Do people use TeamSite::XMLParser ?

nipper

I am doing an index page of thousands of DCRs. My TPL reads other DCRs and uses XMLnode, which works 99.9% of the time, except when (like during data import) there is a mistake in the XML and then XMLnode dies a horrid death and there is no easy way to debug. Since every once in a great while the DCRs get hand edited, there is a chance of bad XML.

I could use XMLparser to check the XML first and then use XMLnode. But since this TPL already takes about 10 seconds to preview, I am not certain I want to add to the overhead.

I am thinking I will need to see how long it takes. I am just curious what others do.

Andy

Adam Stoller

I am doing an index page of thousands of DCRs. My TPL reads other DCRs and uses XMLnode, which works 99.9% of the time, except when (like during data import) there is a mistake in the XML and then XMLnode dies a horrid death and there is no easy way to debug. Since every once in a great while the DCRs get hand edited, there is a chance of bad XML. I could use XMLparser to check the XML first and then use XMLnode. But since this TPL already takes about 10 seconds to preview, I am not certain I want to add to the overhead. I am thinking I will need to see how long it takes. I am just curious what others do. Andy

Try surrounding the initialization of the XMLnode object with an eval{} - like:

...
    my $rootnode = undef;
    eval {
        $rootnode = TeamSite::XMLnode->new($xml);
    };
    if ($@) {
       # error occurred - skip or do something
    }
    # use $rootnode as you were previously ...