//create an XML DOM doc variable
//load an XML file into the XML DOM doc
//call the function to recursively iterate through all tree nodes: so
//begin at the beginning, setting up pointers
//to the root nodes of both the DOM tree and
//the TreeView tree...
//get the DOM tree's root node
DOMnodePtrRoot := xmlDoc.childNodes.Item[0];
//make sure the TreeView is 'clean'
//(with no nodes)
//before working with it...
TreeView.Items.Clear;
//create a new TreeView tree's root node
TVnodePtrRoot := AddTreeViewRootNode;
TreeWalk(xmlDoc, DOMnodePtrRoot);
DOMTreeToTreeView(xmlDoc, DOMnodePtrRoot, TVnodePtrRoot);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
procedure TMainForm.TreeWalk(xmlDoc: IXMLDOMDocument; currDOMnodePtr: IXMLDOMNode);
//a recursive procedure to iterate through every one of the nodes on a tree...
//THIS DOES NOTHING -use as a foundation of something useful...
var
DOMnodePtr: IXMLDOMNode;
nodeText: String;
begin
if (currDOMnodePtr.hasChildNodes) then
begin
DOMnodePtr := currDOMnodePtr.firstChild;
repeat
if (not(DOMnodePtr = nil)) then
begin
//filter out any nodes that are not 'element' type nodes
if (DOMNodePtr.nodeType = NODE_ELEMENT) then
begin
nodeText := DOMnodePtr.nodeName;
//ShowMessage(nodeText);
TreeWalk(xmlDoc, DOMnodePtr);
end;
end;
DOMnodePtr := DOMnodePtr.nextSibling;
until (DOMnodePtr = nil);
end;
end;
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
procedure TMainForm.DOMTreeToTreeView(xmlDoc: IXMLDOMDocument;
currDOMnodePtr: IXMLDOMNode;
currTVnodePtr: TTreeNode);
//recursively iterate through every one of the nodes on a DOM tree, creating nodes on
//a TreeView tree that exactly reflect the structure of the DOM tree as we go, also
//copying data from the DOM tree nodes to the TreeView tree nodes...
//assume that the TreeView is global at this point...
//-wrapping your head around this very succinct piece of code is not made any
//easier by the fact that that the methods pertaining to a 'DOM node' are not
//at all similar to the methods pertaining to a TreeView node...
var
DOMnodePtr: IXMLDOMNode;
TVnodePtr: TTreeNode;
nodeNameText: String;
begin
if (currDOMnodePtr.hasChildNodes) then
begin
DOMnodePtr := currDOMnodePtr.firstChild;
repeat
if (not(DOMnodePtr = nil)) then
begin
//filter out any nodes that are not 'element' type nodes
if (DOMNodePtr.nodeType = NODE_ELEMENT) then
begin
nodeNameText := DOMnodePtr.nodeName;
TVnodePtr := TreeView.Items.AddChild(currTVnodePtr, nodeNameText);
DOMTreeToTreeView(xmlDoc, DOMnodePtr, TVnodePtr);
end;
end;
DOMnodePtr := DOMnodePtr.nextSibling;
until (DOMnodePtr = nil);
end;
end;