Re: [boost] Regression results as XML?

From: Damien Fisher (dfisher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-24 08:09:18

Well...why isn't there an XML parser in boost?

;-)

(only half joking, of course!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Maurer" <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] Regression results as XML?

> Daryle Walker wrote:
> > I think the regression tests currently result in a custom web page being
> > made.  Maybe the regression tests should return precise XML instead so
it
> > can be analyzed by other applications.  We would need something to
create
> > the current HTML version too, though.
>
> The problem is that parsing XML the easy way, i.e. employing some
> library such as Xerces (xml.apache.org), requires third-party software.
> I feel that third-party software should not be mandatory in order to
> be able to use boost.  That was also one of the reasons for replacing
> the Python-based regression test driver with a C++ one.
>
> It's certainly an option to output XML in addition to HTML, as long
> as boost tools never need to read it back in again.  It would also
> be possible to generate HTML from XML by means of XSLT (a transformation
> tool/specification), but that of course also requires third-party
> software.
>
> Please submit a suitable DTD for review.
>
> Jens Maurer
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