Re: [xml] Why <!DOCTYPE> considered as the root element

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:31:58AM +0300, k_f_d mail ru wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Can anyone explain me why I have the folllowing problem. Say, 
> I'm trying to parse with libxml the XML file like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE testfile SYSTEM "blah-blah">
> <root>
>   <child>
>     <elem attr="val"/>
>   </child>
> </root>
>
> libxml counts `testfile' as the root element -- the only element 
> in the document! If I removing the second line (<DOCTYPE...>), 
> the problem disappearing. What am I doing wrong?

  You're assuming doc->children is the root element, this is wrong !

  http://xmlsoft.org/html/libxml-tree.html#XMLDOCGETROOTELEMENT

Daniel

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