I am trying to navigate in the XmlValue using XmlValu::getFirstChild,
Xml::getNextSibling with
no success.

For example:

<MyDoc>
<TheChildName>ABCD</TheChildName>
</MyDoc>


XmlValue val(xmlDocument);

XmlValue val.getFirstChild();

cout << val.getNodeName() << endl; // This is ok, I get the node
name

TheChildName

cout << val.getNodeValue() << endl; // This is wrong !!!

#text

I think it should be ABCD,
Is that right ?

Anybody can help me ???


Thanks in advance.
Ventura

Ventura,

The XmlValue navigations methods are small wrappers around
the DOM (Document Object Model) interfaces, which can be confusing.
DOM does not specify any node value for element nodes, as you might
think (and expect), so the behavior you are seeing is correct.

In order to get the text value of the node, you need to navigate to
*its* child (text) node -- something like:
val.getFirstChild().getNodeValue()

When using these interfaces, be wary of white space in your documents,
which shows up as unexpected text nodes during
navigation. It's a good idea to test that a node is of the type
you expect before doing much with it.

Regards,

George Feinberg
Sleepycat Software

Thanks Feinberg,
I have the code now but I still have a question. Look at the code. Why
do I have to skip a kind of hidden node "#text". Without this skip, the
code doesn't work.

XmlValue nn = cabin.getFirstChild(); // skip #text

while (!nn.isNull())
{
nn = nn.getNextSibling(); // Tag
cout << nn.getNodeName() << " = " \
<< nn.getFirstChild().getNodeValue() <<
endl;
nn = nn.getNextSibling(); // skip #text
}

Thanks in advance,
Ventura