XML and WRT

[jpalz]

Hi!

I'm trying to parse an XML file for a widget planned for the Nokia N8.

I tried to do the read the value of a certain node by using nodeValue. It works just fine in Firefox and the WRT emulator present in Aptana Studio 2.0, but it doesn't work in the Nokia N8.

Question:
Does the N8 have support for parsing XML files? Or should I look for another alternative like JSON?

Thanks in advance!

[jpalz]

OK, it's not necessarily the nodeValue expression, but here's the thing:

1- There's an XML file with a <DRINKS> tag as a root and three children <DRINK>, which have four children as well.
2- I collect these children by using xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("DRINK") and store them in an array called drinks.
3- I print on the screen how many elements does the array have. It says 3. So far, so good.
4- I use this alert(drinks[0].childElementCount). It should print 4, and it does so in Firefox and the emulator provided in Aptana Studio 2.0. It prints an empty string on the N8.

Why is this? Is there any way of fixing this?
Thanks in advance!

[jpalz]

I already solved it out.

The thing is, at least the N8 will NOT accept elements like childElementCount or children. I saw it worked mainly with childNodes instead of children. Just a heads up so other people don't waste as much time as I did

[sreerajvr]

Creat XML DOM object and then extracts from it.
eg:
var element = xmlPar.getElementsByTagName("wanted_data");
var length=element.length;
var first element=element[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

[jpalz]

Thanks for the reply sreerajvr!

Yeah, I realized that was a way to do it. In the end, it was my use of children for extracting the nodes that was causing the problem