Re: expat

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I remember some conversations about an expat port. Who's done it, where
> is it, and it's OSS, right?

Expat actually works almost "out of the box" on the iSeries, the only part
that doesn't work is the configure script.

I've converted the source files from stream files to source members,
created my own configuration member, and created a CL program that
compiles it...  I've also written RPG prototypes for some of the functions
(the ones that I use in HTTPAPI, or the ones that I've experimented with)

However, I have not written any documentation on how to use Expat on the
iSeries.  You'll have to learn from the standard expat documentation.
(Should be no problem if you're a C programmer, but maybe a little tricky
if you're not...)

You can download my ported copy as a save file (pre-compiled, but
including the source) from:
  http://www.scottklement.com/expat/expat-1.95.7.savf

It's also included and built from source upon request when you install the
current beta version of HTTPAPI.  (HTTPAPI uses it for XML parsing when
working with web services)
  http://www.scottklement.com/httpapi/

The main Expat project page (including some docs on how to use it) is:
  http://www.libexpat.org


> I'm going to start working on an OSS project for file transfers using MQ
> Series and expat is the way I want to go.

Good luck.