XML/Ada - reading an attribute

XML/Ada - reading an attribute

[Thomas Locke]

Hey group,

I'm currently doing this in order to read the seconds attribute of the 
simulation_length element: http://pastebin.ca/1199908

My current solution is working quite well and it gets the job done, I'm 
just wondering if there's a "better" way. I've only just started working 
with XML/Ada, so it's pretty safe to say that I'm not very good at it 
yet.  :o)

Regards,
/Thomas

Re: XML/Ada - reading an attribute

[Georg Bauhaus]

Thomas Locke wrote:
> Hey group,
> 
> I'm currently doing this in order to read the seconds attribute of the
> simulation_length element: http://pastebin.ca/1199908
> 
> My current solution is working quite well and it gets the job done, I'm
> just wondering if there's a "better" way.

http://www.mckae.com/xia.html  might make access more
comfortable.

At the opposite end, not necessarily a better way, but
have you considered a SAX style parser with callbacks
triggered by certain nodes?
I have found that useful when processing lots of
similar subtrees of the XML document.  No need for a
DOM then.