RE: XML parser: Xerces documentation
Hello and thanks for that. Attempting to install and Xerces parser, I downloaded Xerces-J-bin.2.2.1.zip. In it I found the copious install and demos you talk of as an exact duplicate of the web site! I think to author the documentation someone simply went into his /her browser and and hit file-save as! (sorry author). The reason for my posting was to get installation help that I could not find from the site. Its 'installation' section does not describe too much in the way of installation - this section being duplicated in the documentation from the dowloaded ZIP file (above). Is it a question of simply extracting the xercesImpl.jar file directly into my /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/yourWebApp/WEB-INF/lib (manually)? What about the rest of the 22.2 MB?! Thanks again in advance Paul. I would really appreciate what you can give me.. My posting hasn't generated the replies I was hoping! Sometimes it takes a while. You should make all replies back to the list though (rather than direct back to me). as it will guarantee a lot more people with a lot more knowledge will at least brush across it. They may (indeed definitely will) spot the things I'll miss. Xerces is downloaded from the link I gave you in the last email. It will come with copious demos and instructions on install but basically what you'll be doing is taking its jar file (xercesImpl.jar) and placing it into the /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/yourWebApp/WEB-INF/lib folder. Once it's in there any class or jsp in your webapp which includes the necessary import statements will be able to access it. From thereon in it's a case of trawling the demos provided to get the functionality you want. However, given that you seem to be focussing on JSP rather than servlets/beans, it may be more to your use to have a look at the XML tag libraries. These are means of accessing the functionality provided by the various objects (in this case an XML parser) from a more simplified interface. If you haven't had a look around that way yet I'd give it a try. Go to http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/xtags-doc/intro.html and see if that's what you're after. It's still a bit XSLT oriented but without knowing more about what you're wanting to do with the stuff it may be a good place to start. There are lots more tag libs available and a search on google for Taglibs jsp xml will return enough to keep you going through till Christmas. Cheers Tref -- Tref Gare Development Consultant Areeba Level 19/114 William St, Melbourne VIC 3000 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +61 3 9642 5553 fax: +61 3 9642 1335 website: http://www.areeba.com.au -- This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and contains information that is confidential. No confidentiality is waived or lost by any mis-transmission. If you received this correspondence in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete it from your system. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. Any communication directed to clients via this message is subject to our Agreement and relevant Project Schedule. Any information that is transmitted via email which may offend may have been sent without knowledge or the consent of Areeba. -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 12:02 PM To: Tref Gare Subject: RE: XML parser Hello and thank's for that. My needs are far simpler I think to necessitate XSLT. I'd simply like to parse an XML file in a JSP file (using Tomcat), pull the data from it where I may manipulate it. (I am a relative beginner to this idea as you may have guessed!). What must I do to acheive this? Do I need to install Xerces uder Tomcat? Is it bundled with Tomcat? (4.1.12) Where may I get syntax? I would really appreciate what you can give me.. My posting hasn't generated the replies I was hoping! Paul. Tref Gare [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19-11-2002 17:29 Please respond to Tomcat Users List To:Tomcat Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: XML parser Sounds like you're after the Xerces (parser) , Xalan (XSLT) combo. Examples abound at the following sites. http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/index.html http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/ You might want to look at the commons Digester as well http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/digester.html Very useful for quick parsing of xml into Java beans... particularly useful for parsing config files etc. -- Tref Gare Development Consultant Areeba Level 19/114 William St, Melbourne VIC 3000 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +61 3 9642
RE: XML parser: Xerces documentation
;-) Yep and yep For usage in Tomcat the process of installation is just as you say.. manually copy the jar file into either your webapps lib folder or into the global lib folder so that all your different webapps can access it. Generally it's advisable to copy it into your webapp's lib folder as this makes your webapp deployable as a standalone application (ie: no external dependencies). yep 2 the full download includes files documentation (yep, pretty much the website docs but available offline), jar files and demos for a wide range of applications. Mind you mine (2.2.0) is only 4.8 meg.. not 22 so I can't say for sure that you haven't got hold of something extra as well. It's then a case of finding out what to do with the thing you've now got access to. To look into that further, have a look at the different demos provided and see if they give you what you want. If you find yourself still struggling a more specific question about what you're trying to achieve and where it's going wrong may evoke a more useful response. G'luck. Tref -- Tref Gare Development Consultant Areeba Level 19/114 William St, Melbourne VIC 3000 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +61 3 9642 5553 fax: +61 3 9642 1335 website: http://www.areeba.com.au -- This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and contains information that is confidential. No confidentiality is waived or lost by any mis-transmission. If you received this correspondence in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete it from your system. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. Any communication directed to clients via this message is subject to our Agreement and relevant Project Schedule. Any information that is transmitted via email which may offend may have been sent without knowledge or the consent of Areeba. -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: XML parser: Xerces documentation Hello and thanks for that. Attempting to install and Xerces parser, I downloaded Xerces-J-bin.2.2.1.zip. In it I found the copious install and demos you talk of as an exact duplicate of the web site! I think to author the documentation someone simply went into his /her browser and and hit file-save as! (sorry author). The reason for my posting was to get installation help that I could not find from the site. Its 'installation' section does not describe too much in the way of installation - this section being duplicated in the documentation from the dowloaded ZIP file (above). Is it a question of simply extracting the xercesImpl.jar file directly into my /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/yourWebApp/WEB-INF/lib (manually)? What about the rest of the 22.2 MB?! Thanks again in advance Paul. I would really appreciate what you can give me.. My posting hasn't generated the replies I was hoping! Sometimes it takes a while. You should make all replies back to the list though (rather than direct back to me). as it will guarantee a lot more people with a lot more knowledge will at least brush across it. They may (indeed definitely will) spot the things I'll miss. Xerces is downloaded from the link I gave you in the last email. It will come with copious demos and instructions on install but basically what you'll be doing is taking its jar file (xercesImpl.jar) and placing it into the /TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/yourWebApp/WEB-INF/lib folder. Once it's in there any class or jsp in your webapp which includes the necessary import statements will be able to access it. From thereon in it's a case of trawling the demos provided to get the functionality you want. However, given that you seem to be focussing on JSP rather than servlets/beans, it may be more to your use to have a look at the XML tag libraries. These are means of accessing the functionality provided by the various objects (in this case an XML parser) from a more simplified interface. If you haven't had a look around that way yet I'd give it a try. Go to http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/xtags-doc/intro.html and see if that's what you're after. It's still a bit XSLT oriented but without knowing more about what you're wanting to do with the stuff it may be a good place to start. There are lots more tag libs available and a search on google for Taglibs jsp xml will return enough to keep you going through till Christmas. Cheers Tref -- Tref Gare Development Consultant Areeba Level 19/114 William St, Melbourne VIC 3000 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +61 3 9642 5553 fax: +61 3 9642 1335 website: http://www.areeba.com.au
RE: XML parser: Xerces documentation
Thanks for your most comprehensive replies! Paul.
