Re: Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Jens Alfke
On Jun 7, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: > You might want to check out the GDataXMLDocument class, as it is a drop-in > (exact?) replacement for NSXMLDocument except it supports namespaces properly > in XPath expressions. Ooooh, that’s nice to know. I’ve had some really frustrating times

Re: Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Chris Ridd
On 7 Jun 2011, at 19:11, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: > This is for iOS. I've used XPath in other languages and it's totally > awesome. So I am using some flags and a counter to get things done... feels > like a total hack, but it's working. > > Sorry, I'll specify in the future for sure... You might

Re: Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
This is for iOS. I've used XPath in other languages and it's totally awesome. So I am using some flags and a counter to get things done... feels like a total hack, but it's working. Sorry, I'll specify in the future for sure... Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLi

Re: Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Jens Alfke
On Jun 7, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Eric E. Dolecki wrote: > What I am really after is the current_conditions data. How can one specify > WHERE in the XML to use the attributes from? A lot of the information is > repeated in other nodes so I can't just check (if([elementName > isEqualToString:@"condition

Re: Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
I went with the first solution and it works well enough for me. Anything beyond this simple XML and I think I'd likely use a 3rd-party solution. Thanks for the suggestion! Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLive: edolecki PSN: eric_dolecki http://blog.ericd.n

Re: Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Hank Heijink (Mailinglists)
Two ways that I've used: 1. Keep a boolean isInCurrentConditions that you set when you start the current_conditions element and reset when you end that element. Then every time you enter a condition element you check the boolean to see if you are where you need to be in the hierarchy. This work

Noob question in regards to NSXMLParser

2011-06-07 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
I am fetching some XML weather from Google: ... What I am really after is the current_conditions data. How can one specify WHERE in the XML to use the attributes from? A lot of the information is repeated in other nodes so I can't just check (if([elementName isEqualToString:@