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Squinty Applebottom: Jan 1, 2013

artisanal hand crafted xml

# ? May 28, 2013 18:14

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# ? May 10, 2024 00:40

tef: May 30, 2004; -> some l-system crap ->

dur posted:

i'm a bad programmer. this is how i'm making an xml file in python

Python code:

fcline = '\t<FeatureClass name=\"%s\" oid_field=\"ObjectID\">\n'
fline = '\t\t<Feature oid=\"%s\" action=\"added\" />\n'

outFile.write(fcline % 'MISC_PLAN_METRICS')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('MISC_PLAN_METRICS_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')
	
outFile.write(fcline % 'Park_Boundaries')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('Park_Boundaries_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')

outFile.write(fcline % 'Hydrology')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('Hydrology_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')

it works though

my boss did this. he then fixed it by writing another program to read the broken html and try and escape the text he'd forgotten

if you can't be arsed to find a library to write xml, at least escape the goddam values you put in i.e

code:

from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, quoteattr

def fline(obj_id):
    return '\t\t<Feature oid=\"%s\" action=\"added\" />\n' % quoteattr(obj_id)

...
    outFile.write(fline(row.ObjectID))

future you will thank you for making some effort.

# ? May 28, 2013 18:37

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

just use a lang with xml literals and hail satan

# ? May 28, 2013 18:40

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

just use jaxb to serialize the objects directly.

# ? May 28, 2013 18:42

Elder Postsman: Aug 30, 2000; i used hot bot to search for "teens"

tef posted:

my boss did this. he then fixed it by writing another program to read the broken html and try and escape the text he'd forgotten

idk, my poo poo code outputs xml that can be read by the program i need to it be read by

XML code:

	<FeatureClass name="MISC_PLAN_METRICS" oid_field="ObjectID">
		<Feature oid="10299" action="added" />
		<Feature oid="10300" action="added" />
		<Feature oid="20696" action="added" />
		<Feature oid="49189" action="added" />
		<Feature oid="49242" action="added" />
		<Feature oid="49260" action="added" />
	</FeatureClass>

quote:

if you can't be arsed to find a library to write xml, at least escape the goddam values you put in i.e
code:
from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, quoteattr

def fline(obj_id):
    return '\t\t<Feature oid=\"%s\" action=\"added\" />\n' % quoteattr(obj_id)

...
    outFile.write(fline(row.ObjectID))
future you will thank you for making some effort.

probably not on this particular script because this is a thing i'm gonna use once and then be done with. but it is good to know better ways to do it. thank you!

# ? May 28, 2013 19:07

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

just found out there's a team somewhere around here that uses erlang. yet i can't get free of this ancient stinking pile of vbscript :smithicide:

# ? May 28, 2013 19:17

tef: May 30, 2004; -> some l-system crap ->

use wasabi

# ? May 28, 2013 19:25

Share Bear: Apr 27, 2004

tef posted:

use wasabi

i just looked up what that is. holy poo poo

# ? May 28, 2013 20:52

DONT THREAD ON ME: Oct 1, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo; Floss Finder

i just made a thing that exports excel spreadsheets by creating an excel template where I put !!H1!! !!H2!!...etc in every cell and then doing a sed in sharedStrings.xml for those keywords.

way easier than figuring out the xlsx formatting poo poo

# ? May 28, 2013 20:56

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

Share Bear posted:

i just looked up what that is. holy poo poo

quote:

No single programming language exists that does all the things that typically require four. You need a server language (In FB5 this was ASP and PHP), a client language (probably JS), a content language (HTML), and a formatting language (CSS).

10 paragraphs of a lovely hacked-together cross-lingual PHP/ASP code generation system, and then this

wonderful

# ? May 28, 2013 21:10

tef: May 30, 2004; -> some l-system crap ->

protocoffeescript

# ? May 28, 2013 21:16

NOTinuyasha: Oct 17, 2006; The Great Twist

dur posted:

i'm a bad programmer. this is how i'm making an xml file in python

Python code:

fcline = '\t<FeatureClass name=\"%s\" oid_field=\"ObjectID\">\n'
fline = '\t\t<Feature oid=\"%s\" action=\"added\" />\n'

outFile.write(fcline % 'MISC_PLAN_METRICS')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('MISC_PLAN_METRICS_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')
	
outFile.write(fcline % 'Park_Boundaries')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('Park_Boundaries_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')

outFile.write(fcline % 'Hydrology')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('Hydrology_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')

it works though

what you actually are is a really really bad programmer, im a regular bad programmer and it only took me like five minutes to figure out lxml

# ? May 28, 2013 22:06

NOTinuyasha: Oct 17, 2006; The Great Twist

i had to generate something with a custom namespace once and i just used a template engine because it would have required actually reading the documentation to do it in lxml, but that one case was acceptable because i checked on github and found a real programmer who did it too.

# ? May 28, 2013 22:26

Nomnom Cookie: Aug 30, 2009

Shaggar posted:

just use jaxb to serialize the objects directly.

does jaxb do like jackson where you give it pojos w/o annotations or anything and it can figure out the right thing to do

# ? May 28, 2013 23:39

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

actually idk. I know cxf can automatically serialize stuff w/out annotations but idk if it adds them itself before passing it off to jaxb or if jaxb is smart enough to figure it out w/out them

# ? May 28, 2013 23:42

cliffy: Apr 12, 2002

just say no to xml

# ? May 29, 2013 07:35

uG: Apr 23, 2003; by Ralp

just use json

# ? May 29, 2013 07:42

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

NOTinuyasha posted:

what you actually are is a really really bad programmer, im a regular bad programmer and it only took me like five minutes to figure out lxml

quote:

I don't think I've ever seen you post something constructive or helpful. User loses posting privileges for 3 days. Louisgod angerbot

# ? May 29, 2013 07:52

DONT THREAD ON ME: Oct 1, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo; Floss Finder

every time i get probated (a lot), i secretly feel kinda bad about it (once or twice ifelt really bad because i definitely deserved it). if anyone ever commented on or cared about it i think it would suck a lot more than i'd ever admit

# ? May 29, 2013 08:30

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

dur posted:

i'm a bad programmer. this is how i'm making an xml file in python

Python code:

fcline = '\t<FeatureClass name=\"%s\" oid_field=\"ObjectID\">\n'
fline = '\t\t<Feature oid=\"%s\" action=\"added\" />\n'

outFile.write(fcline % 'MISC_PLAN_METRICS')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('MISC_PLAN_METRICS_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')
	
outFile.write(fcline % 'Park_Boundaries')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('Park_Boundaries_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')

outFile.write(fcline % 'Hydrology')
for row in arcpy.SearchCursor('Hydrology_Work'):
	outFile.write(fline % row.ObjectID)
outFile.write('\t</FeatureClass>\n')

it works though

had to do something like that to call a WCF service from a VBA script, condolences

btw members in a SOAP object better be in alphabetical order so have fun reordering your text strings every time something changes

# ? May 29, 2013 08:31

Doc Block: Apr 15, 2003; Fun Shoe

chumpchous posted:

every time i get probated (a lot), i secretly feel kinda bad about it (once or twice ifelt really bad because i definitely deserved it). if anyone ever commented on or cared about it i think it would suck a lot more than i'd ever admit

you were pretty much asking for it with the maggots in noses videos you linked to.

# ? May 29, 2013 09:00

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

chumpchous posted:

every time i get probated (a lot), i secretly feel kinda bad about it (once or twice ifelt really bad because i definitely deserved it). if anyone ever commented on or cared about it i think it would suck a lot more than i'd ever admit

i feel really bad when i get probated; i always send an apology pm to the mod that had to deal with me :smith:

# ? May 29, 2013 10:38

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

can anybody recommend a good primer/tutorial/reference/explanation of dot-net web services using c# and visual studio? i'm about to try to assemble a web service (or two; not sure if they should be two separate things), and i'm hoping i can find a guide to common approaches to use and common traps to look out for

thanks much

# ? May 29, 2013 18:05

CamH: Apr 11, 2008

just create a new project in visual studio and go for it. it's literally that easy

# ? May 29, 2013 18:07

uG: Apr 23, 2003; by Ralp

if you're using c# for web services you've already sprung the trap

# ? May 29, 2013 18:12

CamH: Apr 11, 2008

C# is the best language sorry for your lots

# ? May 29, 2013 18:15

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

uG posted:

if you're using c# for web services you've already sprung the trap

it's what they all use around here; i've tried multiple times to get other things into the ecosystem, but it's time to just give up and go with the flow :smith:

# ? May 29, 2013 18:17

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

WCF is pretty easy to use. The default service created by visual studio when you create a wcf service application is a basic example that's kind of useful.

As with java and CXF you define the service using an interface and model objects and then you tie an implementation to the interface at runtime.

The easiest way to get started is just to modify the existing service interface (IService) and play around w/ it and the implementation.

# ? May 29, 2013 18:17

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

CamH posted:

just create a new project in visual studio and go for it. it's literally that easy

yeah its literally this

# ? May 29, 2013 18:18

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

CamH posted:

C# is the best language sorry for your lots

also this

# ? May 29, 2013 18:18

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Shaggar posted:

yeah its literally this

it's (another) personality flaw of mine that i'm usually too terrified to do anything without first doing research and trying to learn about it and so on and so forth

# ? May 29, 2013 18:19