Bad code.

package com.google.android.iopex;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

import static com.google.android.iopex.BaseXMLParser.*;

public class SaxXMLHandler extends DefaultHandler{
    private List<DbEntry> entries;
    private DbEntry currentEntry;
    private StringBuilder builder;

    public List<DbEntry> getMessages(){
        return this.entries;
    }
    @Override
    public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
            throws SAXException {
        super.characters(ch, start, length);
        builder.append(ch, start, length);
    }

    @Override
    public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String name)
            throws SAXException {
        super.endElement(uri, localName, name);
        if (this.currentEntry != null){
            String escapedString = builder.toString();
            if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(EMP_ID)){
                String str = escapedString.trim();
                currentEntry.setEmployeeID(str);
            } else if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(EMP_NAME)){
                currentEntry.setEmployeeName(escapedString);
            } else if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(DESIGNATION)){
                currentEntry.setDesignation(escapedString);
            } else if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(DEPARTMENT)){
                currentEntry.setDepartment(escapedString);
            } else if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(EMP_PHOTO)){
                currentEntry.setImageForEmployee(escapedString);
            } else if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(ELIGIBLE_FOR)){
                currentEntry.setEligibleFor(escapedString);
            }
            else if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(ROOT_EMP_DET)){
                entries.add(currentEntry);
                currentEntry = null;
            }
            builder.setLength(0);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void startDocument() throws SAXException {
        super.startDocument();
        entries = new ArrayList<DbEntry>();
        builder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    @Override
    public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String name,
            Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
        super.startElement(uri, localName, name, attributes);
        if (localName.equalsIgnoreCase(ROOT_EMP_DET)){
            this.currentEntry = new DbEntry();
        }
    }
}