Reading xml file using Qdomdocument, chlidnode count not coming correct

[n-2204]

Hi, i am reading xml file using Qdomdocument but I'm not able to read all the data, even its not showing ROW count correct.
cubediagram then ROW as 1 and Name once it read upto a, for ROW childcount shows 1 only

<cubediagram>
<ROW>
<Name>a</Name>
<X>0</X>
<Y>0</Y>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<Name>b</Name>
<X>1</X>
<Y>4</Y>
</ROW>
</cubediagram>

QDomElement root_element = xmlread.documentElement();   
QString startTag = root_element.tagName();
qDebug() << "The ROOT tag is" << startTag;
int noofrows=  root_element.childNodes().count();

QDomElement General = root_element.firstChild().toElement();
QString data = General.tagName();
qDebug() << "The FirstChild is" << data;
int iCount = General.childNodes().size();
int iCount2 = General.childNodes().count();

QDomNodeList row_lst = root_element.elementsByTagName("ROW");
 int row=  row_lst.count();
if (General.tagName() == "ROW")
{
    QDomElement Component = General.firstChild().toElement();
    QString cmp = Component.tagName();
    qDebug() << "The data in Component Element is" << cmp;
    QString n;
while (!Component.isNull())
    {
        if (Component.tagName() == "Name")
        {
            n = Component.firstChild().toText().data();
            qDebug() << "Name is:" << n;
        }
        if (Component.tagName() == "X")
        {
            n = Component.firstChild().toText().data();
            qDebug() << "X is:" << n;
        }
        if (Component.tagName() == "Y")
        {
            n = Component.firstChild().toText().data();
            qDebug() << "Y is:" << n;
        }
		 Component = Component.nextSibling().toElement();
	}
}

Plz tell where I'm doing wrong. So, I can read the file correctly.
Thankyou

[JonB]

@n-2204
Scribbled in haste. firstChild() etc return QDomNodes, which (IIRC) return things like whitespace and comments. And when you call toElement() on that you are not checking whether it returns a QDomNode::isNull(). If you only want to look at QDomElements I think you should use calls like QDomNode::firstChildElement().

[n-2204]

@JonB ya count i got correct as element as C X then its not couting is i give firstChildElement() but when i save as X then its giving correct count of nodes.

Component = Component.nextSibling().toElement();
when m doing its not again going and reading x y 
only reading Name 
basically not iterating
also i added loop to read all row 
for (int i = 0; i < iCount2; i++) {
//here if condition
//here while loop
}
but only reading Name a ..

[JonB]

@n-2204
It may not be relevant to your issue. But I told you not to use calls like nextSibling() when there is nextSiblingElement(). And if you do and then call nextSibling().toElement() I told you you will need to check the return result and act on it, and you still do not.

Change all your "node" calls to corresponding "element" calls.

[n-2204]

@JonB

QDomNodeList n_list = xmlread.elementsByTagName("cubediagram");
QDomElement n_el;
if (n_list.isEmpty()) {
    QMessageBox::information(0, "Error!", "root element not found", 0);
}
n_el = n_list.at(0).toElement();

QDomNodeList node_list = n_el.childNodes();
int n_size = node_list.size();//noof rows

QDomNodeList row_list = xmlread.elementsByTagName("ROW");
QDomElement r_el;
if (row_list.isEmpty()) {
    QMessageBox::information(0, "Error!", "child element not found", 0);
}
r_el = row_list.at(0).toElement();
QDomNodeList rownode_list = r_el.childNodes();
int r_size = rownode_list.size();  //noofcolumns

using this way also not Giving correct count, when there is space LIKE C X

<cubediagram>
<ROW>
<Name>a</Name>
 <C X>0</C X>
<Y>0</Y>
</ROW>

[JonB]

@n-2204 said in Reading xml file using Qdomdocument, chlidnode count not coming correct:

<C X>

This is not a legal XML node name! No wonder it misbehaves :) I don't know whether the Qt parser errors on it, skips it, or (just maybe?) transforms it and puts it in --- though your finding may indicate that is not the case....

[n-2204]

yes, i understood thanks