#!/usr/bin/env lua
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---Sample application to read a XML file and print it on the terminal.
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--@author Manoel Campos da Silva Filho - http://manoelcampos.com
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local xml2lua = require("xml2lua")
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print("xml2lua v" .. xml2lua._VERSION.."\n")
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--Uses a handler that converts the XML to a Lua table
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local handler = require("xmlhandler.tree")
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local xml = xml2lua.loadFile("people1.xml")
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--Instantiates the XML parser
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local parser = xml2lua.parser(handler)
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parser:parse(xml)
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--[[
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By default, assumes the people table has just one person table.
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Iterating over the people table we'll directly get the single person that it represents.
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]]
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local people = handler.root.people
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--[[
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If there is more than one person, then person is an array instead of a regular table.
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This way, we need to iterate over the person array instead of the people table.
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]]
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if #people.person > 1 then
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people = people.person
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end
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--Manually prints the table (since the XML structure for this example is previously known)
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for i, p in pairs(people) do
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print(i, "Name:", p.name, "City:", p.city, "Type:", p._attr.type)
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end
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--Recursivelly prints the table in an easy-to-ready format
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--xml2lua.printable(handler.root)
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