Source Code File 05-02_topnodes

05-02_topnodes.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <libxml/parser.h>

int main()
{
    const char filename[] = "sample.xml";
    xmlDocPtr doc;
    xmlNodePtr root,node;

    doc = xmlParseFile(filename);
    if( doc==NULL )
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"Unable to open %s\n",filename);
        exit(1);
    }

    root = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
    for( node=root->children; node; node=node->next )
    {
        if( node->type==XML_ELEMENT_NODE )
            printf("%s\n",node->name);
    }

    xmlFreeDoc(doc);

    return(0);
}

Output

firstName
middleName
lastName
address
isCartoon
IQ
phone
phone
assistant

Notes

* The for loop processes the top-level nodes (elements) in the same manner as a linked list.

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