Re: [xml] Traversing a XML Document

["William M. Brack" <wbrack mmm com hk>]

Dinesh Ahuja said:
> I have written a function which traverse a XML
> document and prints the name of the each node.
>
> Suppose I am traversing XML document which is as below
> :
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <story>
> </story>
>
> My traversing function is as follows :
>
> void myTraverseDocument(xmlNodePtr pNodePtr) {
>
> xmlNodePtr pTempPtr = NULL;
> pTempPtr = pNodePtr->xmlChildrenNode;
>
> while (pTempPtr != NULL) {
>
> printf("Element Name is : %s
> \n",(char*)pTempPtr->name);
> pTempPtr = pTempPtr->next;
> if (pTempPtr != NULL) {
> if (pTempPtr->xmlChildrenNode != NULL) {
>       myTraverseDocument(pTempPtr);
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> The output of this function come as :
> Root Node Name is : story
> Element Name is : text
>
> Can anyone explain me why this text is coming and from
> where this node with a name text has come ?
>
> I made a change in the above function by introducing
> the check on the node type and the output came as per
> my expectations.
>
> if (pTempPtr->type != XML_TEXT_NODE ) {
> printf("Element Name is : %s
> \n",(char*)pTempPtr->name);
> }
>
> The output of the modified function is as follows:
> Root Node Name is : story
>
> Please let me know whether I am right in making the
> changes in above function.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Dinesh-Ahuja

Let me answer your question with a question: have you looked at the
FAQ that accompanies the library?  Or from the net, try
http://xmlsoft.org/FAQ.html#Developer and look at Paragraph 3?

Bill