Trying to understand Objects

[rcmaehl]

Hi all,

I've recently be kinda forced into trying to learn OOP within AutoIt. I'm trying to convert XML into objects I guess instead of trying to parse it into arrays within arrays. An example is below:

<User>
    <roles>
        <role>Agent</role>
        <role>Supervisor</role>
    </roles>
</user>

 

• How can I convert this?
• Would <roles> be $User.Roles?
• If so would the children be $User.Roles.Role.Agent and $User.Roles.Role.Supervisor? 
• If not, how do I reference each Object?
   

Any assistance would be appreciated. I tried to understand XML.au3 but I'm so confused trying to wrap my head around this.

Edited June 15, 2018 by rcmaehl

[jdelaney]

Forum search .selectnodes.  return that to a variable like $oRoles.  xpath is //role

Loop through like:

For $oRole in $oRoles

     consolewrite  ($oRole.text & @crlf)

Next

 

Edited June 15, 2018 by jdelaney

[rcmaehl]

_XML_SelectNodes expects XML input for the first parameter and the "path" as the second? Does it return an array or strings? I'm still so confused at exactly the $oNodes_coll return is...

Edit: Just saw your edit. I'll try that.

Edited June 15, 2018 by rcmaehl

[rcmaehl]

I seem to be getting a DOMVersion (4) error. However @extended is "0". I'm confused if I'm doing something wrong?

Edit: It appears I'm getting IsNotObject. I guess I need to convert my XML text to an Object for the First Parameter of _XML_SelectNodes?

Edited June 15, 2018 by rcmaehl

[rcmaehl]

Hey! I did it! I was missing _XML_LoadXML !