[Simple-support] Parsing dynamic elements into a map

[Michael D. <Mic...@Si...>]

We have some XML being returned as key-value pairs such that the element name is the key (and the inner text is the value).  The keys (elements) are completely configurable, so the element (user, userName, address1, some_configurable_field) can be any text that a user defines.

<patron>
<user>31</user>
<userName>IPA</userName>
<address1> 1234 Lake Drive </address>
<some_configurable_field> Configurable data </some_configurable_field>
</patron>


Is there a way to parse these values into a Map, such that:

HashMap map = new HashMap();
key => value
 "user" => 31
"userName" => IPA
"address1" => 1234 Lake Drive
"some_configurable_field" => Configurable data

for any dynamic element => value pair?

Thanks any for any insight.
Mike