XhtmlParser (or ConstructingParser) Usage

Hi Folks,

I am exploring the scala.xml.parsing package and am trying to load some HTML up in the REPL. Here’s the command I am executing (It’s long, but complete):

scala.xml.parsing.XhtmlParser(scala.io.Source.fromURL(java.net.URI.create("http://www.java.net/").toURL))

When I do it, I get a whole bunch of stuff kind of like this (what seems like hundreds of lines of it):

:17:24: '/' expected instead of ''                       ^
:17:24: name expected, but char '' cannot start a name                       ^
:17:24: '>' expected instead of ''                       ^

The final result is this:
res1: scala.xml.NodeSeq = Document(<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< The=""><><><><><><><><><><><></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></>)

Clearly, something isn’t being parsed correctly. Is there something that I am doing incorrectly? Any tips on what I should be doing?

I get similar results when I try to use the ConstructingParser.

Thanks,
Mark

Java.net is not an XHTML site, it's HTML... which is not well formed XML.  It's not going to parse as XML.  Sorry.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Bastian, Mark <mbastia [at] sandia [dot] gov" rel="nofollow">mbastia@sandia.gov> wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am exploring the scala.xml.parsing package and am trying to load some HTML up in the REPL. Here’s the command I am executing (It’s long, but complete):

scala.xml.parsing.XhtmlParser(scala.io.Source.fromURL(java.net.URI.create("http://www.java.net/ <http://www.java.net/> ").toURL))

When I do it, I get a whole bunch of stuff kind of like this (what seems like hundreds of lines of it):

:17:24: '/' expected instead of ''                       ^
:17:24: name expected, but char '' cannot start a name                       ^
:17:24: '>' expected instead of ''                       ^

The final result is this:
res1: scala.xml.NodeSeq = Document(<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< The=""><><><><><><><><><><><></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></>)

Clearly, something isn’t being parsed correctly. Is there something that I am doing incorrectly? Any tips on what I should be doing?

I get similar results when I try to use the ConstructingParser.

Thanks,
Mark

Is there any canned functionality in the API for handling HTML? Just wondering.

On 5/25/10 5:20 PM, "David Pollak" <feeder [dot] of [dot] the [dot] bears [at] gmail [dot] com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">feeder.of.the.bears@gmail.com> wrote:

Java.net is not an XHTML site, it's HTML... which is not well formed XML.  It's not going to parse as XML.  Sorry.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Bastian, Mark <mbastia [at] sandia [dot] gov" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mbastia@sandia.gov> wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am exploring the scala.xml.parsing package and am trying to load some HTML up in the REPL. Here’s the command I am executing (It’s long, but complete):

scala.xml.parsing.XhtmlParser(scala.io.Source.fromURL(java.net.URI.create("http://www.java.net/ <http://www.java.net/> ").toURL))

When I do it, I get a whole bunch of stuff kind of like this (what seems like hundreds of lines of it):

:17:24: '/' expected instead of ''                       ^
:17:24: name expected, but char '' cannot start a name                       ^
:17:24: '>' expected instead of ''                       ^

The final result is this:
res1: scala.xml.NodeSeq = Document(<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< The=""><><><><><><><><><><><></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></></>)

Clearly, something isn’t being parsed correctly. Is there something that I am doing incorrectly? Any tips on what I should be doing?

I get similar results when I try to use the ConstructingParser.

Thanks,
Mark