ajax call to jsp that returns xml

ajax call to jsp that returns xml

I'm having a heck of time getting jquery, to parse a returned xml from a jsp page.  Any help being able to parse this data would be great.   Or why I cannot parse the data.    If I convert the jsp to xml by removing "<%@ page contentType="text/xml" %>" and renaming it .xml the script works like a charm.

I'm running this on  Apache Tomcat 7.0.2 if that makes any difference.

Here is the Html file with the ajax request.

  1. <html>
  2. <head>
  3. <script src="jquery.js"></script>
  4. <script type="text/javascript">
  5. $('document').ready(function(){
  6. $.ajax({
  7. url: "xml-java.jsp",
  8. type: "GET",
  9. dataType: "xml",
  10. complete: processXml,
  11. contentType: "text/xml;"
  12. });
  13. });
  15. function processXml(xml)
  16. {
  17. var txt = $(xml.responseXml);
  18. alert(xml.responseText);  //works shows the text of the xml
  19. alert(txt.find("stock").length);  //always returns 0
  20. txt.find("stock").each(function() { 
  21. alert($(this).text);
  22. });
  23. }
  24. </script>
  25. </head>
  26. <body>
  27. </body>
  28. </html>

Here is the jsp file "xml-java.jsp"
  1. <%@ page contentType="text/xml" %>


  4. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


  7. <portfolio>
  8.   <stock>
  9.     <symbol>SUNW</symbol>
  10.     <name>Sun Microsystems</name>
  11.     <price>17.1</price>
  12.   </stock>
  13.   <stock>
  14.     <symbol>AOL</symbol>
  15.     <name>America Online</name>
  16.     <price>51.05</price>
  17.   </stock>
  18.   <stock>
  19.     <symbol>IBM</symbol>
  20.     <name>International Business 
  21.     Machines</name>
  22.     <price>116.10</price>
  23.   </stock>
  24.   <stock>
  25.     <symbol>MOT</symbol>
  26.     <name>MOTOROLA</name>
  27.     <price>15.20</price>
  28.   </stock>
  29. </portfolio>