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XML output, SAX, and nmap. [was Re: PostgreSQL patch]
From: "Max Schubert" <musitechman () earthlink net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 12:10:44 -6756
Hi, I have tested the SAX2 parser in perl XML::SAX::PurePerl And it does parse real-time ... stdout just has to be unbuffered to see things :) .. so the same would be for Java and others, as the perl parser follows the SAX2 standard ... http://sax.sourceforge.net This real-time parsing is why SAX came about .. DOM (document object model) can use a lot of memory as it reads the whole document and makes an in-memory tree of it ... which is great for apps that need a whole doc at a time ... for apps that are just interested in parts of an XML doc (like a search engine) it is too much and too slow. So this will not be a hinderance if we decide to have nmap have "live" XML output .. I will attempt this with the source once I get my linux box back up (I am on cygwin right now on Win9blech) ... I will try this this week and see how far I can get :). If it works, I will switch my perl modules to parsing the XML as well and other external tools can all provide an event-driven API! Anyone interested in working on this with me? Max --------------------------------------------------------------------- For help using this (nmap-dev) mailing list, send a blank email to nmap-dev-help () insecure org . List run by ezmlm-idx (www.ezmlm.org).
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- XML output, SAX, and nmap. [was Re: PostgreSQL patch] Max Schubert (Jul 08)
- Re: XML output, SAX, and nmap. [was Re: PostgreSQL patch] Bradley Kite (Jul 08)