On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Jesse Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I won't ask about the two versions, though "don't ask" usually means > "this really should be fixed." It's a software requirement... nothing that can be done :-) > > > Are you sure that the two versions so different that you can't get the > desired output with DOMWriter feature flags and a DOMWriterFilter? Or > is that what you're trying to do? (Remember, I don't know anything > about your implementation, because I haven't seen any code...) Possibly i could use those options, but knowing the position of a node would make things much more easier even for other simple tasks. Thanks. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nuno Ferreira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to know a node position in the tree > > The problem is that i want to put in a string a slightly different XML, > therefore the method writeToString doesn't work for me. Basically my > application has an XML for users and an deviated XML version for the > machine > to work with. So basically my application has to manually translate the > XML > for users. > > > P.S. don't ask about the two versions. ;-) > > Thanks. > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Jesse Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you're trying to serialize a document to a string, why not use > > DOMWriter::writeToString()? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nuno Ferreira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: How to know a node position in the tree > > > > Imagining that some info might be not present, like in the following > > example, Michael has no age > > > > Example: > > > > <population> > > <person> > > <name>John</name> > > <age>54</age> > > </person> > > <person> > > <name>Michael</name> > > </person> > > </population> > > > > I want to write the previous XML to a continuous string: > > > > char* xml = > > > "<population><person><name>John</name><age>54</age></person><person><nam > > e>Michael</name></person></population>" > > > > since i'm reading the XML file from the top i get: > > > > field name: population ; field value: > > field name: person ; field value: > > field name: name ; field value: John > > field name: age ; field value: 54 > > field name: person ; field value: > > field name: name ; field value: Michael > > > > What i need to know is that after the age from John, i need to close > the > > tag > > person </person> and open a new one <person>... Since the age might be > > not > > present, the closing tag </person> might come after the </name> tag. > > This is why i'm asking if there is a way to know if the tag i'm > reading > > now > > is in a different depth in the tree compared to the previous tag. > > > > If this is not possible, you are welcome to suggest other approaches > :-) > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Jesse Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm going to make a wild guess that you're looking for, say, <name> > > > elements in the document, then processing them. Then you do the same > > > thing for <age> elements, and you need to make sure that "John" ends > > up > > > with an age of "54" and not some other age. > > > > > > If that's the case, I think you need to invert your processing > model. > > > Instead of searching for <name> and <age> elements, look for > <person> > > > elements and process the children of each one. All the children of > a > > > given <person> element will relate to the same person if your > > documents > > > are rational. > > > > > > If I'm off base, maybe you should send a short code sample that > > > demonstrates what you're trying to do. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nuno Ferreira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:40 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: How to know a node position in the tree > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > i'm using DOM and XPath from Xerces 3.0.0b > > > Basically in the following example, I want to know that after the > > <age> > > > tag, > > > this person info is over and another one might come next. So i have > to > > > know > > > that the second <person> tag comes first in the tree compared to > > <name> > > > or > > > <age>. > > > > > > Hope i made myself clear this time. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > <population> > > > <person> > > > <name>John</name> > > > <age>54</age> > > > </person> > > > <person> > > > (...) > > > </person> > > > </population> > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Jesse Pelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I think you'll need to say a little more. Are you using DOM or > SAX? > > > > What do you mean by "one level behind?" Do you want to know if > one > > > node > > > > is the parent of another? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nuno Ferreira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:40 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: How to know a node position in the tree > > > > > > > > I tried a couple of tricks to see if a node is positioned one > level > > > > behind > > > > in the tree but none of them worked. > > > > > > > > How to check if the current node is one level behind in the tree > > > > compared to > > > > the previous one? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > >
