Re: Parse a XML file with RPGLE

From: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sep 16, 2010 2:56 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Parse a XML file with RPGLE

Hi Mike,

The data isn't human-readable because the data in the 'Buff' variable is
either ASCII or Unicode (which is the norm with XML data -- and is
required by Expat.)

The output from Expat to your RPG subprocedures (the start, end, and
chardata handlers) should be in UCS-2 unicode, easy to read and work
with from your RPG program.

Are you just curious about the Buff variable? Or is it causing a
problem for you?



On 9/16/2010 1:08 PM, Mike Barnett wrote:

Hello List,

I have a request to parse a XML file in a rpg program. Iâm experimenting with the expat parser I downloaded from Scott Klementâs website (great stuff!!) to parse a XML file from the ifs. Iâm using the sample program (CHARDATA1) from the download â pretty straight forward. When I run the program and put it in debug, after the code:
len = read(fd: %addr(Buff): %size(Buff));
I check the Buff variable and I see garbage â I canât make out the xml. Iâve tried several xml files and all display the same. Has anyone had a similar problem using the expat parser? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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