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q

xml, xmlPro, whatever
Nov 4^th, 2008, 9:30pm

Hi,

i need to create a xml file but i got so much troubles.

with processing.xml apparently is not possible to create a xml file, i mean i won't use println to write my xml file. i tried to use createElement but it doesn't works i don't know why.

Anyway i have installed proXML library but apparently it has some problems with the processing xml library, if i use XMLElement(and i need it) it say XMLElement is ambiguous.

Anybody has tried it before? can you give me some suggestions or/and some pieces of code?

Q

polymonkey

Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever
Reply #1 - Nov 5^th, 2008, 2:00am

Because the processing xml library is imported by default it causes a name collision with proXML. You get around it by being specific with declaring the variables.

Code:


//http://www.texone.org/proxml/
import proxml.*;

// create the root element be specific where the class is
proxml.XMLElement file = new proxml.XMLElement("root");

// create the color element
proxml.XMLElement col = new proxml.XMLElement("color");

// add some attributes to it.
col.addAttribute("r", random(255));
col.addAttribute("g", random(255));
col.addAttribute("b", random(255));

// make the color element a child of the root element
file.addChild(col);

// create an XMLInOut object to format the elements
XMLInOut xmlInOut =  new XMLInOut(this);

// and call saveElement.
xmlInOut.saveElement(file, "saving_color.xml");

MattD(polymonkey)

q Junior Member Offline Posts: 58	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #2 - Nov 5^th, 2008, 9:38am thank you so much, the code works perfectly, i was stucked on that. Q

Scott Murray Full Member Offline Posts: 117 San Francisco	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #3 - Nov 6^th, 2008, 7:50pm Nice! Thanks, Polymonkey. I was having this issue, too.

polymonkey Full Member Offline Posts: 137 Australia	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #4 - Nov 6^th, 2008, 9:15pm No problem. One thing though. If you need to use both in the one sketch then you can get to the processing xml by using this Code: processing.xml.XMLElement foo = new processing.xml.XMLElement("chicken");
	MattD(polymonkey)

leanderlike

Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever
Reply #5 - Jan 4^th, 2009, 11:55pm

i have this piece of code and when executing the script it gives me and error for the last line.

xmlInOut = new XMLInOut(this);
try{
xmlInOut.loadElement("data.xml");
}
catch(Exception e){
xmlEvent(new XMLElement("stuff"));
}

"The type XMLElement is ambigious.

I tried to write
proxml.xmlEvent (new proxml.XMLElement("stuff"));

then i get: "Cannot find anything named proxml"

any idea what might be wrong?
thanks a lot

polymonkey Full Member Offline Posts: 137 Australia	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #6 - Jan 5^th, 2009, 1:20am this might be a silly question, but did you import the proxml library?
	MattD(polymonkey)

leanderlike Junior Member Offline Posts: 91	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #7 - Jan 5^th, 2009, 7:05am no, not silly at all.. yes i've imported the library, because all the other functions work.... when usingproxml.XMLElement file = new proxml.XMLElement("root"); this works perfectly well

Geoffree

Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever
Reply #8 - Jan 30^th, 2009, 11:16pm

polymonkey wrote on Nov 5^th, 2008, 2:00am:

Because the processing xml library is imported by default it causes a name collision with proXML. You get around it by being specific with declaring the variables.

Code:


//http://www.texone.org/proxml/
import proxml.*;

// create the root element be specific where the class is
proxml.XMLElement file = new proxml.XMLElement("root");

Thanks. I was stuck with this too!

mselby

Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever
Reply #9 - Feb 5^th, 2009, 7:19pm

Hi everyone,

I think I must be missing something here.
I'm getting the "The type XMLElement is ambiguous" error too, but I don't understand how to apply this solution to my code.
I'm using the code from http://www.bryanchung.net/?p=188 as a template (which I will be adapting later).

Apologies if its really obvious, but any help would be much appreciated!!

Cheers.

Geoffree

Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever
Reply #10 - Feb 5^th, 2009, 9:34pm

mselby wrote on Feb 5^th, 2009, 7:19pm:

Hi everyone,

I think I must be missing something here.
I'm getting the "The type XMLElement is ambiguous" error too, but I don't understand how to apply this solution to my code.
I'm using the code from http://www.bryanchung.net/?p=188 as a template (which I will be adapting later).

Anywhere where XMLElement is used, such as

void parseXML(XMLElement _x) { ..

specify that it is the proxml version of XMLElement like so

void parseXML(proxml.XMLElement _x) { ..

Hope this helps.

mselby YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #11 - Feb 6^th, 2009, 10:59am Of Course!! Thanks very much, that was really getting on my nerves!

0p0

Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever
Reply #12 - Aug 25^th, 2009, 3:45pm

polymonkey wrote on Nov 5^th, 2008, 2:00am:

Because the processing xml library is imported by default it causes a name collision with proXML. You get around it by being specific with declaring the variables.

Code:


//http://www.texone.org/proxml/
import proxml.*;

// create the root element be specific where the class is
proxml.XMLElement file = new proxml.XMLElement("root");

// create the color element
proxml.XMLElement col = new proxml.XMLElement("color");

// add some attributes to it.
col.addAttribute("r", random(255));
col.addAttribute("g", random(255));
col.addAttribute("b", random(255));

// make the color element a child of the root element
file.addChild(col);

// create an XMLInOut object to format the elements
XMLInOut xmlInOut =  new XMLInOut(this);

// and call saveElement.
xmlInOut.saveElement(file, "saving_color.xml");

this is not working for me ... Huh

Any other solution?

I think xml writing should be in the core lib of P5...

PhiLho YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #13 - Aug 26^th, 2009, 6:56am The code you show works for me. It writes the file in the `data` folder of the sketch...

babu YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	Re: xml, xmlPro, whatever Reply #14 - Aug 26^th, 2009, 11:20am leanderlike wrote on Jan 4^th, 2009, 11:55pm: I tried to write proxml.xmlEvent (new proxml.XMLElement("stuff")); then i get: "Cannot find anything named proxml" i get exactly the same error. any ideas how to solve this