Question

I’m trying to get hold of data from a NSXMLParser

I have the following XML Sample Data:

<myCourse>
    <courseName>BEng Mobile and Web Computing</courseName>
    <courseStructure>
        <level4>
            <module>
                <moduleCode>ECSC401</moduleCode>
                <moduleTitle>Programming Methodology</moduleTitle>
                <credits>15</credits>
                <semester>1</semester>
                <assessmentDetails>
                    <assessment>
                        <assessmentName>Test1</assessmentName>
                        <assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>
                        <assessmentWeighting>30</assessmentWeighting>
                        <assessmentDueDate/>
                    </assessment>
                    <assessment>
                        <assessmentName>Coursework</assessmentName>
                        <assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>
                        <assessmentWeighting>40</assessmentWeighting>
                        <assessmentDueDate/>
                    </assessment>
                    <assessment>
                        <assessmentName>Test2</assessmentName>
                        <assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>
                        <assessmentWeighting>30</assessmentWeighting>
                        <assessmentDueDate/>
                    </assessment>
                </assessmentDetails>
            </module>
        </level4>
    </courseStructure>
</myCourse>

And I have created the two Entity classes:

Module.h

@interface Module : NSObject {

    NSString *moduleCode;
    NSString *moduleTitle;
    NSString *credits;
    NSString *semester;

}

AssessmentDetail.h

@interface AssessmentDetail : NSObject {

    NSString *assessmentName;
    NSString *assessmentType;
    NSString *assessmentWeighting;
    NSString *assessmentDueDate;

}

That’s all I have really, I would like to be able to parse the XML data into an array to be implemented into a UITableView.

Can anyone guide me or help me with a simple way to actually have data output?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Dou you really want to use NSXMLParser? If not, I suggest to use TBXML. It’s really easy to use if you know the structure of your XML File. Start at this page to get the APIs: TBXML APIs

If you are familiar with Objective-c you’ll get this XML parsed in half an hour. 😉

Sandro Meier