[vtkusers] XMLDataParser for generic xml parsing

[Gerrick Bivins]

Perfect!!!
Thanks Dave!
Gerrick


On 8/19/08 12:52 PM, "David E DeMarle" <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Gerrick,
> 
> Try calling parser->SetIgnoreCharacterData(0).
> 
> The original vtk formats don't let the parser read the character data. The
> potentially large data stored there is instead read elsewhere, much more
> quickly and with much less memory overhead.
> 
> I added the Ignore flag a while back for a new reader which does get the data
> from the parser.
> 
> cheers,
> Dave DeMarle
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Gerrick Bivins <gbivins at objectreservoir.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> Can I use vtkXMLDataParser to parse any xml file. It seems like all the
>> calls are there in the API but when I attempt to read one of my own xml
>> files, the GetCharacterData() for nested components is empty.
>> 
>> Here is the sample function:
>> 
>> protected void parseXMLComponentsDefinitionFile(String xmlFileName,
>>                                                    java.util.List<String>
>> filteredComponents)
>>    {
>>       vtkXMLDataParser parser = new vtkXMLDataParser();
>>       parser.SetFileName(xmlFileName);
>>       if( parser.Parse() == 1)
>>       {
>>          vtkXMLDataElement root = parser.GetRootElement();
>>          //vtkXMLDataElement components =
>> root.LookupElementWithName("components");
>>          int numberOfComponents = root.GetNumberOfNestedElements();
>>          for(int i = 0; i < numberOfComponents; ++i)
>>          {
>>             vtkXMLDataElement component = root.GetNestedElement(i);
>>             vtkXMLDataElement componentID = component.GetNestedElement(0);
>>             vtkXMLDataElement componentName = component.GetNestedElement(1);
>>             vtkXMLDataElement componentType = component.GetNestedElement(2);
>>             String id = componentID.GetCharacterData();//<== this is empty
>>             System.out.println(id);
>>             if( filteredComponents.contains(id))
>>             {
>>                String [] componentInfo = {componentName.GetCharacterData(),
>>                                           componentType.GetCharacterData()};
>>                componentsMap.put(id, componentInfo);
>>             }
>>          }
>>       }
>>       else
>>       {
>> 
>>       }
>> 
>>    }
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