public class StAX {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
        XMLInputFactory f = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
        XMLEventReader xr = f.createXMLEventReader(
                new StringReader("<person>\n" +
                "    <name>Jim</name>\n" +
                "    <surname>Jameson</surname>\n" +
                "    <address>\n" +
                "          <city>London</city>\n" +
                "          <street>6th Avenue</street>\n" +
                "    </address>\n" +
                "</person>"));
        boolean street = false;
        while (xr.hasNext()) {
            XMLEvent e = xr.nextEvent();
            if (e.isStartElement() && ((StartElement) e).getName().getLocalPart().equals("street")) {
                System.out.println(e);
                street = true;
            }
            if (e.isEndElement() && ((EndElement) e).getName().getLocalPart().equals("street")) {
                System.out.println(e);
                street = false;
            }
            if(street && e.isCharacters()){
                System.out.println(((Characters) e).getData());
            }
        }

    }
}