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[xmljs-users] New to XML-- question about a tag format

[Fumigator <fum...@ar...>]

HI!  I'm playing with xml for <SCRIPT>, having fun, but have a
question.  There is a specific xml file that was created by some
random guy that contains tags that look like this:

<recipe name="Dark Brown" cost="1375" sellback="1250" skill="216">
      <ingredient quantity="1" name="Crushed Juniper Berries" dropped="0" />
      <ingredient quantity="1" name="Thin Metal Flask" dropped="0" />
      <ingredient quantity="6" name="Alum" dropped="0" />
      <ingredient quantity="6" name="Flask of Water" dropped="0" />
</recipe>

The Classic DOM does not parse the <ingredient> tags correctly.  Or I
should say, I'm not sure that format of "<ingredient />", rather than
"<ingredient></ingredient>", is legal.

Would the W3C DOM parse this tag correctly?  I tried it first, but was
getting an exception error with it using Firefox.

Any suggestions?

-Randy Whitaker

Re: [xmljs-users] New to XML-- question about a tag format

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

Hi Randy!

<ingredient /> is an XML-legal way of saying "<ingredient></ingredient>" so it looks like the XML
itself is OK.

However, I just tried a simple test case with tags like that in both the classic DOM and W3C DOM
parsers and was able to parse/read data just fine. Perhaps the XML is not well formed somewhere
else?

Here's the little test file recreation I put together. Maybe it will help us figure out what the
problem is. The easiest place to put it is in the jsXMLParser directory...


Best regards,

David



--- Fumigator <fum...@ar...> wrote:

> HI!  I'm playing with xml for <SCRIPT>, having fun, but have a
> question.  There is a specific xml file that was created by some
> random guy that contains tags that look like this:
> 
> <recipe name="Dark Brown" cost="1375" sellback="1250" skill="216">
>       <ingredient quantity="1" name="Crushed Juniper Berries" dropped="0" />
>       <ingredient quantity="1" name="Thin Metal Flask" dropped="0" />
>       <ingredient quantity="6" name="Alum" dropped="0" />
>       <ingredient quantity="6" name="Flask of Water" dropped="0" />
> </recipe>
> 
> The Classic DOM does not parse the <ingredient> tags correctly.  Or I
> should say, I'm not sure that format of "<ingredient />", rather than
> "<ingredient></ingredient>", is legal.
> 
> Would the W3C DOM parse this tag correctly?  I tried it first, but was
> getting an exception error with it using Firefox.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -Randy Whitaker
> 
> 
> 
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