On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Gast�n Dall' Oglio <gaston.dalloglio@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Mariano.

Some like this:

xmlWriter := XMLWriter new writeWith: [ :writer |

writer�

enablePrettyPrinting;

xml;

comment: 'Generated from Pharo.'.

writer tag: 'root' with: [

writer tag: 'parent1' with: [

writer tag: 'child1' with: 'grrr'.

writer tag: 'child2' with: 'grrr' ].

writer tag: 'parent2' with: [

writer tag: 'child3' with: 'buhhhr' ] ] ].

xml := xmlWriter contents.

Thanks Gaston. But that�exactly�what I cannot do �;) Looks like I didn't express myself well.�

In this case, you are defining a tag�completely�from the beginning. For example, to write parent1 and parent2 you already have to pass them from the beginning to the root.�

I want to be able to do that at different times. Add one, THEN (not in the same block closure) the other one.�

Please let me know if my problem is clear. Otherwise, I try again :)

�

2013/2/27 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck@gmail.com>

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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