Recursive inclusion

[ThomasOatman]

I would like to create a hierarchical (nested) tree of xml files – one includes another, includes another.
Something like so:
AllTests
Suite1
TestCase1
TestCase2
Suite2
TestCase3
TestCase4

Using the ENTITY tag I am able to include Suite1 and Suite2 into the AllTests.xml. But then I get an error inside Suite1 on the DOCTYPE tag so it can’t include a file on its own.

I am very new at XML but I’ve been searching a lot – the only way I find to even include one XML into another is with the external entity. Is there another way? Does it support the nested inclusion I am trying to accomplish?


What I’ve done so far is just create my own <include file=”testcase1.xml” /> and have the app open the sub-xml and do another parse. But I was hoping to just have the parser (TinyXML/Xerces) do all the inclusion and spit out one object tree for the whole mess.

-thomas

 

[JontyMC]

You cannot do this with XML on its own. You'll need to use DOM or XSL.

Jon

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[ThomasOatman]

Thank you for the reply.

Any more details on how to get started or the syntax in the xml file?

I am actually using the Xerces DOM api (just starting). I was thinking to use the callback and when I see an include element to kick off another (recursive) parse and replace the include element node with a document node for the nested file.