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I am considering using XML to track some items in an application I
wrote. Since I am new to using XML in anything besides the WWW, I am
not sure of the utilities that exist.

I need something that will allow me to read a value, write full files,
insert tags, delete tags, etc.

I have considered just banging out a quick program in C++ but figure
there has to be programs/api's already out there that will accomplish
what I need.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for this?

Thanks,

CJ

Curious Joe wrote:
> I need something that will allow me to read a value, write full files,
> insert tags, delete tags, etc.

XML parsers and serializers are available off-the-shelf, generally
implementing either the SAX (event-stream) or DOM (tree) APIs. You may
or may not want to leverage an XPath implementation as well, also
available as off-the-shelf code.

I'll cite the Apache Xerces and Xalan projects as one C++
implementation; others also exist.

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In article < .com>,
"Curious Joe" <> wrote:

> I am considering using XML to track some items in an application I
> wrote. Since I am new to using XML in anything besides the WWW, I am
> not sure of the utilities that exist.
>
> I need something that will allow me to read a value, write full files,
> insert tags, delete tags, etc.
>
> I have considered just banging out a quick program in C++ but figure
> there has to be programs/api's already out there that will accomplish
> what I need.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> CJ

libxml is very good; xerces is extensive but I find it a bit heavy and
the character handling can be a pain (maybe try the recipe in the C++
Cookbook [D.R. Stephens et al., pub. O'Reilly] to help you). You might
try TinyXML if your needs are not too demanding. For manipulation of an
existing xml into another xml, look at xslt and libxslt.

cheers
shaun