If you only need to create simple, highly stereotyped documents, you might get up to speed more quickly by just generating text. A DOM implementation makes it much easier to read, write, and use more varied and/or complex documents, as well as ensuring that character encodings, namespaces, and the like are handled correctly. If you're confident you can handle such issues correctly yourself, by all means do so; if you're not sure what I'm talking about, Xerces will save you many headaches.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gareth Reakes > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gareth Reakes > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DOMWriter Questions > > Hi, > > > DOMImplementation *impl = > > > DOMImplementationRegistry::getDOMImplementation(XMLString::tra > nscode("Core")); > > It specifies a specific implementation to use. For example Core or > Load/Save. Take a look at the specs a tutorial or the docs > for more info > > http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/apiDocs/classDOMImplementationR > egistry.html > > > > > 2. What does XMLString::transcode("...") do, and why > > is it needed? > > It converts from a string to the internal xerces format which supports > UTF16. Again, take a look at the docs for more info > > http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/apiDocs/classXMLString.html#z985_14 > > > > 3. What is the advantage of creating your own XML > > document using the Xerces CreateDocument API versus > > just encoding the XML string manually? I'm new to > > XML, and to be honest, I don't quite see the advantage > > of creating your own document. It seems much easier > > to encode the string manually. In both cases, you > > would need to know the structure of the tree. > > If I follow you correctly here then I think you are suggesting just > building a string up that is XML. If this is the case then > you would not > be able to call any of the methods that DOm supports on this > string. It > would be hard to ensure the XML is well formed and very hard > to manipulate > it. > > > Gareth > > -- > Gareth Reakes, Managing Director +44-1865-811184 > Parthenon Computing http://www.parthcomp.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
