Lastchild in xml file using QDomDocument Class

Question

i have this xml:

<VCAAnalysis>
    <VCAStream>
        <VCAFrame width="768" height="432" rtptime=""    utctime="102157000" utctimeHigh="0" configID="0" />
        <VCAFrame width="768" height="432" rtptime="" utctime="102157160" utctimeHigh="0" configID="0">
            <Object objectID="138.96.200.59_20160126_102157160_1" minX="276" minY="0" maxX="320" maxY="123" width="44" height="123" ObjPropTag="PERSON">
            </Object>
        </VCAFrame>
        <VCAFrame width="768" height="432" rtptime="" utctime="102157320" utctimeHigh="0" configID="0" />
        <VCAFrame width="768" height="432" rtptime="" utctime="102157480" utctimeHigh="0" configID="0">
            <Object objectID="138.96.200.59_20160126_102157480_2" minX="224" minY="264" maxX="287" maxY="343" width="63" height="79" ObjPropTag="PERSON">
            </Object>
        </VCAFrame>
        <VCAFrame width="768" height="432" rtptime="" utctime="102157640" utctimeHigh="0" configID="0">
            <Object objectID="138.96.200.59_20160126_102157480_3" minX="204" minY="266" maxX="331" maxY="400" width="127" height="134" ObjPropTag="PERSON">
            </Object>
        </VCAFrame>
       <VCAFrame width="768" height="432" rtptime=""    utctime="102157000" utctimeHigh="0" configID="0" />
     </VCAStream>
  </VCAAnalysis>

I want to get the last objectID(138.96.200.59_20160126_102157480_3) in the last VCAFrame which have an object.

i tried this code but it doesn't work.

         QDomNodeList a = VCAStream.elementsByTagName("VCAFrame");

        if(a.size()!=0) {

         QDomElement lastobj = VCAStream.lastChild().toElement();
         QDomElement last = lastobj.firstChild().toElement();

         QString lastid = last.attribute("objectID");
         cout << qPrintable("laaaaaaaast "+lastid) << endl;
        }

try to replace with : QDomNodeList a = VCAStream.elementsByTagName("VCAStream"); — Mimouni, Jul 28 '16 at 10:27

Dillydill123 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-28T17:10:18.987

This worked for me:

QDomNodeList vcaStreams = VCAStream.elementsByTagName("VCAStream");
QDomNodeList vcaFrames = vcaStreams.at(0).childNodes(); //Gives 6 VCAFrame tags
QDomNodeList vcaObjects = vcaFrames.at(4).childNodes(); //Gives 1 Object tag
qDebug() << vcaObjects.at(0).toElement().attribute("objectID");

lastobj in your code refers to the last VCAFrame, which does not have an objectID.

EDIT: If you need to iterate over an entire xml file. I'm assuming that you want the last vcaFrame that has an objectID in each VCAStream.

QDomNodeList vcaStreams = VCAStream.elementsByTagName("VCAStream");

for (int i = 0; i < vcaStreams.count(); ++i) {
    QDomNodeList vcaFrames = vcaStreams.at(i).childNodes(); //Gives us all VCAFrameTags

    //Find last tag with objectID
    QDomElement last;
    for (int j = vcaFrames.count() - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
        //Assumes there is at most one <object> tag in each VCAFrame
        if (vcaFrames.at(j).hasChildNodes()) {
            QDomElement tmp = vcaFrames.at(j).firstChild().toElement();
            if (tmp.hasAttribute("objectID")) {
                last = tmp;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    //last now holds the last VCAFrame with an object tag or is Null
    if (last.isNull())
        qDebug() << "No objectID found";
    else 
        qDebug() << last.attribute("objectID");

}

I tested this on your XML file and it gave me the correct result, but I did not try adding more than one VCAStream tag.

If i have a different xml file it will not work. i need the last objectID in the last VCAFrame witch have an objectID. — Ghada Bahloul, Jul 28 '16 at 16:31
I edited my answer to deal with any xml file. Let me know if that helps. — Dillydill123, Jul 28 '16 at 16:58

Lastchild in xml file using QDomDocument Class

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