public static void main(String args[]) throws XMLStreamException, FileNotFoundException {
    XMLInputFactory xf = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();

    XMLStreamReader xsr = xf.createXMLStreamReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("c:\file.xml")));
    XMLInputFactoryImpl x = new XMLInputFactoryImpl();
    while (xsr.hasNext()) {

        int e = xsr.next();

        if (e == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
            System.out.println("Element Start Name:" + xsr.getLocalName());
        }
        if (e == XMLStreamReader.END_ELEMENT) {
            System.out.println("Element End Name:" + xsr.getLocalName());
        }
        if (e == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS) {
            System.out.println("Element Text:" + xsr.getText());
        }
    }
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws XMLStreamException, FileNotFoundException {
        // TODO code application logic here
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        XMLInputFactory xif = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
        XMLEventReader xer = xif.createXMLEventReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("c:\file.xml")));

        while (xer.hasNext()) {

            XMLEvent e = xer.nextEvent();
            if (e.isCharacters()) {
                System.out.println("Element Text : "+e.toString());
            }
            if (e.isStartElement()) {
                System.out.println("Start Element : "+e.toString());
            }
            if (e.isEndElement()) {
                System.out.println("End Element : "+e.toString());
            }
        }
    }

}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<student id="1">
  <fname>TestFirstName</fname>
  <lname>TestLastName</lname>
  <sectionname rollno="1">A</sectionname>
</student>