RE: [xmljs-users] ELEMENT_NODE Vs TEXT_NODE

[David J. <dj...@ya...>]

<<
so while "preserveWhiteSpace=false" will handle "[ fred ]", the extra tabs are all converted to 
their own type3 node, yes?
>>

Yup, that's probably the deal. I might even call that a bug, but I'd have to see how other parsers
handle that before addmitting a mea culpa :)

David

--- Barry Beattie <Ba...@al...> wrote:

> 
> thanx for your help, David.
> 
> >> It should be off by default though
> 
> aye, it is and explicitly setting it to "false" didn't quite fix it. 
> 
> but you *were* on the right track David, there *was* whitespace _between_ the nodes themselves -
> usually TAB's.
> 
> <f_name>	<![CDATA[ fred ]]>	</f_name>
> ________^tab^_________________^tab^____________
> 
> so while "preserveWhiteSpace=false" will handle "[ fred ]", the extra tabs are all converted to
> their own type3 node, yes?
> 
> thanx
> barry.b
> 
> PS: 
> I've kicked the butt of the guy who wrote the server-side XML. I usually just get a URL (with
> params) and that displays the xml doc in IE as my API (for XmlHttpRequest)
> 
> ...and of course the whitespace doesn't show up in the browser directly...D'oh!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  You"re probably seeing the white space in your XML turned into XML nodes. In XML,
> whitespace is
>  non-trivial and can be included as part of the document as its own node.
>  
>  XML for <SCRIPT> provides a way to turn this feature off in the DOMImplementation object.
> See
>  
> 
>
http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/website/documentation-w3cdom-DOMImplementation.html#DOMImplementationpreserveWhiteSpace
>  
>  for more info. It should be off by default though. Are you turning it on for some reason?
>  
>  David
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xml...@li...
> > [mailto:xml...@li...]On Behalf Of Barry
> > Beattie
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 April 2005 1:31 PM
> > To: XmlForJS (E-mail)
> > Subject: [xmljs-users] ELEMENT_NODE Vs TEXT_NODE
> > 
> > 
> > (this list has been so quiet that I'm wondering if I'm still 
> > subscribed...)
> > 
> > hi all
> > 
> > I'm really stumped on this (partly because I'm trying to 
> > muddle through this while being unwell)
> > 
> > I've got a bunch of child nodes that are returning 
> > alternating (and phantom) types (xml below). I've had to 
> > filter out the "phantoms" with 
> > 
> > if(thisPeriod.nodeType == 1)
> > 
> > Tracing the nodeType and length of childNodes I get 15 child 
> > nodes and their types are
> > 
> > 3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3. 
> > 
> > I should only have 7 childNodes (7 "periods"). Where have the 
> > 8 text nodes come from?
> > 
> > thanx
> > barry.b
> > 
> > 
> >    periods = 
> > timetableRoot.getElementsByTagName("periods").item(0).getChildNodes();
> >    for(var i=0;i<periods.length;i++){
> >     var thisPeriod = periods.item(i) // each child node
> >     
> >     if(thisPeriod.nodeType == 1){// "1" =  
> > DOMNode.ELEMENT_NODE; "3" =  DOMNode.TEXT_NODE
> >     .... process ...
> > 
> > - <periods>
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> >     + <period currentperiod="NO">
> > + <periods>
> > 
> > 
> > and each <period> has this layout (note: there are 0 to many subjects)
> > 
> > 
> > <period currentperiod="NO">
> > 	<day_code><![CDATA[ 2  ]]></day_code>
> > 	<prd_code><![CDATA[ 1  ]]></prd_code>
> > 	<prd_desc><![CDATA[ Period 1  ]]></prd_desc>
> > 	<prd_end><![CDATA[ {ts '1970-01-01 09:39:00'}  ]]></prd_end>
> > 	<prd_start><![CDATA[ {ts '1970-01-01 09:00:00'}  ]]></prd_start>
> > 	<prd_weight /> 
> > 	<tt_id><![CDATA[ 26  ]]></tt_id>
> > 	<subjects>
> > 		<subject sub_code="0031">
> > 			<sub_code><![CDATA[ 0031  ]]></sub_code>
> > 			<shortdescription><![CDATA[ Mat1  
> > ]]></shortdescription>
> > 			<class><![CDATA[ A  ]]></class>
> > 			<room><![CDATA[ B3  ]]></room>
> > 			<sub_desc><![CDATA[ Mathematics I  
> > ]]></sub_desc>
> > 			<tch_code><![CDATA[ LD  ]]></tch_code>
> > 			<tch_name><![CDATA[ Miss L Dent  ]]></tch_name>
> > 		</subject>
> >   </subjects>
> >   </period>
> > 
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