RE: XML parsing (RPG commands)

Jim,

You may want to take a look at Scott Klement's HTTPAPI. It includes a parser called XPAT that will probably be better than XML-INTO and XML-SAX for what you are trying to do.

Matt

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lowary, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:33 AM
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Subject: XML parsing (RPG commands)

I've just started looking at the commands and XML-INTO and XML-SAX .
It seems that both of these expect to have a DataStructure with the
names for the fields to match the element tags and attribute names. Is
this correct, or am I missing something?

I will have a vendors file that will have tags with "-" (dashes) in
them, not a valid RPG field name, so how do you handle this? Also some
of the elements/attribute names could be longer than what RPG allows for
fields length name.
Ie: <reference-id> 12345678-01</reference-id>
<vehicle-savlage-obtain-date>20090101</vehicle-savlage-obtain-date>

Do I go back to brute force and code the decode myself? Getting the
vendor to change is not an option.

I just hope I am missing something!

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
-- Jim Lowary