Re: [xml] Finding a specific element and its text value in an XML message

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 05:09:14PM -0500, Nidal Zeidat wrote:
> Hello
> I have a question. I am a first time libxml2 user. I am looking into
> using libxml2 to interpret incoming XML messages (whose XSD files I
> have) that I receive in a buffer from a server using TCP/IP connection.
> I noticed that libxml2 offers API that could help look for a certain
> element (by seraching for an xmlNode with xmlTextReaderNodeType() = 1),
> get and check its name (using xmlTextReaderConstName()) and if it is the
> right name (element I am looking for) get itx text value (by seraching
> for an xmlNode with xmlTextReaderNodeType() = 3). 

  you should use XML_READER_TYPE_ELEMENT, XML_READER_TYPE_TEXT, etc...
instead of their hardcoded values, see xmlReaderTypes in xmlreader.h for
the full list.

> Question:
> Is this the right way to parse an XML message and get the text values
> embedded in the message.?

  If there were only one right way, libxml2 would have only one API.
If it does the job for you then it's the right way for you, I don't know
how to be more precise w.r.t. your query.

Daniel

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