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XML2Tree function

Tags: Pascal, Lazarus, Firefox 2.0
Here is my XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<company list="company">
  <companys name="Rollsroyce AB" title="">
      <task name="2008-05-15 | Install Printer">
            <timeasumption name="Time Asumption">0900 Arrives to Customer</timeasumption>
            <packagedelivery name="Package Delivery">HP JET3456n</packagedelivery>
      </task>
  </companys>
  <companys name="The Hammer AB" title="">
      <task name="2008-05-15 | Install Laptop">
            <timeasumption name="Time Asumption">0900 Arrives to Customer</timeasumption>
            <packagedelivery name="Package Delivery">HP 6456n</packagedelivery>
      </task>
  </companys>
</company>

Using the code:

procedure TForm1.XML2Tree(tree: TTreeView; XMLDoc: TXMLDocument);
var
  iNode: TDOMNode;

  procedure ProcessNode(Node: TDOMNode; TreeNode: TTreeNode);
  var
    cNode: TDOMNode;
  begin
    if Node = nil then Exit; // Stops if reached a leaf

    // Adds a node to the tree
   // TreeNode := tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode, Node.NodeName);
 TreeNode := tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode, Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue);

    // Goes to the child node
    cNode := Node.FirstChild;

    // Processes all child nodes
    while cNode <> nil do
    begin
    ProcessNode(cNode, TreeNode);
     cNode := cNode.NextSibling;
    end;
  end;

begin
  iNode := XMLDoc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
  while iNode <> nil do
  begin
    ProcessNode(iNode, nil); // Recursive
    iNode := iNode.NextSibling;
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Document: TXMLDocument;
begin
Document := NiL;
ReadXMLFile(Documento, 'C:\config.xml');
XML2Tree(ListView1,Document);
end;

Somehow, in Lazarus, i get a strange crash at:

TreeNode := tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode, Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue);

Cause what i want, is each Value/Text, on each node to be displayed and added to the ThreeList
like this:

+ Rollsroyce AB
     + 2008-05-15 | Install Printer
           + Time Asumption
                  + 0900 Arrives to Customer
           + Package Delivery
                  + HP JET3456n

Im quite new to XML and especielly this type of coding, could someone give me a hand?

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Zone: Programming
Question Asked By: fjocke
Solution Provided By: charlesgates22
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05.16.2008 at 12:20AM PDT, ID: 21580570

Rank: Master

is anything nil ?

Node = nil ?

Does node have Attributes ?
Attributes.Count > 0 ?

Is NodeValue a Variant ?
VarToStr(Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue) ?

What kind of crash ?
 
05.16.2008 at 06:17PM PDT, ID: 21587586
DOM nodes that have node values are considered to have a single text element child node.  because of this I believe you are crashing because "0900 Arrives to Customer" is being processed as one of your child nodes and a text node does not contain attributes.  therefore Node.attributes[0].nodevalue crashs.

try something like this for your procedure ProcessNode: (can't guarantee my syntax is exactly right)
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procedure ProcessNode(Node: TDOMNode; TreeNode: TTreeNode);
var
  cNode: TDOMNode;
begin
  if Node = nil then Exit; // Stops if reached a leaf
 
  // Adds a node to the tree
  // TEXT_NODE is a constant in the unit xmldom
  if Node.nodetype = TEXT_NODE then
    tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode,Node.nodeValue)
  else
  begin
    TreeNode := tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode, Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue);
 
    // Goes to the child node
    cNode := Node.FirstChild;
 
    // Processes all child nodes
    while cNode <> nil do
    begin
    ProcessNode(cNode, TreeNode);
     cNode := cNode.NextSibling;
    end;
  end;
end;
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05.19.2008 at 10:07AM PDT, ID: 21599597
Well, there a couple of solutions I would suggest:

Solution 1:
This solution is based on your xml sample.  I am going on the assumption that the xml would stay the same.based on node names, attribute names etc.  If your xml structure changes then this code would also need to change.

Be warned however, that this first solution is very specific and makes a lot of assumptions that the xml is consistently the same.


Solution 2:
I would change your xml structure to be a little more generic (assuming you can) so that node names do not matter.  The only draw back is the XML2Tree solution would change slightly.

I suggest:
<company list="company">
  <item name="Rollsroyce AB">
      <item name="2008-05-15 | Install Printer">
            <item name="Time Asumption">
                <item>0900 Arrives to Customer</item>
            </item>
            <item name="Package Delivery">
                <item>HP JET3456n</item>
            </item>
      </item>
  </item>
  <item name="The Hammer AB" title="">
      <item name="2008-05-15 | Install Laptop">
            <item name="Time Asumption">
                <item>0900 Arrives to Customer</item>
            </item>
            <item name="Package Delivery">
                <item>HP 6456n</item>
            </item>
      </item>
  </item>
</company>
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// Solution 1:
procedure Tree2XML(ADoc: TXMLDocument);
begin
  // Assuming ADoc.Active = True and ADoc.DocumentElement exists
  ProcessTreeNode(Tree.Items.GetFirstNode,ADoc.DocumentElement);
end;
 
procedure ProcessTreeNode(TreeNode: TTreeNode; XMLNode: IXMLNode);
var
  NewNode: IXMLNode;
begin
  if Assigned(TreeNode) and Assigned(XMLNode) then
  begin
    // Figure out what node to create.
    // I believe the level property on a tree node is 0 based.
    // You might want to double check.
    case TreeNode.Level of
      0: begin
           NewNode := XMLNode.AddChild('companys');
           NewNode.Attributes['name'] := TreeNode.Text;
           ProcessTreeNode(TreeNode.getNext,NewNode);
         end;
      1: begin
           NewNode := XMLNode.AddChild('task');
           NewNode.Attributes['name'] := TreeNode.Text;
           ProcessTreeNode(TreeNode.getNext,NewNode);
         end;
      else begin
           with XMLNode.AddChild('timeassumption') do
           begin
             Attributes['name'] := TreeNode.Text;
             NodeValue := TreeNode.getFirstChild.Text;
           end;
           with XMLNode.AddChild('packagedelivery') do
           begin
             Attributes['name'] := TreeNode.getNextSibling.Text;
             NodeValue := TreeNode.getNextSibling.getFirstChild.Text;
           end;
         end;
    end;
  end;
end;
 
 
// Solution 2:
procedure Tree2XML(ADoc: TXMLDocument);
begin
  // Assuming ADoc.Active = True and ADoc.DocumentElement exists
  ProcessTreeNode(Tree.Items.GetFirstNode,ADoc.DocumentElement);
end;
 
procedure ProcessTreeNode(TreeNode: TTreeNode; XMLNode: IXMLNode);
var
  NewNode: IXMLNode;
begin
  if Assigned(TreeNode) and Assigned(XMLNode) then
  begin
    // If a tree node does not have any children then don't add the
    // TreeNode.Text as an attribute, add it as a NodeValue.
    if not TreeNode.hasChildren then
      with XMLNode.AddChild('item') do
        NodeValue := TreeNode.Text;
    else
    begin
      NewNode := XMLNode.AddChild('item');
      NewNode.Attributes['name'] := TreeNode.Text;
      ProcessTreeNode(TreeNode.getFirstChild,NewNode);
    end;
    ProcessTreeNode(TreeNode.getNextSibling,XMLNode);
  end;
end;
 
// If you use Solution 2 make this change to your XML2Tree ProcessNode
// procedure.
// Substitue this code for the line:
// TreeNode := 
// tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode,Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue);
if Node.HasAttribute('name') then
  tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode,Node.Attributes[0].NodeValue)
else
  tree.Items.AddChild(TreeNode,Node.NodeValue); 
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05.21.2008 at 10:54PM PDT, ID: 21621246
Problem here is that i use Lazarus so IXMLNode does not exist, but only IXMLNode. So i have to settle
with TDOMNode. Which does not have the function AddChild directly, but only AppendChild.

Any clues there?
 
 
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