Parsing the file
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Parsing the file

Parsing the file requires only the name of the file and a single function call, plus error checking. Full code: Appendix B

        1 xmlDocPtr doc;
	2 xmlNodePtr cur;

	3 doc = xmlParseFile(docname);
	
	4 if (doc == NULL ) {
		fprintf(stderr,"Document not parsed successfully. \n");
		return;
	}

	5 cur = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
	
	6 if (cur == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr,"empty document\n");
		xmlFreeDoc(doc);
		return;
	}
	
	7 if (xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *) "story")) {
		fprintf(stderr,"document of the wrong type, root node != story");
		xmlFreeDoc(doc);
		return;
	}
1

Declare the pointer that will point to your parsed document.

2

Declare a node pointer (you'll need this in order to interact with individual nodes).

4

Check to see that the document was successfully parsed.

5

Retrieve the document's root element.

6

Check to make sure the document actually contains something.

7

In our case, we need to make sure the document is the right type. "story" is the root type of my documents.

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