char[] chars, int offset, int length) {
       if (countryFlag) {
           currentMessage += new String(chars, offset, length)
       }
    }
    void endElement(String ns, String localName, String qName) {
        switch (qName) {
           case 'car':
               messages << currentMessage; break
           case 'country':
               currentMessage += ' has a '; countryFlag = false; break
        }
    }
}

def handler = new RecordsHandler()
def reader = SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser().xMLReader
reader.setContentHandler(handler)
def inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(XmlExamples.CAR_RECORDS.getBytes("UTF-8"))
reader.parse(new InputSource(inputStream))

assert handler.messages == [
    'Holden of Australia has a speed record',
    'Peel of Isle of Man has a size record',
    'Bugatti of France has a price record'
]