A simple C XML parser

Question

This is what I need to do: I need to read an XML formatted document and extract from it the elements and their values, for example in the following code:

<user name="Mark">
    <param name="Age" value="21"/>
    <param name="Country" value="NL"/>
</user>

I need to extract: name = Mark, Age = 21 and Country = NL.

Up until today i've been doing this parsing manually which is a pain.

Now I don't care whether the file a "proper XML" or all that, I don't care about DTD's or other standard XML requirements. I just need to read and parse the values.

Anyone knows (other than lib eXpat) a lib to do this or code to do this? Thanks!

Jess

EDIT:

Yes, I forgot to mention the platform: Windows and Linux. In plain C, not C++

Answer 1

Libxml2

Answer 2

If C++ is OK then you might try TinyXML. I've been using it for a few years and it works nicely.

Answer 3

Mini-XML looks promising

http://www.minixml.org/

Answer 4

The Expat parser is the best I've come across - I use it in my C++ code in preference to the various C++ parsers - but it is written in C. Very easy to use and embed in your application. So I don't see why in your question you say:

(other than lib eXpat)

do you have something against it?

Answer 5

How about Mini-XML? It's lightweight, works with gcc, is ANSI-C compatible...

http://www.minixml.org/index.php

According to the documentation, to search for specific nodes would be as simple as:

/* Find the first "a" element */
    node = mxmlFindElement(tree, tree, "a",
                           NULL, NULL,
                           MXML_DESCEND);

Once you get the node, you can manipulate it according to your requirements.