I have ran into a peculiar problem with NSXMLParser.
For some reason it cuts out all the characters in front of all the norwegian characters æ, ø and å.
However, the problem seems to be the same with all non a-z characters.(All foreign characters)
Examples:
Reality: Mål Output: ål
Reality: Le chant des sirènes Output: ènes
Heres an example from the log where I have printed out the string from:
- (void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string
Log:
2012-02-22 14:00:01.647 VotePlayClient[2776:207] found characters: Le chant des sir
2012-02-22 14:00:01.647 VotePlayClient[2776:207] found characters: ènes
You can clearly see that it jumps to a new line whenever it encounters a foreign letter.
I believe that I have to figure out how to append the string or something to that effect.
Here are the NSXMLParser files:
SearchXMLParser.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "Search.h"
@interface SearchXMLParser : NSObject <NSXMLParserDelegate>
{
NSMutableString *currentNodeContent;
NSMutableArray *searchhits;
NSMutableArray *trackhits;
NSXMLParser *parser;
Search *currentSearch;
}
@property (readonly, retain) NSMutableArray *searchhits;
@property (readonly, retain) NSMutableArray *trackhits;
-(id) loadXMLByURL:(NSString *)urlString;
@end
SearchXMLParser.m
#import "SearchXMLParser.h"
#import "Search.h"
@implementation SearchXMLParser
@synthesize searchhits, trackhits;
-(id) loadXMLByURL:(NSString *)urlString
{
searchhits = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
trackhits = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
parser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:data];
parser.delegate = self;
[parser parse];
return self;
}
- (void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementname namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
{
if ([elementname isEqualToString:@"track"])
{
currentSearch = [Search alloc];
}
if ([elementname isEqualToString:@"track"])
{
currentSearch.trackurl = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"href"];
}
}
- (void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementname namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName
{
if ([elementname isEqualToString:@"name"])
{
[trackhits addObject:currentNodeContent];
}
if ([elementname isEqualToString:@"track"])
{
currentSearch.track = [trackhits objectAtIndex:0];
currentSearch.artist = [trackhits objectAtIndex:1];
currentSearch.album = [trackhits objectAtIndex:2];
[trackhits removeAllObjects];
[searchhits addObject:currentSearch];
[currentSearch release];
currentSearch = nil;
[currentNodeContent release];
currentNodeContent = nil;
}
}
- (void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string
{
NSLog(@"found characters: %@", string);
currentNodeContent = (NSMutableString *) [string stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
}
- (void) dealloc
{
[parser release];
[super dealloc];
}
@end
I have already checked SO for answers and found a couple of similar posts, but nothing that gave a clear solution to this problem.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem? :) Any help is much appreciated!