Hi, I made this plugin last week and it just seems that out of nowehere everyone seems to be looking for it:
XML 2 JSON: http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/xml-to-json/ Hope it helps... Cheers, Diego A. 2008/7/16 linesandwaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, > > I realize this is a gigantic newbie question, but I am totally stuck > and I want to do this the right way... figured I'd go to the experts. > > I'm trying to write a section of code in jquery that will read my XML > sheet and then produce a set of unordered lists with individual list > items in HTML. I have it working, but the problem is that my code is > finding every single instance of certain tags and then adding them to > my lists. So ultimately, every list that this code generates is > perfectly formatted, but they all have the same information.. which is > a problem. > > Here is my XML sheet: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> > <breakfast> > <dishset> > <setname>The Royal Breakfast</setname> > <entreelisting> > <entreename>Eggs and whatever</entreename> > <price>$15.00</price> > </entreelisting> > <entreelisting> > <entreename>A waffle with sprinkles on > it</entreename> > <price>$15.00</price> > </entreelisting> > <entreelisting> > <entreename>Syrup-covered bacon bits</entreename> > <price>$15.00</price> > </entreelisting> > </dishset> > <dishset> > <setname>The Gravy Train</setname> > <entreelisting> > <entreename>Gravy Boats</entreename> > <price>$15.00</price> > </entreelisting> > <entreelisting> > <entreename>Mush Plate</entreename> > <price>$15.00</price> > </entreelisting> > <entreelisting> > <entreename type="dishaddition">Deep Fried > Anything</entreename> > <price>$15.00</price> > </entreelisting> > </dishset> > </breakfast> > > > And here is my jquery code: > > // Start function when DOM has completely loaded > $(document).ready(function(){ > > // Open the breakfast.xml file > $.get("breakfast.xml",{},function(xml){ > > // Build an HTML string > myHTMLOutput = ''; > > // Run the function for each dishset tag in the XML file > $('dishset',xml).each(function(j){ > myHTMLOutput += '<ul class="dishsection">'; > setName = $(this).find("setname").text(); > if ((setName) != undefined){ > myHTMLOutput += '<h3>'+ setName +'</h3>'; > } > > // Run the function for each entreelisting tag in the XML > file > $('entreelisting',xml).each(function(i) { > entreeName = $(this).find("entreename").text(); > price = $(this).find("price").text(); > dishAdditions = > $(this).find("entreename").attr("type"); > // Build row HTML data and store in string > mydata = > BuildMenuHTML(entreeName,price,dishAdditions); > myHTMLOutput = myHTMLOutput + mydata; > }); //run entreelist > myHTMLOutput += '</ul>'; > }); //run dishset function > $("#menucontent").append(myHTMLOutput); > }); //get xml file > }); //document.ready function > > > > function BuildMenuHTML(entreeName,price,dishAdditions){ > > // Check to see if their is a "post" attribute in the name field > if ((dishAdditions) != undefined){ > dishAdditionsHTML = '<span class="entreename">'+ > dishAdditions +'</ > em>'; > entreeNameHTML = ''; > liClassHTML = '<li class="dishsubentry">'; > } > else > { > entreeNameHTML = '<span class="entreename">'+ entreeName > +'</span>'; > dishAdditionsHTML = ''; > liClassHTML = '<li class="dishentry">'; > } > > // Build HTML string and return > output = ''; > output += liClassHTML; > output += entreeNameHTML; > output += dishAdditionsHTML; > output += '<span class="price">'+ price +'</span>'; > output += '</li>'; > return output; > } > > > I know that this is probably an obvious or easy fix related to calling > "each()" in the "entreelisting" function, but I just don't know what > the proper ways to reference certain things are. Any chance anyone > out there could help?? > > Thanks! > > -- Cheers, Diego A.
