i have the following function i wrote to create an XML file using Xerces 3.0.1, if i call this function with a filePath of "foo.xml" or "../foo.xml" it works great, but if i pass in "c:/foo.xml" then i get an exception on this line
XMLFormatTarget *formatTarget = new LocalFileFormatTarget(targetPath);
can someone explain why my code works for relative paths, but not absolute paths please?
many thanks.
const int ABSOLUTE_PATH_FILENAME_PREFIX_SIZE = 9;
void OutputXML(xercesc::DOMDocument* pmyDOMDocument, std::string filePath)
{
//Return the first registered implementation that has the desired features. In this case, we are after a DOM implementation that has the LS feature... or Load/Save.
DOMImplementation *implementation = DOMImplementationRegistry::getDOMImplementation(L"LS");
// Create a DOMLSSerializer which is used to serialize a DOM tree into an XML document.
DOMLSSerializer *serializer = ((DOMImplementationLS*)implementation)->createLSSerializer();
// Make the output more human readable by inserting line feeds.
if (serializer->getDomConfig()->canSetParameter(XMLUni::fgDOMWRTFormatPrettyPrint, true))
serializer->getDomConfig()->setParameter(XMLUni::fgDOMWRTFormatPrettyPrint, true);
// The end-of-line sequence of characters to be used in the XML being written out.
serializer->setNewLine(XMLString::transcode("\r\n"));
// Convert the path into Xerces compatible XMLCh*.
XMLCh *tempFilePath = XMLString::transcode(filePath.c_str());
// Calculate the length of the string.
const int pathLen = XMLString::stringLen(tempFilePath);
// Allocate memory for a Xerces string sufficent to hold the path.
XMLCh *targetPath = (XMLCh*)XMLPlatformUtils::fgMemoryManager->allocate((pathLen + ABSOLUTE_PATH_FILENAME_PREFIX_SIZE) * sizeof(XMLCh));
// Fixes a platform dependent absolute path filename to standard URI form.
XMLString::fixURI(tempFilePath, targetPath);
// Specify the target for the XML output.
XMLFormatTarget *formatTarget = new LocalFileFormatTarget(targetPath);
//XMLFormatTarget *myFormTarget = new StdOutFormatTarget();
// Create a new empty output destination object.
DOMLSOutput *output = ((DOMImplementationLS*)implementation)->createLSOutput();
// Set the stream to our target.
output->setByteStream(formatTarget);
// Write the serialized output to the destination.
serializer->write(pmyDOMDocument, output);
// Cleanup.
serializer->release();
XMLString::release(&tempFilePath);
delete formatTarget;
output->release();
}
Are you using Windows Vista? perhaps you don't have the necessary permissions?
See this question: Exception in two line Xerces program
It looks like your file path is incorrect. It should be file:///C:/. See the following for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme
UPDATE: The following code works for me with Visual Studio 2008. It's a quick hack using your code along with some sample that comes with Xerces.
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp>
#include <xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOM.hpp>
#include <xercesc/util/OutOfMemoryException.hpp>
#include <xercesc/framework/XMLFormatter.hpp>
#include <xercesc/framework/LocalFileFormatTarget.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMDocument.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMImplementation.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMImplementationRegistry.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMLSSerializer.hpp>
#include <xercesc/dom/DOMLSOutput.hpp>
using namespace xercesc;
using namespace std;
void OutputXML(xercesc::DOMDocument* pmyDOMDocument, std::string filePath);
class XStr
{
public :
XStr(const char* const toTranscode)
{
// Call the private transcoding method
fUnicodeForm = XMLString::transcode(toTranscode);
}
~XStr()
{
XMLString::release(&fUnicodeForm);
}
const XMLCh* unicodeForm() const
{
return fUnicodeForm;
}
private :
XMLCh* fUnicodeForm;
};
#define X(str) XStr(str).unicodeForm()
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
try
{
XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize();
}
catch(const XMLException& e)
{
char* message = XMLString::transcode(e.getMessage());
cout << "Error Message: " << message << "\n";
XMLString::release(&message);
return 1;
}
int errorCode = 0;
{
DOMImplementation* impl = DOMImplementationRegistry::getDOMImplementation(X("Core"));
if (impl != NULL)
{
try
{
DOMDocument* doc = impl->createDocument(
0, // root element namespace URI.
X("company"), // root element name
0); // document type object (DTD).
DOMElement* rootElem = doc->getDocumentElement();
DOMElement* prodElem = doc->createElement(X("product"));
rootElem->appendChild(prodElem);
DOMText* prodDataVal = doc->createTextNode(X("Xerces-C"));
prodElem->appendChild(prodDataVal);
DOMElement* catElem = doc->createElement(X("category"));
rootElem->appendChild(catElem);
catElem->setAttribute(X("idea"), X("great"));
DOMText* catDataVal = doc->createTextNode(X("XML Parsing Tools"));
catElem->appendChild(catDataVal);
DOMElement* devByElem = doc->createElement(X("developedBy"));
rootElem->appendChild(devByElem);
DOMText* devByDataVal = doc->createTextNode(X("Apache Software Foundation"));
devByElem->appendChild(devByDataVal);
OutputXML(doc, "C:/Foo.xml");
doc->release();
}
catch (const OutOfMemoryException&)
{
XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER cerr << "OutOfMemoryException" << XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER endl;
errorCode = 5;
}
catch (const DOMException& e)
{
XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER cerr << "DOMException code is: " << e.code << XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER endl;
errorCode = 2;
}
catch(const XMLException& e)
{
char* message = XMLString::transcode(e.getMessage());
cout << "Error Message: " << message << endl;
XMLString::release(&message);
return 1;
}
catch (...)
{
XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER cerr << "An error occurred creating the document" << XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER endl;
errorCode = 3;
}
} // (inpl != NULL)
else
{
XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER cerr << "Requested implementation is not supported" << XERCES_STD_QUALIFIER endl;
errorCode = 4;
}
}
XMLPlatformUtils::Terminate();
return errorCode;
}
void OutputXML(xercesc::DOMDocument* pmyDOMDocument, std::string filePath)
{
//Return the first registered implementation that has the desired features. In this case, we are after a DOM implementation that has the LS feature... or Load/Save.
DOMImplementation *implementation = DOMImplementationRegistry::getDOMImplementation(L"LS");
// Create a DOMLSSerializer which is used to serialize a DOM tree into an XML document.
DOMLSSerializer *serializer = ((DOMImplementationLS*)implementation)->createLSSerializer();
// Make the output more human readable by inserting line feeds.
if (serializer->getDomConfig()->canSetParameter(XMLUni::fgDOMWRTFormatPrettyPrint, true))
serializer->getDomConfig()->setParameter(XMLUni::fgDOMWRTFormatPrettyPrint, true);
// The end-of-line sequence of characters to be used in the XML being written out.
serializer->setNewLine(XMLString::transcode("\r\n"));
// Convert the path into Xerces compatible XMLCh*.
XMLCh *tempFilePath = XMLString::transcode(filePath.c_str());
// Specify the target for the XML output.
XMLFormatTarget *formatTarget = new LocalFileFormatTarget(tempFilePath);
// Create a new empty output destination object.
DOMLSOutput *output = ((DOMImplementationLS*)implementation)->createLSOutput();
// Set the stream to our target.
output->setByteStream(formatTarget);
// Write the serialized output to the destination.
serializer->write(pmyDOMDocument, output);
// Cleanup.
serializer->release();
XMLString::release(&tempFilePath);
delete formatTarget;
output->release();
}
From looking at the source the filename gets passed through to WindowsFileMgr::fileOpen in WindowsFileMgr.cpp, which doesn't appear to be expecting a URI.
So, have you tried not converting the filename to a URI, e.g. just use:
c:\foo.xml
(might need to escape the backslash)
?
Running the above code might give the error - 'DOMDocument' : ambiguous symbol, in which case replace DOMDocument by xercesc::DOMDocument as there is also a DOMDocument class defined in msxml.h header that leads to ambiguity.
