Hi! Taking minor liberties with your code (for clarity), the following gives pretty much the same result as your handle-xml function:
(ns blah (:require [clojure.xml :as xml] [clojure.zip :as zip]) (:use clojure.contrib.zip-filter.xml)) (defn my-test [] (doseq [x (xml-> (zip/xml-zip (xml/parse "/my-path-to/GANGLIA.xml")) :CLUSTER :HOST :METRIC (fn [loc] [[(xml1-> (zip/up loc) (attr :NAME)) (xml1-> loc (attr :NAME)) (xml1-> loc (attr :VAL)) (xml1-> loc (attr :TN))]]))] (apply println x))) The call to zip/xml-zip creates a zipper object, a simple trick to travel around xml. Each argument to xml-> (after the first) drills down the tree. The last argument, once I've drilled down to the :METRIC node, collects the attributes you're interested in. The sourcecode has handy examples to play along with. For your reference: http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-contrib/blob/81b9e71effbaf6aa2945cd684802d87c762cdcdd/src/clojure/contrib/zip_filter/xml.clj#L94 Note: If you print the zipper object, its representation will be pretty, pretty big. If that's a problem, remember to call zip/node at the end, as per the examples. Or do the crazy thing I do, which is to customize print-method (specifying each zipper object's :type metadata), so it'll have a tiny representation like: #<ganglia gmond> Hope that makes sense, Tayssir On Dec 2, 4:51 pm, 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