SOPE Libraries for XML Processing

This package contains:

• a SAX2 Implementation for Objective-C
• SaxObjC driver bundles for:
  • CoreFoundation XML (XML)
  • libxml2 (HTML and XML)
  • Structured Text (stx, thanks to Extrapola :-)
  • libical (iCalendar, vCard)
  • VersitSaxDriver (iCalendar, vCard) - thanks to Max Berger
  • expat (XML, untested)
  • plists (plist, untested)
  • pyx (pyx, untested)
• an attempt to implement DOM on top of SaxObjC
• an XML-RPC implementation (without a transport layer)

The libraries are released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Graffle Overviews

• SaxObjC Classes
• DOM Classes
• XmlRpc Classes

Tutorials / Examples

• rss2plist1 - writing a "raw" SAX handler
• rss2plist2 - writing a SAX handler using SaxMethodCallHandler
• rssparse - parsing/mapping XML files using SaxObjectDecoder

Requirements

To build sope-xml you need:

• a Foundation library (MacOSX, libFoundation or gstep-base)
• libxml2
• libical for processing of iCalendar/vCard files
• expat for trying the Expat SAX driver

FAQ

Q: If I try to use SaxObjectDecoder my program dumps core (OpenBSD) or complains about -takeValue:forKey: not being found!

A: In case you use sope-xml in conjunction with libFoundation you need to link your program against EOControl from sope-core. Sope-xml uses -takeValue:forKey: which is not implemented in libFoundation (but part of Foundation on both, gstep-base and Cocoa).

Links

• SAX
• libxml2
• libical
• expat