Snippet code for parsing KML file from Google Maps

KML Snippet

 /**
     * Retrieve navigation data set from either remote URL or String
     * @param url
     * @return navigation set
     */
    public static NavigationDataSet GetNavigationDataSet(String url) {

        NavigationDataSet navigationDataSet = null;
        try
            { 
        	if(LOG_LEVEL <= Log.DEBUG)Log.d(TAG, "url[" + url + "]");
            final URL aUrl = new URL(url); 
            if(LOG_LEVEL <= Log.DEBUG)Log.d(TAG, "Connecting...");
            final URLConnection conn = aUrl.openConnection();
//            conn.setReadTimeout(15 * 1000);  // timeout for reading the google maps data: 15 secs
            conn.connect();
            
            if(LOG_LEVEL <= Log.DEBUG)Log.d(TAG, "Connected...");
            /* Get a SAXParser from the SAXPArserFactory. */
            SAXParserFactory spf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance(); 
            SAXParser sp = spf.newSAXParser(); 

            /* Get the XMLReader of the SAXParser we created. */
            XMLReader xr = sp.getXMLReader();

            /* Create a new ContentHandler and apply it to the XML-Reader*/ 
            NavigationSaxHandler navSax2Handler = new NavigationSaxHandler(); 
            xr.setContentHandler(navSax2Handler); 
            
            if(LOG_LEVEL <= Log.DEBUG)Log.d(TAG, "Parse Stream");
            /* Parse the xml-data from our URL. */ 
            xr.parse(new InputSource(aUrl.openStream()));
            
            if(LOG_LEVEL <= Log.DEBUG)Log.d(TAG, "Get data frm Parser");
            /* Our NavigationSaxHandler now provides the parsed data to us. */ 
            navigationDataSet = navSax2Handler.getParsedData(); 

        } catch (Exception e) {
        	if(LOG_LEVEL <= Log.ERROR)Log.e(TAG, "error getting route info", e);
            navigationDataSet = null;
        }   

        return navigationDataSet;
    }

NavigationDataSet.java

/*
 * Copyright (c)2012 Poohdish Rattanavijai
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.robgthai.lib.vo;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Class representing Navigation path used in Google Maps
 * @author poohdishr
 *
 */
public class NavigationDataSet { 

	private ArrayList<Placemark> placemarks = new ArrayList<Placemark>();
	private Placemark currentPlacemark;
	private Placemark routePlacemark;

	public String toString() {
		String s= "";
		for (Iterator<Placemark> iter=placemarks.iterator();iter.hasNext();) {
			Placemark p = (Placemark)iter.next();
			s += p.getTitle() + "\n" + p.getDescription() + "\n\n";
		}
		return s;
	}

	public void addCurrentPlacemark() {
		placemarks.add(currentPlacemark);
	}

	public ArrayList<Placemark> getPlacemarks() {
		return placemarks;
	}

	public void setPlacemarks(ArrayList<Placemark> placemarks) {
		this.placemarks = placemarks;
	}

	public Placemark getCurrentPlacemark() {
		return currentPlacemark;
	}

	public void setCurrentPlacemark(Placemark currentPlacemark) {
		this.currentPlacemark = currentPlacemark;
	}

	public Placemark getRoutePlacemark() {
		return routePlacemark;
	}

	public void setRoutePlacemark(Placemark routePlacemark) {
		this.routePlacemark = routePlacemark;
	}

}

Placemark.java

/*
 * Copyright (c)2012 Poohdish Rattanavijai
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.robgthai.lib.vo;

/**
 * Class representing placemark used in Google Maps
 * @author poohdishr
 *
 */
public class Placemark {

	String title;
	String description;
	String coordinates;
	String address;

	public String getTitle() {
		return title;
	}
	public void setTitle(String title) {
		this.title = title;
	}
	public String getDescription() {
		return description;
	}
	public void setDescription(String description) {
		this.description = description;
	}
	public String getCoordinates() {
		return coordinates;
	}
	public void setCoordinates(String coordinates) {
		this.coordinates = coordinates;
	}
	public String getAddress() {
		return address;
	}
	public void setAddress(String address) {
		this.address = address;
	}
}