New to Expat - Help Required

[Sridhar]

HI All,

Currently writing a small program and here is my xml file and program.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<abc>
<featureKey id="F1/1">
<description>Lawful interception</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<noStop/>
</featureKey>
<featureKey id="F2/2">
<description>SS7 Signaling Over IP</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<stop>2000-01-01</stop>
</featureKey>
</abc>
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Here is my program
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "expat.h"
#define XMLFILENAME "l.xml"
/*
<featureKey id="F1/1">
<description>Lawful interception</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<noStop/>
</featureKey>
*/
typedef struct
{
int found;
char elementName[10];
char attrElementName[3][10];
char attrData[3][20];
char elementDesc[30];
int numberAttr;
} FEATUREKEY,*FEATUREKEY_INFO;
static void XMLCALL startElement(void *userData, const char *name,
const char **atts)
{
int word = 0;
FEATUREKEY_INFO F = userData;
FEATUREKEY_INFO C = userData;
if (strcmp(name, "featureKey") == 0)
{
F->found = 1;
strcpy(F->elementName, name);
while(*atts) /* element */
{
sprintf(F->attrElementName[word],"%s",
*atts++);
sprintf(F->attrData[word],"%s", *atts++);
if (strcmp(name, "description") == 0)
sprintf(F->elementDesc,"%s", *atts++);
word++;
}
F->numberAttr = word;
}
if (strcmp(name, "description") == 0)
word=0;
if (strcmp(name, "capacityKey") == 0)
{
C->found = 1;
strcpy(C->elementName, name);
while(*atts) /* element */
{
sprintf(C->attrElementName[word],"%s",
*atts++);
sprintf(C->attrData[word],"%s", *atts++);
word++;
}
C->numberAttr = word;
}
}
static void XMLCALL endElement(void *userData, const char *name)
{
}
static void XMLCALL charHandler(void *userData, const XML_Char *s, int
len)
{
int i;
int currentAttr;
FEATUREKEY_INFO pMy = userData;
if (pMy->found == 1)
{
printf("\n\nelementName: %s", pMy->elementName);
for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
printf("%c", s);
}
printf("NumberATTR: %d \n", pMy->numberAttr);
for (currentAttr = 0; currentAttr < pMy->numberAttr;
currentAttr++)
{
printf("attrElementName %d: %s", currentAttr,
pMy->attrElementName[currentAttr]);
printf("\nattrData %d: %s\n", currentAttr,
pMy->attrData[currentAttr]);
printf("\nelementDesc %d: %s\n", currentAttr,
pMy->elementDesc);
}
pMy->found = 0;
}
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
FILE *xmlfile;
char buf[BUFSIZ];
FEATUREKEY_INFO pMyData;
XML_Parser parser = XML_ParserCreate(NULL);
int done;
pMyData = malloc(sizeof(FEATUREKEY));
pMyData->found = 0;
pMyData->numberAttr = 0;
XML_SetUserData(parser, pMyData);
XML_SetElementHandler(parser, startElement, endElement);
XML_SetCharacterDataHandler(parser, charHandler);
printf("Opening File\n");
if ((xmlfile = fopen (XMLFILENAME, "r")) == NULL)
{
printf("Error opening XML file\n");
return -1;
}

do
{
size_t len = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), xmlfile);
done = len < sizeof(buf);
if (XML_Parse(parser, buf, len, done) ==
XML_STATUS_ERROR)
{
printf("%s at line %d\n",
XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(parser)), XML_GetCurrentLineNum
ber(parser));
return 1;
}
} while (!done);
XML_ParserFree(parser);
fclose(xmlfile);
free(pMyData);
return 0;
}
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Here I am able to print and grab information of featureKey ids but not
able to get attached attributes of featurekey ids. Please let me know
how to do it.

Thanks and Regards,
Sridhar
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Karl Waclawek]

HI All,

Currently writing a small program and here is my xml file and program.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<abc>
<featureKey id="F1/1">
<description>Lawful interception</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<noStop/>
</featureKey>
<featureKey id="F2/2">
<description>SS7 Signaling Over IP</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<stop>2000-01-01</stop>
</featureKey>
</abc>
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Here I am able to print and grab information of featureKey ids but not
able to get attached attributes of featurekey ids. Please let me know
how to do it.

I don't understand your question.
The only attributes in your XML file are named "id".

Karl

 

[Arjun Ray]

typedef struct
{
int found;
char elementName[10];
char attrElementName[3][10];
char attrData[3][20];
char elementDesc[30];
int numberAttr;
} FEATUREKEY,*FEATUREKEY_INFO;

sprintf(F->attrElementName[word],"%s", *atts++);

I hope you won't do something quite so dangerous in any kind of serious
program. ;-)

Here I am able to print and grab information of featureKey ids but not
able to get attached attributes of featurekey ids. Please let me know
how to do it.

You are thoroughly confused about elements, attributes, and "ids", so your
description of your problem makes no sense. You should read the XML spec
to learn the difference between elements and attributes.

You can gain further insight by studying the output of these handlers in
place of yours:

static void XMLCALL charHandler(void *userData, const XML_Char *s, int
len)
{
printf( "DATA passed to charHandler (%d characters):\n", len ) ;
printf( "==>%*s", len, s ) ;
printf( "\nEND OF DATA (%d characters)\n", len ) ;
}

static void XMLCALL startElement(void *userData, const char *name,
const char **atts)
{
const char *np ;
const char *vp ;

puts( "ENTERING startElement() handler!!!" ) ;
printf( "\tELEMENT at this point is: [%s]\n", name ) ;
printf( "\tAND ATTRIBUTES of [%s] are:\n" ) ;
while ( *atts ) {
np = *atts++ ;
vp = *atts ;
if ( vp ) {
printf( "\t\t[%s] ==> [%s]\n", np, vp ) ;
atts++ ;
}
}
puts( "RETURNING from startElement() handler!!!" ) ;
}

static void XMLCALL endElement(void *userData, const char *name)
{
printf( "End of ELEMENT [%s] reported by parser!!!\n", name ) ;
}

In particular, observe *how many times* startElement() and endElement()
are called, and at what points in relation to your XML input file.

 

[Arjun Ray]

printf( "\tAND ATTRIBUTES of [%s] are:\n" ) ;

That should be

printf( "\tAND ATTRIBUTES of [%s] are:\n", name ) ;

Sorry about that.

 

[Sridhar]

HI,

I am sorry to confused a lot, but I am new to these environments (XML
and Expat). Acutally I need to extract information in <featureKey> &
</featureKey>
tags (HTML Word) put in a data structure. In this case 2 records of
information one for each <featureKey> & </featureKey> set. Please let
me know how to do this using Expat.

<featureKey id="F1/1">
<description>Lawful interception</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<noStop/>
</featureKey>
<featureKey id="F2/2">
<description>SS7 Signaling Over IP</description>
<start>2000-01-01</start>
<stop>2000-01-01</stop>
</featureKey>

I hope now clearly explained the problem.
Thanks and Regards,
Sridhar
(e-mail address removed)