I'd be interested if I could see how it would work. Kevin
--- Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > >Off hand, I can't think of an easy way to > incorporate an XML > >generator into the Export tool, or to iterate > through a sort template > >programmatically (with an appropriate hook to > generate XML). Maybe > >someone else will have some ideas. > > Since a search template only lists entries from a > single file in a single subscript level, > a simple FOR loop should do it, or am I missing > something here. > > f ien=0:0 s ien=^DIBT(template,1,ien)) q:'ien d > hook(ien) > > and in a separate message: > >What would be wonderful is a simple implementation > of a generic iterator > >based on a sort template that could then be > associated with any > >action we care to program (such as generating XML > serialization of > >file entries). > > What do you think a generic iterator should look > like? > > How would you use it? > > Why would that be wonderful? > > I have tried to initiate discussion on this topic > before but I don't know that anyone > understood or was interested. To me it is an > essential building block. > > There is a simple generic iterator included with > M2Web (see step^view2) that covers a > large class of multi-level MUMPS global data > structures, including most everything defined > by Fileman - even including composite cross > references. > > I have been thinking of rewriting it to clean up the > abstraction a little and make it more > object like so that, for instance, you could > maintain the state of multiple iterators in > memory at once. > > --------------------------------------- > Jim Self > Systems Architect, Lead Developer > VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis > (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux > Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, > straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you > need to get up to > speed, fast. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
