RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

First attempt was blocked by the mailing list for being too long, so here’s the trimmed version.  This works in IE also:   function xmlToHash(el) {   Element.cleanWhitespace(el);   if ((el.attributes && el.attributes.length > 0)    || (el.hasChildNodes() && el.childNodes[0].nodeType ==

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

e it doesn't handle every possible scenario, > but it's a decent start. You need to load prototype to use this, btw. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

Oops… it doesn’t work at all in IE.  Friggin IE.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregory Hill Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 11:20 AM To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good _javascript_ xml parser   It’s pr

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

It’s pretty quick-and-dirty, but this is my first attempt.   function xmlToHash(el) {   Element.cleanWhitespace(el);   if (el.hasAttributes() || (el.hasChildNodes() && el.childNodes[0].nodeType == 1)) {     var localHash = {};     if (el.hasAttributes && el.attributes.length >= 1) {

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

This might not be practical for you, but the google maps api has an xml parser that uses a native xml parser if the browser has one and a _javascript_ parser if the browser doesn't.http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/#GXml_code_Also, just found http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/  Tom Riley

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

Hmm… that is a pretty cool class.  I was hoping more for something that you didn’t need to know what the tag names were, it would just create a hierarchy that you could drill down into easily, but if I get stuck, this is a good backup.   Greg   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

Maybe this would help you :)   Thank you,Mandy.   p.s. I have not written this. I got this from some site long time back.     XMLParser = Class.create();Object.extend(XMLParser.prototype, {  initialize: function(xmlObj) {this.xmlObj = xmlObj;this.root = xmlObj.documentElement;  },  list

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

If you are only using for server-client communications, you might consider JSON. I needed something very basic as well, but just decided to go with JSON instead of XML since it has less markup and is just plain simpler. Using XML with prototype was more trouble than it was worth for me. Usage i

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

Good point, I hadn’t thought of that ‘cause the project I was needing it for didn’t use them.  I’ll have to think about that for a bit.   Greg   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Gahl Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:48 AM To: rails-spinoffs@lis

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

> If not, I’m gonna build one.     Cool, make sure it can handle both elements and attributes. For instance, how would your example be different if my XML doc was…     The information transmitted in this electronic mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it

[Rails-spinoffs] good javascript xml parser

Anyone know of a _javascript_ function that will take an xml document and turn it into an associative array? Basically it would take something like this: 1 Bob 2 John And turn it into something  like this: {     itemList: [ { id: 1, name: ‘Bob’ }, { id: 2, name: