help required parsing xml data

[sandie]

hi,

I have a document like

<resources>
<resource>
<name>name1</name>
<parent>root</parent>
<properties>
<property>prop1</property>
<property>prop2</property>
</properties>
</resource>
<resource>
<name>name2</name>
<parent>Node</parent>
<properties>
<property>prop1</property>
<property>prop2</property>
<property>prop3</property>
</properties>
</resource>
<resource>
<name>name3</name>
<parent>name2</parent>
<properties>
<property>prop1</property>
<property>prop3</property>
</properties>
</resource>
</resources>

and I am trying to parse it to populate some internal data structure but I am stuck and need some help.

I want to print all the data in the right order including properties. something like

<canvas height="250" width="500" bgcolor="#D4D0C8" debug="true">
<dataset name="myData" src="./constants.xml" />

<datapointertr name="ptr" />
<datapointer xpath="myData:/resources/" ondata="processData()">
<method name="processData">
this.selectChild(0);
do {
debug.write(" name = " + this.xpathQuery('name/text()'));
debug.write(" parent = " + this.xpathQuery('parent/text()'));
debug.write(" properties = " + this.xpathQuery('properties/property[1]/text()'));
var dp = this.xpathQuery('properties/');
ptr.setXPath( dp );
ptr.selectChild();
do {
debug.write(" property = " + ptr.xpathQuery('property/text()'));
} while (ptr.selectNext());
} while (this.selectNext());
</method>
</datapointer>
</canvas>

Now, I know this is worng, but this is what I want to do, print the properties attribute for every resource...

can anyone help pls.... The xml data is the content of constants.cml file.

Thanks for your help.
cheers,
sandie

[sandie]

can anyone help me pls...

[sandie]

if it helps anyone

<canvas height="250" width="500" bgcolor="#D4D0C8" debug="true">
<dataset name="myData" src="./constants.xml" />

<datapointer id="ptr" xpath="myData:/resources/" ondata="processData()" >
<method name="processData">
this.selectChild();
var i=1;
var mptr = new Lzdatapointer();
do {
debug.write(" name = " + this.xpathQuery('name/text()'));
mptr.setXPath("myData:/resources/resource["+i+"]/properties/");
mptr.selectChild(0);
do {
debug.write(" property = " + mptr.xpathQuery('text()') );
} while (mptr.selectNext());
i+=1;
} while (this.selectNext());
</method>
</datapointer>
</canvas>