Hi guys. I am using XMLWriter from http://www.squeaksource.com/XMLWriter to write a specific XML that a protocol expects.

What I need is to build the XML file from parent to children and dynamically. For example, I want to be able to define a tag, but then, later on, add more tags to a parent element. 

I found this impossible to do with the current XMLWriter. Here,  messages like #tag:with: , #with:  do not help.

I know I will need to build everything in memory and send a "write contents" at the end to get the final XML string...

For example, say I wanna build this XML:

<root>

<parent1>

<child1>grrr<child1>

<child2>grrr<child2>

</parent1>

<parent2>

<child3>buhhh<child3>

</parent2>

</root>

i would like an API like this:

| xmlWriter |

xmlWriter := XMLWriter new. 

xmlWriter tag: 'root'.

(xmlWriter named: 'root') tag: 'parent1'.

(xmlWriter named: 'parent1') tag: 'child' with: 'grrr'.

(xmlWriter named: 'root') tag: 'parent2'.

....

xmlWriter write contents.

Or even if I don't have #named:  but I can store them in instVars it would be fine:

| xmlWriter rootTag parent1Tag |

xmlWriter := XMLWriter new. 

rootTag xmlWriter tag: 'root'.

parent1Tag rootTag tag: 'parent1'.

parent1Tag tag: 'child' with: 'grrr'.

rootTag tag: 'parent2'

xmlWriter write contents.

Any ideas how to do this?

Thanks, 

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