How to convert an XMLElement to string in TinyXML2

Question

In TinyXml 1 it was possible to convert a child element to a string using the << operator, e.g.

TiXmlElement * pxmlChild = pxmlParent->FirstChildElement( "child" );
std::stringstream ss;
ss << (*pxmlChild);

This doesn't appear possible in TinyXml2. How do you convert an element to an xml string in TinyXml2?

Edit: Specifically I'm after the xml, e.g. if the xml was:

<parent>
    <child>
        <value>abc</value>
    </child>
<parent>

I want the xml for the child element, e.g.

<child>
    <value>abc</value>
</child>

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '15 at 21:21

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Seems like Print isn't there any more but Accept works just as well:

XMLPrinter printer;
pxmlChild->Accept( &printer );
ss << printer.CStr();

answered Mar 20 '15 at 21:21

Adam Thomson

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '12 at 21:30

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From the TinyXml2 community:

Printing (of a sub-node) is in a utility function:

XMLPrinter printer;
pxmlChild->Print( &printer );
ss << printer.CStr();

answered Sep 10 '12 at 21:30

snowdude

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It appears that this solution does not exist anymore- no idea why. See my question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27726049/extracting-sub-tree-xml-string-with-tinyxml2 – Jim Clay Jan 02 '15 at 18:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '17 at 02:49

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    TiXmlElement *assertion; // you can add some elements when you test
    TiXmlPrinter printer;
    assertion->Accept( &printer );
    std::string stringBuffer = printer.CStr();
    cout<<stringBuffer.c_str()<<endl;

answered Mar 24 '17 at 02:49

Xianggui Wang

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How to convert an XMLElement to string in TinyXML2

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