Parse with XML Builder, or use something else (like REXML)?

Rails
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I’ve been using XML Builder successfully to create XML documents from
scratch. I now have to parse out a response document and am not sure if
Builder has some function to assist in this (which is the reverse of
what I’ve been doing), or if I should use REXML, or even some other lib.
REXML looks to do what I want, but I’m confused as to how it relates to
Builder, and/or vice-versa, or if at all.

Thanks.
c.

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I now have to parse out a response document and am not sure if
Builder has some function to assist in this (which is the reverse of
what I’ve been doing), or if I should use REXML, or even some other
lib.
REXML looks to do what I want, but I’m confused as to how it
relates to
Builder, and/or vice-versa, or if at all.

Builder and REXML aren’t related.

That said, REXML is just the ticket for parsing XML. XmlSimple is
also good, and I actually prefer it in some ways.

This Yahoo! article actually has a good overview of parsing XML in
Ruby with examples using both REXML and XmlSimple, so you can compare
the differences in flavour.

http://developer.yahoo.com/ruby/ruby-xml.html

–
Jeffrey H. (packagethief)

http://re.visioni.st
http://quotedprintable.com

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THANKS! That’s just the ticket…

c.

Jeffrey H. wrote:

I now have to parse out a response document and am not sure if
Builder has some function to assist in this (which is the reverse of
what I’ve been doing), or if I should use REXML, or even some other
lib.
REXML looks to do what I want, but I’m confused as to how it
relates to
Builder, and/or vice-versa, or if at all.

Builder and REXML aren’t related.

That said, REXML is just the ticket for parsing XML. XmlSimple is
also good, and I actually prefer it in some ways.

This Yahoo! article actually has a good overview of parsing XML in
Ruby with examples using both REXML and XmlSimple, so you can compare
the differences in flavour.

http://developer.yahoo.com/ruby/ruby-xml.html

–
Jeffrey H. (packagethief)
http://unspace.ca
http://re.visioni.st
http://quotedprintable.com