SOPE Libraries for XML Processing

The SOPE Libraries for XML Processing (sope-xml) contain:

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).

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