Not an issue, more of a request for source code using tinyXML

[gerasimou]

Hi All,

Sorry for posting here as my request is not an issue with tinyXML.
I hope this is a good communication channel with tinyXML contributors.

I am doing research on modernising legacy systems. As a proof of concept we want to assess the effort required to transform code using one XML parser into its equivalent code using another parser. TinyXML is a good candidate for this research project. Thus, I would be grateful if you can provide me with/point me at any code (both small and large will do) that uses tinyXML (v1 or v2).

If this is of interest, I will keep you updated about the progress of this research.

Regards,
Simos

PS: I suppose this is the most efficient channel to find source code that uses tinyXML.

[ab396356]

The project I'm currently part of, Trigger Rally, heavily uses TinyXML for loading levels and configuration.

At Revision r825 it still uses TinyXML-1. Future revisions will use TinyXML-2.

As a proof of concept we want to assess the effort required to transform code using one XML parser into its equivalent code using another parser.

From my experience so far (albeit limited), even switching from TinyXML-1 to TinyXML-2 can be a pain. The main reasons are lack of a migration guide and the needless breaking of backwards compatibility.

[gerasimou]

Thanks @ab396356. Indeed, event migrrating from TinyXML1 to TinyXML2 might require significant effort. This is something that we are currently investigating.

I will take a closer look at Trigger Rally, but it looks promising. Well done for the project too.

Does it happen to also have some tests available too?

[ab396356]

@gerasimou no, we have no tests available (if your question is about verifying that TinyXML works).

I suggest that you post your future Trigger Rally related questions in our Discussion section to keep this thread viable for other developers to notify you of their own projects.

[gerasimou]

@ab396356, thank you.

I anyone knows of any other project using tinyXML, please let me know.

Regards

[leethomason]

Agree migration would be useful. Covered in #440