On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:22:21 -0000, Andrew S. Townley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm looking for a good SAX implementation for Ruby to do some XML > parsing. I see from the mailing list archives you've just added the > pull-based XML::Reader based on the Microsoft C# API, but I want "real" > SAX-based event-driven parsing. > Are you sure? The new reader API is nice... :) > I also noticed that the current support for this in the library is based > on the now deprecated SAXv1 interface rather than the newer SAX2 > interface. Is there any plans to migrate this or change it? Also, I > think it would be worthwhile implementing a filter mechanism similar to > the Java SAX API's XMLReader, XMLFilter and friends (originally, I saw > the XML::Reader subject in the archives and thought it may have been > already done). > > Any info would be most appreciated. My C is really rusty (did a little > about 3 years ago, but haven't seriously done anything with it for about > 6 years), and I've never written a Ruby extension before. However, I'd > really rather use Ruby for my project than Python (which already has all > of this stuff) because I just like Ruby better. I might be able to > help, but I probably won't be the most efficient person in the world to > do this. > There are no current plans integrate the SAX2 interface from libxml2, but that's not to say there never will be. If you're willing to help there's a better chance it'll happen, but right now I don't have the time myself to work on it. I think it's a great idea to Alternatively, you could file a feature request at [1], so anyone else who wants this will know they're not alone (and so will we ;)). Cheers, Ross [1] http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=1974&group_id=494&func=browse -- Ross Bamford - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ libxml-devel mailing list libxml-devel@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/libxml-devel
