// // XMLReader.m // #import "XMLReader.h" NSString *const kXMLReaderTextNodeKey = @"text"; @interface XMLReader (Internal) - (id)initWithError:(NSError **)error; - (NSDictionary *)objectWithData:(NSData *)data; @end @implementation XMLReader #pragma mark - #pragma mark Public methods + (NSDictionary *)dictionaryForXMLData:(NSData *)data error:(NSError **)error { XMLReader *reader = [[XMLReader alloc] initWithError:error]; NSDictionary *rootDictionary = [reader objectWithData:data]; [reader release]; return rootDictionary; } + (NSDictionary *)dictionaryForXMLString:(NSString *)string error:(NSError **)error { NSData *data = [string dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; return [XMLReader dictionaryForXMLData:data error:error]; } #pragma mark - #pragma mark Parsing - (id)initWithError:(NSError **)error { if (self = [super init]) { errorPointer = error; } return self; } - (void)dealloc { [dictionaryStack release]; [textInProgress release]; [super dealloc]; } - (NSDictionary *)objectWithData:(NSData *)data { // Clear out any old data [dictionaryStack release]; [textInProgress release]; dictionaryStack = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; textInProgress = [[NSMutableString alloc] init]; // Initialize the stack with a fresh dictionary [dictionaryStack addObject:[NSMutableDictionary dictionary]]; // Parse the XML NSXMLParser *parser = [[[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:data] autorelease]; parser.delegate = self; BOOL success = [parser parse]; // Return the stack's root dictionary on success if (success) { NSDictionary *resultDict = [dictionaryStack objectAtIndex:0]; return resultDict; } return nil; } #pragma mark - #pragma mark NSXMLParserDelegate methods - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict { // Get the dictionary for the current level in the stack NSMutableDictionary *parentDict = [dictionaryStack lastObject]; // Create the child dictionary for the new element, and initilaize it with the attributes NSMutableDictionary *childDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary]; [childDict addEntriesFromDictionary:attributeDict]; // If there's already an item for this key, it means we need to create an array id existingValue = [parentDict objectForKey:elementName]; if (existingValue) { NSMutableArray *array = nil; if ([existingValue isKindOfClass:[NSMutableArray class]]) { // The array exists, so use it array = (NSMutableArray *) existingValue; } else { // Create an array if it doesn't exist array = [NSMutableArray array]; [array addObject:existingValue]; // Replace the child dictionary with an array of children dictionaries [parentDict setObject:array forKey:elementName]; } // Add the new child dictionary to the array [array addObject:childDict]; } else { // No existing value, so update the dictionary [parentDict setObject:childDict forKey:elementName]; } // Update the stack [dictionaryStack addObject:childDict]; [textInProgress release]; textInProgress = [[NSMutableString alloc] init]; } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName { NSString* textOnly = nil; // Update the parent dict with text info NSMutableDictionary *dictInProgress = [dictionaryStack lastObject]; // Set the text property if ([textInProgress length] > 0) { if ([dictInProgress count] == 0) textOnly = [NSString stringWithString:textInProgress]; // save for later else [dictInProgress setObject:textInProgress forKey:kXMLReaderTextNodeKey]; // Reset the text [textInProgress release]; textInProgress = [[NSMutableString alloc] init]; } // Pop the current dict [dictionaryStack removeLastObject]; if (textOnly) [[dictionaryStack lastObject] setObject:textOnly forKey:elementName]; // replace a text only dictionary with a string entry. } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string { // Build the text value [textInProgress appendString:string]; } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)parseError { // Set the error pointer to the parser's error object *errorPointer = parseError; } @end