Android Question XML2Map

[kanati]

I add this library to my project and it fails to compile.

B4A Version: 9.00
Parsing code. Error
Error parsing program.
Error description: Unknown type: xmlbuilder
Are you missing a library reference?
Error occurred on line: 3 (Map2Xml)
Private builder As XMLBuilder


I have both xml2map and xmlsax (have tried with and without xmlsax) without any luck. Using version 9.00 of B4A.

Anyone have any idea why it appears the library itself is complaining about another library?

 

[kanati]

(I would note that the program runs fine until I add the reference so it's not my code... it appears to be a problem with the library itself)

I also just verified that the default template program compiles file and without any changes at all, it fails immediately to compile with the above error when you add xml2map and xmlsax libraries to the project (though it is only the xml2map library which causes the error).

 

[DonManfred]

Unknown type: xmlbuilder

you are missing the xmlbuilder library dependency

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4a-b4j-xmlbuilder.16277/#content

 

[Erel]

XmlBuilder will be included as an internal library in the next update of B4A and B4J.

 

[kanati]

Thanks. I'll give it a shot. I was getting some weird weird errors yesterday when I finally gave up on B4A but I'll add that library and give it another shot.

(I had strings that I was trying to apply to properties in a class and it was giving me numeric conversion errors even though no variables at all were numeric)

 

[kanati]

I'm not throwing errors now but I'm not getting data out of my xml either. This is probably my fault, but I'm not sure where I need to go from here.

<TemperatureDataList xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
    <Items>
        <TemperatureData>
            <ID>2258</ID>
            <IdentityID>3</IdentityID>
            <TimeStamp>2019-04-10T17:42:00</TimeStamp>
            <Temperature>76.82</Temperature>
            <Humidity>33.10</Humidity>
        </TemperatureData>
        <TemperatureData>
            <ID>2257</ID>
            <IdentityID>3</IdentityID>
            <TimeStamp>2019-04-10T17:37:00</TimeStamp>
            <Temperature>76.82</Temperature>
            <Humidity>33.30</Humidity>
        </TemperatureData>
        <TemperatureData>
            <ID>2256</ID>
            <IdentityID>3</IdentityID>
            <TimeStamp>2019-04-10T17:32:00</TimeStamp>
            <Temperature>76.82</Temperature>
            <Humidity>33.60</Humidity>
        </TemperatureData>
        <TemperatureData>
            <ID>2255</ID>
            <IdentityID>3</IdentityID>
            <TimeStamp>2019-04-10T17:27:00</TimeStamp>
            <Temperature>76.82</Temperature>
            <Humidity>33.70</Humidity>
        </TemperatureData>
    </Items>
</TemperatureDataList>

That's my XML...

And for snippets of my code:

    Private TempData As Map 'in process_globals

    Private xm As Xml2Map   'in globals

    If FirstTime Then 'in activity_create()
        xm.Initialize  
    End If

    Dim xmlstring As String = h.GetString 'and this code is in a sub that is called when a refresh button is pressed...
  
    TempData = xm.Parse(xmlstring)
  
    For Each tmpdata As Map In GetElements(TempData, "TemperatureData")
        Log(tmpdata.Get("Temperature"))      
    Next

Nothing gets logged so I assume that nothing is being placed into TempData. The xmlstring is definitely populated with the above XML btw. That much I know.

 

[kanati]

neeeeever mind. I got it.

I neglected to get the temperaturedatalist first... and then the items... and then temperaturedata.

 

[mangojack]

Consider posting your working code snippet as future help for others.

Ps .. maybe investigate other options for initialising Xml2Map object , ie Starter Service, testing for IsInitialized etc.
Depending on your usage, it may created problems placing initialization in a If First Time condition.