converting vector to xml

[peter]

Input will be vector whose each element will itself be a vector.Length of
vector of each element may vary for different calls.Only the selected element
needs to be placed in proper order in the output.For ex. field2 is not required
in the output.Also field4 is placed before field3.Below is the code that
I tried to write.Can any one help me with better solution.

The Input is vector :
"[ [field1,f1_val1,f1_val2,f1_val3,f1_val4] ,[field2,f2_val1,f2_val2,f2_val3,f2_val4],

,[field3,f3_val1,f3_val2,f3_val3,f3_val4,f3_val5],
,[field4,f4_val1,f4_val2]] )

Expected output is :
< FIELD Row=1>
<field1>f1_val</field1>
<field4>f2_val1</filed4>
<field3>f3_val1</field3>
</FIELD>
< FIELD Row=2>
<field1>f1_va2</field1>
<field4>f2_val2</filed4>
<field3>f3_val2</field3>
</FIELD>
< FIELD Row=3>
<field1>f1_va3</field1>
<field3>f3_val3</field3>
</FIELD>
< FIELD Row=4>
<field1>f1_val4</field1>
<field3>f3_val4</field3>
</FIELD>
< FIELD Row=5>
<field3>f3_val5</field3>
</FIELD>

Code:


import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class TEST
{
public TEST()
{
}
public String getXXX( String fileName, Vector inVect )
{
StringBuffer row1 = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer row2 = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer row3 = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer row4 = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer row5 = new StringBuffer();
StringBuffer allrows = new StringBuffer();

try
{

for( int j = 0; j < inVect.size(); ++j )
{

Vector innerVect = (Vector)inVect.elementAt( j );
String key = (String)innerVect.elementAt( 0 );
if(( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field1")))
{
row1.append( "<" + key + ">");

row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
row3.append( "<" + key + ">");
row3.append(innerVect.elementAt(3).toString());
row3.append( "</" + key + ">");
row4.append( "<" + key + ">");
row4.append(innerVect.elementAt(4).toString());
row4.append( "</" + key + ">");

} //endif drop_ship_addr1
else if (( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field4")))
{
row1.append( "<" + key + ">");

row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
row2.append( "</" + key + ">");


} //endif

else if (( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field3")))
{
row1.append( "<" + key + ">");

row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
row3.append( "<" + key + ">");
row3.append(innerVect.elementAt(3).toString());
row3.append( "</" + key + ">");
row4.append( "<" + key + ">");
row4.append(innerVect.elementAt(4).toString());
row4.append( "</" + key + ">");
row5.append( "<" + key + ">");
row5.append (innerVect.elementAt(5).toString());
row5.append( "</" + key + ">");

} //endif drop_ship_addr3


}

allrows.append(row1.toString()) ;
allrows.append(row2.toString());
allrows.append(row3.toString());
allrows.append(row4.toString());


}
catch( Exception e ) {
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
String theMessage = sw.toString();
System.out.println( theMessage);
};
System.out.println( allrows.toString());
return allrows.toString();
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
TEST pj2 = new TEST();

pj2.getXXX( "output.txt",[ [field1,f1_val1,f1_val2,f1_val3,f1_val4] ,[field2,f2_val1,f2_val2,f2_val3,f2_val4],

,[field3,f3_val1,f3_val2,f3_val3,f3_val4,f3_val5],
,[field4,f4_val1,f4_val2]] )

}
}

[Paul Clapham]

Better? Do you have any particular problems with it yourself? Just a
couple of suggestions:

1. You are repeatedly calculating "<" + key + ">" and its closing relative;
you could do that once and store it in a String variable.

2. Your text nodes may contain characters (&, <, >, ', and ") which must be
escaped (&amp;, &lt;, &gt;, &quot;, and &apos in valid XML. You aren't
doing that, so you need some code that does these replacements to all text
nodes (but not element names).

PC2

"peter " <pakoo@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3c7d4add$1@10.1.10.29...
>
> Input will be vector whose each element will itself be a vector.Length of
> vector of each element may vary for different calls.Only the selected
element
> needs to be placed in proper order in the output.For ex. field2 is not
required
> in the output.Also field4 is placed before field3.Below is the code that
> I tried to write.Can any one help me with better solution.
>
> The Input is vector :
> "[ [field1,f1_val1,f1_val2,f1_val3,f1_val4]
,[field2,f2_val1,f2_val2,f2_val3,f2_val4],
>
> ,[field3,f3_val1,f3_val2,f3_val3,f3_val4,f3_val5],
> ,[field4,f4_val1,f4_val2]] )
>
> Expected output is :
> < FIELD Row=1>
> <field1>f1_val</field1>
> <field4>f2_val1</filed4>
> <field3>f3_val1</field3>
> </FIELD>
> < FIELD Row=2>
> <field1>f1_va2</field1>
> <field4>f2_val2</filed4>
> <field3>f3_val2</field3>
> </FIELD>
> < FIELD Row=3>
> <field1>f1_va3</field1>
> <field3>f3_val3</field3>
> </FIELD>
> < FIELD Row=4>
> <field1>f1_val4</field1>
> <field3>f3_val4</field3>
> </FIELD>
> < FIELD Row=5>
> <field3>f3_val5</field3>
> </FIELD>
>
> Code:
>
>
> import java.util.*;
> import java.io.*;
> public class TEST
> {
> public TEST()
> {
> }
> public String getXXX( String fileName, Vector inVect )
> {
> StringBuffer row1 = new StringBuffer();
> StringBuffer row2 = new StringBuffer();
> StringBuffer row3 = new StringBuffer();
> StringBuffer row4 = new StringBuffer();
> StringBuffer row5 = new StringBuffer();
> StringBuffer allrows = new StringBuffer();
>
> try
> {
>
> for( int j = 0; j < inVect.size(); ++j )
> {
>
> Vector innerVect = (Vector)inVect.elementAt( j );
> String key = (String)innerVect.elementAt( 0 );
> if(( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field1")))
> {
> row1.append( "<" + key + ">");
>
> row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
> row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
> row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row3.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row3.append(innerVect.elementAt(3).toString());
> row3.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row4.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row4.append(innerVect.elementAt(4).toString());
> row4.append( "</" + key + ">");
>
> } //endif drop_ship_addr1
> else if (( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field4")))
> {
> row1.append( "<" + key + ">");
>
> row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
> row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
> row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
>
>
> } //endif
>
> else if (( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field3")))
> {
> row1.append( "<" + key + ">");
>
> row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
> row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
> row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row3.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row3.append(innerVect.elementAt(3).toString());
> row3.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row4.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row4.append(innerVect.elementAt(4).toString());
> row4.append( "</" + key + ">");
> row5.append( "<" + key + ">");
> row5.append (innerVect.elementAt(5).toString());
> row5.append( "</" + key + ">");
>
> } //endif drop_ship_addr3
>
>
> }
>
> allrows.append(row1.toString()) ;
> allrows.append(row2.toString());
> allrows.append(row3.toString());
> allrows.append(row4.toString());
>
>
> }
> catch( Exception e ) {
> StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
> e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
> String theMessage = sw.toString();
> System.out.println( theMessage);
> };
> System.out.println( allrows.toString());
> return allrows.toString();
> }
> public static void main(String[] args)
> {
> TEST pj2 = new TEST();
>
> pj2.getXXX( "output.txt",[ [field1,f1_val1,f1_val2,f1_val3,f1_val4]
,[field2,f2_val1,f2_val2,f2_val3,f2_val4],
>
> ,[field3,f3_val1,f3_val2,f3_val3,f3_val4,f3_val5],
> ,[field4,f4_val1,f4_val2]] )
>
> }
> }
>
>
>

[MarkN]

If you want to create valid XML you should probably use a parser. Most will
convert any 'invalid' characters to properly escaped ones automatically.
Using a parser is probably slower but usually livable.

Mark

"Paul Clapham" <pclapham@core-mark.com> wrote:
>Better? Do you have any particular problems with it yourself? Just a
>couple of suggestions:
>
>1. You are repeatedly calculating "<" + key + ">" and its closing relative;
>you could do that once and store it in a String variable.
>
>2. Your text nodes may contain characters (&, <, >, ', and ") which must
be
>escaped (&, <, >, ", and &apos in valid XML. You aren't
>doing that, so you need some code that does these replacements to all text
>nodes (but not element names).
>
>PC2
>
>"peter " <pakoo@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3c7d4add$1@10.1.10.29...
>>
>> Input will be vector whose each element will itself be a vector.Length
of
>> vector of each element may vary for different calls.Only the selected
>element
>> needs to be placed in proper order in the output.For ex. field2 is not
>required
>> in the output.Also field4 is placed before field3.Below is the code that
>> I tried to write.Can any one help me with better solution.
>>
>> The Input is vector :
>> "[ [field1,f1_val1,f1_val2,f1_val3,f1_val4]
>,[field2,f2_val1,f2_val2,f2_val3,f2_val4],
>>
>> ,[field3,f3_val1,f3_val2,f3_val3,f3_val4,f3_val5],
>> ,[field4,f4_val1,f4_val2]] )
>>
>> Expected output is :
>> < FIELD Row=1>
>> <field1>f1_val</field1>
>> <field4>f2_val1</filed4>
>> <field3>f3_val1</field3>
>> </FIELD>
>> < FIELD Row=2>
>> <field1>f1_va2</field1>
>> <field4>f2_val2</filed4>
>> <field3>f3_val2</field3>
>> </FIELD>
>> < FIELD Row=3>
>> <field1>f1_va3</field1>
>> <field3>f3_val3</field3>
>> </FIELD>
>> < FIELD Row=4>
>> <field1>f1_val4</field1>
>> <field3>f3_val4</field3>
>> </FIELD>
>> < FIELD Row=5>
>> <field3>f3_val5</field3>
>> </FIELD>
>>
>> Code:
>>
>>
>> import java.util.*;
>> import java.io.*;
>> public class TEST
>> {
>> public TEST()
>> {
>> }
>> public String getXXX( String fileName, Vector inVect )
>> {
>> StringBuffer row1 = new StringBuffer();
>> StringBuffer row2 = new StringBuffer();
>> StringBuffer row3 = new StringBuffer();
>> StringBuffer row4 = new StringBuffer();
>> StringBuffer row5 = new StringBuffer();
>> StringBuffer allrows = new StringBuffer();
>>
>> try
>> {
>>
>> for( int j = 0; j < inVect.size(); ++j )
>> {
>>
>> Vector innerVect = (Vector)inVect.elementAt( j );
>> String key = (String)innerVect.elementAt( 0 );
>> if(( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field1")))
>> {
>> row1.append( "<" + key + ">");
>>
>> row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
>> row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
>> row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row3.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row3.append(innerVect.elementAt(3).toString());
>> row3.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row4.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row4.append(innerVect.elementAt(4).toString());
>> row4.append( "</" + key + ">");
>>
>> } //endif drop_ship_addr1
>> else if (( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field4")))
>> {
>> row1.append( "<" + key + ">");
>>
>> row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
>> row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
>> row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
>>
>>
>> } //endif
>>
>> else if (( key.equalsIgnoreCase("field3")))
>> {
>> row1.append( "<" + key + ">");
>>
>> row1.append(innerVect.elementAt(1).toString());
>> row1.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row2.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row2.append(innerVect.elementAt(2).toString());
>> row2.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row3.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row3.append(innerVect.elementAt(3).toString());
>> row3.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row4.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row4.append(innerVect.elementAt(4).toString());
>> row4.append( "</" + key + ">");
>> row5.append( "<" + key + ">");
>> row5.append (innerVect.elementAt(5).toString());
>> row5.append( "</" + key + ">");
>>
>> } //endif drop_ship_addr3
>>
>>
>> }
>>
>> allrows.append(row1.toString()) ;
>> allrows.append(row2.toString());
>> allrows.append(row3.toString());
>> allrows.append(row4.toString());
>>
>>
>> }
>> catch( Exception e ) {
>> StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
>> e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
>> String theMessage = sw.toString();
>> System.out.println( theMessage);
>> };
>> System.out.println( allrows.toString());
>> return allrows.toString();
>> }
>> public static void main(String[] args)
>> {
>> TEST pj2 = new TEST();
>>
>> pj2.getXXX( "output.txt",[ [field1,f1_val1,f1_val2,f1_val3,f1_val4]
>,[field2,f2_val1,f2_val2,f2_val3,f2_val4],
>>
>> ,[field3,f3_val1,f3_val2,f3_val3,f3_val4,f3_val5],
>> ,[field4,f4_val1,f4_val2]] )
>>
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>
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