Re: Callable XML Parser for OpenVMS?

From: Keith A. Lewis (lewis_at_mazda.mitre.org)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:52:27 +0000 (UTC)

Ryan Moore <rmoore@rmoore.dyndns.org> writes in article <Pine.LNX.4.58.0402241451110.20542@jaipur.local> dated Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:54:23 GMT:
>I know of two libraries that can be used on VMS to read XML.
>
>First, one is offered by HP. They have parsers for C++ and Java located
>here: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ips/xml/
>
>Another that works is the 'expat' parser for C. I use this in an
>application we have on our systems. I believe it will compile straight
>out of the package. Or maybe it requires a little work, but it still will
>function okay: http://expat.sourceforge.net/

I second the recommendation of Expat. It's fast and compact and written in
very straight C (little or no Unix-isms).

>So, I guess the question is, what laguange are you going to use for this
>parser? I'm sure you can find other libraries if you are using a
>"popular" language like C/C++/Java, etc.

JDOM is a Java package which creates and parses XML, but it's slow. (And if
you're running Java, VMS probably isn't your platform anyway.)

>And any PERL library should work on VMS I would think.
>
>On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 norm.raphael@metso.com wrote:
>> I have been told that we will be receiving XML documents, and they want a
>> way to
>> read them into a program, parse the data out, and deal with the data
>> appropriately.
>> Is there a way to do this? Alternatives?

--Keith Lewis klewis {at} mitre.org
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

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