From: ruud grosmann <r.grosmann@...>
Date: 2008-07-31T16:51:21+09:00
Subject: Re: libxml: is it possible not to use doctype declaration?

hi Mark,

thanks for this hint. I had decided libxslt was not for me because of
a probblem with garbage collection after starting to use it (see other
post).
So a good alternative is welcome. I'll check it out later this week.

regards, Ruud

On 31/07/2008, Mark Guzman <segfault@hasno.info> wrote:
> Give fastxml a try. It's also a ruby interface to libxml.
> http://github.com/segfault/fastxml/tree/master
> http://fastxml.rubyforge.org/
>  --mg
>
> ruud grosmann wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> I have tried to find elements in XML documents with xpath expression
>> support in libxml:
>>
>> require 'xml/libxml'
>> doc = XML::Document.file( file)
>> node = doc.find_first( 'doc/p[@att]/@att')
>>
>> This works fine, but not if the document contains a doctype
>> declaration with a system identifier. For some reason, libxml tries to
>> resolve it. Leading to significant performances issues.
>>
>> Is there a way to tell the Document-object that it should ignore the
>> doctype declaration if present? Or should I first remove the
>> declaration from the document before calling new?
>>
>> regard, Ruud
>>
>>
>
>