XML files with C++

[luckycusp]

Hello all

Are there any in-built functions in C++ to manipulate xml files?
If yes, which ones? Which Library?

Thanks & regards
Vijay

[helios]

No.
You need to find a third party library to handle XML, of which there are tons.

[george135]

On windows, yes
(Win32 COM api)

[luckycusp]

@George

What is that? Forgive me for my naivety, but I do not have much idea about COM API'S.

Is there not a straightforward solution like I just include some header file(let it be a 3rd part library)?

[helios]

Feel free to disregard anything george135 says. He'll throw up an unportable, Microsoft-based solution at you the first chance he gets.

Usually, XML libraries are a single file (well, to be honest, I just can't imagine using multiple files for that), so you can just include the header and link the source to your project.

[luckycusp]

Thank you Helios. You are an pro here and I have seen you replying to lot of threads.

OK, when I google "C++ XML library", I see 1000s of solutions. Do you have any personal experience using any? If yes then let me know. I dont want to start with one, and then later realise that its a pain in the back!

Actually I do not even need to start programming right now. My professor wants to build an application where I need to exchange data using xml files. We have still not even decided which programming language to use. Since I know C++ to an extent, I suggested him C++. I know very well thats its much easier if I use C# or VB for it, but I would prefer C++ as "xml file transfer" is not the only task to accomplish. Its going to be a big project for 7-8 months.

Is it "too" complicated trying to interface with XML files using C++? I think it should not be, as all I need to do is to read and write to the tags in XML files. If the XML library provides me simple interfaces to "read" and "write", I suppose it would be sufficient.

Any inputs will be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[z05DSL3A]

Xerces is worth a look.
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/

[luckycusp]

Thanks grey, that was also the first in the google result list :)

[jsmith]

xbinder also

[PanGalactic]

libxml2 ( http://www.xmlsoft.org/ ) and libxml++ ( http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/ )

Libxml2 is known to be very portable, the library should build and work without serious troubles on a variety of systems (Linux, Unix, Windows, CygWin, MacOS, MacOS X, RISC Os, OS/2, VMS, QNX, MVS, ...)

It is essentially the de-facto standard XML lib on Linux.

I used Xerces a very long time ago and it met my needs.