[mmox] Better XML maps
Catherine Pfeffer <cathypfeffer@gmail.com> Thu, 26 February 2009 10:57 UTC
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Subject: [mmox] Better XML maps
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Hi Meadhbh, I know this contradicts what I just said on the list, but I am trying to be very honest intellectually, so here is a technical trick to make XML maps a less "terrible serialization": Replace <map> ... <key>Taper_X</key> <float>0.5</float> ... </map> with <map> ... <entry key="Taper_X"> <float>0.5</float> </entry> ... </map> That's 20 characters versus 11, but so much more DOM and XPath friendly. Corresponding XPath expression is map/entry[@key = 'Taper_X']/float You can go down to 12 bytes if you use <e> instead of <entry>. (but believe me, drop XML and JSON serializations... simple is beautiful) -- Cathy
- [mmox] Better XML maps Catherine Pfeffer