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Ok, here's what I'm looking to do.
Let's say I have an XML file that looks like this (excerpt):
<menu>
<item>Menu Item 1
<sub_item_1>Sub 1</sub_item_1>
<sub_item_2>Sub 2</sub_item_2>
<sub_item_3>Sub 3</sub_item_3>
</item>
<item>Menu Item 2</item>
<item>Menu Item 3
<sub_item_1>Sub 1
<sub_sub_item_1>Sub Sub 1</sub_sub_item_1>
<sub_sub_item_3>Sub Sub 2</sub_sub_item_2>
<sub_sub_item_3>Sub Sub 3</sub_sub_item_3>
</sub_item_1>
<sub_item_2>Sub 2</sub_item_2>
<sub_item_3>Sub 3</sub_item_3>
</item>
</menu>
Now, what I want to do is take this menu, and make it a vertical, multi-level menu.
I want to do this client-side (without a server-side language). I know how to load the XML, but I can't quite figure out how to traverse the menu and get the results I want.
What I'm looking for is your classic "file menu" functionality.
I've seen some very vague, very incomplete examples. I don't usually work with XML much, so that's why I'm asking here.
On Google, it turns up some stuff, but nothing like what I'm looking for.Started By Monte on May 22, 2009 at 10:41:28 AM | | | 9 Response(s) | Reply |
| View All Replies | Goto Page: 2 1 | | | Monte on May 25, 2009 at 6:49:51 AM "Data (DOM-) centric: Traverse (the whole) XML menu data using DOM-methods (like getFirstChild, getNextSibling, getWhateverNode).
More function centric: Selectively pull nodes from the XML menu data using XPath expressions."
Either of these would work, MHenke. I'm just not sure exactly how to do it. Could you point me to an example on the web?
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