Project Description
Yet another easy to use C++ and C# XML parser library on Windows platform!

The code to create a simple XML, using C++ Elmax
using namespace Elmax;

Element root;
root.SetDomDoc(pDoc); // A empty DOM doc is initialized beforehand.
root[L"Books|Book|Price"].SetFloat(12.99f);

The almost similar code to create a simple XML, using C# Elmax
using Elmax;

Element root = new Element();
root.SetDomDoc(doc); // A empty DOM doc is initialized beforehand.
root["Books|Book|Price"].SetFloat(12.99f);

The end result (XML)
<Books>
  <Book>
    <Price>12.990000</Price>
  </Book>
</Books>


The C++ code to read the price in that XML
using namespace Elmax;

Element root;
root.SetDomDoc(pDoc); // A XML file is read into the DOM doc beforehand.
Element elemPrice = root[L"Books|Book|Price"];
if(elemPrice.Exists())
{
    float price = elemPrice.GetFloat(10.0f);
}

The similar C# code to read the price in that XML
using Elmax;

Element root = new Element();
root.SetDomDoc(doc); // A XML file is read into the DOM doc beforehand.
Element elemPrice = root["Books|Book|Price"];
if(elemPrice.Exists)
{
    float price = elemPrice.GetFloat(10.0f);
}

An code example of Linq-to-XML Style of Node Creation in version 0.82 of C++ Elmax
using namespace Elmax;

NewElement root(L"Foods");

root.Add(
    NewElement(L"Food",
        NewAttribute(L"Name", L"Luncheon Meat"),
        NewAttribute(L"Price", L"8.40"),
        NewAttribute(L"Category", L"Grocery"),
        NewElement(L"Manufacturer",
            NewElement(L"Address", L"Jurong, Singapore"),
            NewElement(L"Name", L"Acme Canned Food")
        )
    ),
    NewElement(L"Food",
        NewAttribute(L"Name", L"Instant Noodle"),
        NewAttribute(L"Price", L"12.30"),
        NewAttribute(L"Category", L"Dried Food"),
        NewElement(L"Manufacturer",
            NewElement(L"Address", L"Ang Mo Kio, Singapore"),
            NewElement(L"Name", L"Ah Kong Food Industrial")
        )
    )
);

root.PrettySave(szPath, L"1.0", true);

Here is the XML contents generated from the above Linq-to-XML Style of Node Creation code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Foods>
    <Food Name="Luncheon Meat" Price="8.40" Category="Grocery">
        <Manufacturer>
            <Address>Jurong, Singapore</Address>
            <Name>Acme Canned Food</Name>
        </Manufacturer>
    </Food>
    <Food Name="Instant Noodle" Price="12.30" Category="Dried Food">
        <Manufacturer>
            <Address>Ang Mo Kio, Singapore</Address>
            <Name>Ah Kong Food Industrial</Name>
        </Manufacturer>
    </Food>
</Foods>

Tutorial at CodeProject
Linq-To-XML Node Creation Tutorial at CodeProject
Documentation

Future Development

Version 1 is feature complete. Work has begun on the next version, cross-platform Elmax which would be rewritten from ground up and not using any Microsoft specific technologies. Version 1 and version 2 will be developed and maintained concurrently. Version 1 and version 2 codebase will be merged at some point in time, meaning version 1 will eventually ditch MSXML and use the cross-platform parser in version 2 but version 1 would continue to provide convenient accessor and mutator for some Microsoft data types like GUID and MFC CString.

Note : SAX and ORM version is put on hold because this project has not been generating many interest.

Last edited Aug 23, 2012 at 6:44 AM by shaovoon, version 26