Table of contents

Table of Contents

1. General Info
2. Run
3. Input
4. Query

General Info

• This is a xml parser that creates a database and accepts query.
• Only one attribute is supported per element.
• Attributes supported in the xsd files are name, type, fixed, default and use.
• Type reference to another element is not permitted in the xsd.
• Use the DbInterface class to access the database.
• Input xsd and xml files are given try to follow then or you might get a syntax or semantic error

Run

• To make the xmlParser executable

  make

• To clean derived files

  make clean

Input

There are 3 ways to give Input (!!!Caution xml filename must follow xsd filename)

1. Parse xsd and xml files without verbose

  ./xmlParser input.xsd input.xml

2. Parse xsd and xml files and see trace parsing verbose

  ./xmlParser -p input.xsd input.xml

3. Parse xsd and xml files and see trace scanning verbose

  ./xmlParser -s input.xsd input.xml

Query

There are 2 types of query you can make

1. element query

  .childElementName

2. specific element with attribute query

  .childElementName(attribute_value)

• If query successful then all the results will be shown.
• If query results are complex type then those cannot pe printed as strings.
• Enter -q to quit the program.

Query example (To get results from the below queries you have to use the given xsd and xml files)

• shiporder.shipto.name
• shiporder(889923).shipto.name
• shiporder(889923).orderperson