On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Epanda wrote: > > > > Epanda wrote: > >> > >> I would like to know if we can parse XML with regexp faster than with > >> an MSXML or Xerces library ? > > > > I just want to parse an XML and I have seen that the XML!!Parser of > > Perl based on Expat is the most faster ofth world, I don't know Twig. > > > > My XML is classical : > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?> > > <!DOCTYPE CONF_INST SYSTEM "dtd_conf_inst.dtd"> > > > > <ROOT_NODE VERS="1.0"> > > <NODE1 TAG="VD/N1" SERIAL="3HHE"> > > <C> > > <ID>OM</ID> > > <VAL>SAT</VAL> > > </C> > > <C> > > <ID>TPS</ID> > > <VAL>3E+01</VAL> > > </C> > > </NODE1> > > </ROOT_NODE> > > > > but can be very big. > > XML::Twig is built on Expat, and is especially good at processing large > files > one element at a time instead of loading the whole file into memory first. > For > instance, if your data consists of multiple independent <NODE1> elements > XML::Twig can be set up to process them individually and so save memory. > Take a > look here http://www.xmltwig.com/xmltwig/ > > But if you are hoping to write something that is faster than MSXML or > Xerces you > may be unsucessful. Perl also has XML::LibXML and XML::Xerces modules as > well if > you want to try those. > > What do you need to do with the data? It may be possible with regular > expressions if the data is consistently formatted. > > Rob > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > Hi ! I am using use XML::SAX::ParserFactory . I want to know whether it's a better alternative than suggested so far in this thread or not ? If not, please suggest. Regards, Amit Saxena
