xml-help

[Ator]

hi

Using parser, how can i deal with xml tags?
For example, having

<aaa>...</aaa>
<bbb>...</bbb>
<ccc>...</ccc>
<ddd>...</ddd>
<eee>...</eee>
<fff>...</fff>

and $currentTag = <aaa>
can i see the value of tag <fff>;

 

[goBoating]

If you use the available XML-Parser and XML-DOM modules, you can read the entire document into a memory structure. Once read, you can access any subdivision (node) in the XML document. That having been said/typed, I find myself wandering away from using those modules. They work as advertised, but, if you are reading big XML files, then they used large amounts of memory and can be quite slow.

If your XML structure is fairly simple and consistent, I would use a little regex stuff to parse the file and build a memory structure of just those elements that I really need. This avoids a lot of overhead the modules bring and uses a minumum of memory.

Conversely, if your XML is complex and inconsistent, then, buy some more memory and use the modules.

just my $.02 'hope this helps

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