Try the clojure.xml namespace. There's a funciton parse in there that should help.
On Dec 2, 10:51 am, Dennis <shr3ks...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > Being new to clojure, I am having a difficult time parsing XML in an elegant > manner. I am pulling metric information from a ganglia server as XML and > then parsing it. The below function works but it makes me feel icky. I was > hoping for some tips. > > The "dc" variable contains a map with some data center information (not > really interesting), and the "stream" variable comes from http.agent. > > (defn handle-xml [dc stream] > (let [xml-out (xml-seq (parse (http/stream stream)))] > (doseq [x xml-out] > (doseq [y (:content x)] > (doseq [z (:content y)] > (doseq [a (:content z)] > (println (:dc dc) (:NAME (:attrs z)) (:NAME (:attrs a)) (:VAL (:attrs > a)) (:TN (:attrs a))))))))) > > The XML is of the form: > ganglia > multiple clusters > multiple hosts > multiple metrics > > Example of the XML: > <GANGLIA_XML VERSION="3.0.7" SOURCE="gmond"> > <CLUSTER NAME="cluster.example.com" LOCALTIME="1258396022" > OWNER="unspecified" LATLONG="unspecified" URL="unspecified"> > <HOST NAME="server.example.com" IP="127.0.0.1" REPORTED="1258396019" TN="3" > TMAX="20" DMAX="86400" LOCATION="unspe > cified" GMOND_STARTED="1255757736"> > <METRIC NAME="disk_total" VAL="1320.124" TYPE="double" UNITS="GB" TN="6684" > TMAX="1200" DMAX="0" SLOPE="both" SOURCE="gmond"/> > <METRIC NAME="cpu_speed" VAL="2493" TYPE="uint32" UNITS="MHz" TN="682" > TMAX="1200" DMAX="0" SLOPE="zero" SOURCE="gmond"/> > ... > > Thanks, > Dennis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en