retrieve xml file using nsxmlparser in ios

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i am getting problem while reading xml files through nsxmlparser in ios,

<PRODUCTS>
    <PRODUCTSLIST>
        <PRODUCTDETAILS>
                <headertext> test header </headertext>
                <description><b style="font-size: x-small;">product, advantages</b></description>
        </PRODUCTDETAILS>
    </PRODUCTSLIST>
</PRODUCTS>

while i read the file using nsxmlparser i am able to get value(test header) for headertext but the description attribute value contains html tags so i cant able to get the result (product, advantages)i am getting result as empty How can i get the result as((product, advantages)) for description attribute?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Speaking from a developers perspective I would not recommend using NSXMLParser due to it's laborious way to parse XML Files. There is a great write up about choosing the right XML Parser.

I use KissXML quite often. You can find a quit tutorial of using it here.

Hope this helps.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Apr 05 '13 at 07:42

btype

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that's ok for 'smaller' files. but a DOM parser will eat up a lot of memory *btw, kissXML tries to emulate NSXML for mac so you can also read that docs* – Daij-Djan Apr 05 '13 at 07:48
I used it for files larger than 4000 lines and it worked well. But I only used it to parse the Data and stored it into CoreData. – btype Apr 05 '13 at 07:58
Reading xml file , i have only maximum 50 records if i use KissXml means it have so many class files and memory... – Karthik Apr 05 '13 at 08:03
4000 lines is small.... thats why I said 'small' -- Im using KissXML in a web scraper and it is **great** but when you have to deal with XMLs that are in the 10 MB+ range..... it might not be a good fit -- oh and it is slow in comparison! – Daij-Djan Apr 05 '13 at 08:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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Your problem is that the "b" tag is considered part of the XML structure, try escaping the '<' and '>' characters of the 'b' tag:
@"product, advantages"
see here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Apr 05 '13 at 08:00

Dan Shelly

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that description attribute comming from service so that column having dynamic values .... if bold we can try like this suppose font and other tag came means how can i manage that .. – Karthik Apr 05 '13 at 08:05

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