From: Gavin Kistner <phrogz@...>
Date: 2011-09-05T04:15:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and XML

Welcome to Ruby. I concur with the other post that Nokogiri is even better than REXML.

I don't fully understand your goal or the problem you mentioned about siblings. Can you post a small sample XML and the output you'd like to get from it?

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On Sep 4, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Bob Aiello <raiello@acm.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I am new to Ruby and trying to use it to parse XML files so that I can verify that name/value pairs in two (or more) XML files are defined consistently
> 
> I have been trying to use the rexml API
> http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/
> 
> The website has been down a lot lately and I haven't found too many other sources for information
> 
> Here is a snippet of my code
> 
> require "rexml/document"
> include REXML
> 
> file1 = File.new( "test.xml" )
> doc1 = REXML::Document.new file1
> names1 = XPath.each(doc1, "//name") { |e|}
> values1 = XPath.each(doc1, "//value") { |e|}
> now I can parse names1 and values1 and then do the same for the second XML file.
> This approach is not great because it does ensure that the name/value pairs are siblings.
> 
> I am wondering if there is a better way to do this.
> 
> Any help would be great appreciated. BTW - I would welcome articles on using Ruby for configuration, release and deployment management on CM Crossroads (www.cmcrossroads.com)
> 
> Bob Aiello
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/BobAiello
> bob.aiello@ieee.org