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= XML-Loader =

The goal of the XML-Loader is to import levels defined in an XML-File into the game engine. This is done by parsing a specified XML-File and adding all defined Entities for the Scene-Manager.

== XML-Design ==

See [wiki:content/LevelHowTo] (don't know if this is still up to date...)

== Ticket ==

This page referrers to [ticket:232 Ticket 232] which is maintained by [wiki:people/NicolasPerrenoud Nicolas Perrenoud]

== Library ==

I'm using the [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~fvandenb/tools/xmlParser.html xmlParser] Library from Frank Vanden Berghen which is small, simple to use and fast. ([http://www.applied-mathematics.net/download.php?id=43 Download]).
It uses only one class, which is defined in xmlParser.cpp, xmlParser.h
The class '''XMLNode''' reflects an Node in the XML-File. It has methods to get the child nodes, get the attributes and inner text.

'''Example:'''

<root>
  <level name="Argon Prime">
    Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet
  </level>
</root>

'''XMLNode xMainNode=XMLNode::openFileHelper("level.xml","root");''' // This loads the xml file and defines root as the main node

'''XMLNode xNode=xMainNode.getChildNode("level");''' // This creates a new node object of child node <level>

'''cout << xNode.getAttribute("name");''' // This prints the value xNode's attribute name, in this case ''Argon Prime''

'''cout << xNode.getText());''' // This prints the inner content of xNode, in this case ''Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet''

== Misc ==

See [wiki:XML-Writer] for an XML-Writer description