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This example application demonstrates the usage of the XML framework API to parse XML and WBXML files.
The overview contains the following sections:
The example application demonstrates, how to use the XML framework
to parse XML and WBXML files. It takes a valid XML file with a DTD
(Document Type Declaration) definining its structure, and a WBXML
(WAP Binary XML format) file as input. You can generate a WBXML file
from an XML file using any freeware converters. The application's bld.inf
file specifies the target path to which all the
three files (XML, DTD, WBXML) need to be exported.
The application implements all the pure virtual functions of the Xml::MContentHandler class, which is a client interface to the XML framework. These functions inform the client application about the XML element being parsed, its content, parser errors if any and so on.
The XML and WBXML
files are parsed using an object of the Xml::CParser class. The parser object is configured to report namespace mappings
to the client application, using the function Xml::CParser::EnableFeature()
.
The application first opens a file session using RFs
to read the XML and WBXML files. Then, the Xml::ParseL() function is called to start parsing the files.
The application parses the XML file followed by the WBXML file. While
these files are being parsed, status messages are printed to the console
by the callback functions as and when they are invoked.
For
demonstration purposes, the XML file is parsed twice, once by the Xml::CParser object created using the MIME type and again
by the CParser
object created using match data criteria.
The match data criteria are specified using an object of the Xml::CMatchData class, which is passed to the Xml::CParser::NewLC()
function while creating the parser
object. This will return a CParser
object that matches
the specified MIME type, variant and so on.
Xml::MContentHandler
Xml::RDocumentParameters
Xml::RAttributeArray
Xml::CMatchData
The Symbian platform build process describes how to build an application.
The XmlExample
builds an executable
called xmlexample.exe
in the standard location
(\epoc32\release\winscw\<build_variant>
for
CodeWarrior). After launching the executable, depending on the emulator
you are using, you may need to task away from the application launcher/shell
screen to view the console.