StaX incremental parsing

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
import javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute;
import javax.xml.stream.events.EndElement;
import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;

public class StaXParser {

	static final String ENTRY = "entry";
	static final String CANFORM = "canForm";
	static final String ABBREV = "abbrev";
	static final String SYNONYM = "depSynonym";

	static final String MONO = "mono";
	static final String CROSSREFER = "crossRefer";
	static final String KEYDC = "keyDC";

	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "null" })
	public List<SAPTerm> readConfig(String configFile) {

		List<SAPTerm> terms = new ArrayList<SAPTerm>();
		try {
			// First create a new XMLInputFactory
			XMLInputFactory inputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
			// Setup a new eventReader
			InputStream in = new FileInputStream(configFile);
			XMLEventReader eventReader = inputFactory.createXMLEventReader(in);
			// Read the XML document
			SAPTerm term = null;
			SAPTermMono mono = null;
			SAPTermCrossRefer crossRefer = null;

			while (eventReader.hasNext()) {
				XMLEvent event = eventReader.nextEvent();

				if (event.isStartElement()) {
					// StartElement startElement = ;
					// If we have a item element we create a new item
					StartElement startElement = event.asStartElement();
					// If we have a item element we create a new item
					if (startElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (ENTRY)) {
						term = new SAPTerm();
						continue;
					}

					// mono
					if (startElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (MONO)) {
						mono = new SAPTermMono();
						continue;
						// event = eventReader.nextEvent();
					}

					if (startElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (SYNONYM)) {
						event = eventReader.nextEvent();
						mono.addDepSynonym(event.asCharacters().getData());
						continue;
						// event = eventReader.nextEvent();
					}

					if (startElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (ABBREV)) {
						event = eventReader.nextEvent();
						mono.addAbbrevs(event.asCharacters().getData());
						continue;
						// event = eventReader.nextEvent();
					}

					if (startElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (CROSSREFER)) {
						crossRefer = new SAPTermCrossRefer();
						continue;
						// event = eventReader.nextEvent();
					}
					if (startElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (CANFORM)) {
						event = eventReader.nextEvent();
						if (mono.getCanForm() == null) {
							mono.setCanForm(event.asCharacters().getData());
						} else {
							crossRefer.setCanForm(event.asCharacters()
									.getData());
						}
						continue;
					}
				}
				// If we reach the end of an item element we add it to the
				// list
				if (event.isEndElement()) {
					EndElement endElement = event.asEndElement();
					if (endElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (MONO)) {
						term.setMono(mono);
						continue;
					}
					if (endElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (CROSSREFER)) {
						term.addCrossRefers(crossRefer);
						continue;
					}
					if (endElement.getName().getLocalPart() == (ENTRY)) {
						terms.add(term);
						continue;
					}
				}

			}
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (XMLStreamException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		return terms;
	}

}