Re: [NSE] An XML parser for NSE

[Paulino Calderon Pale <paulino () calderonpale com>]

Hey,

Good job! The XML parser was long overdue. I liked the callback design. It will definitely come in handy and replace 
several ugly string.find calls in a lot of scripts. The chosen SLAXML library looks adequate. Maybe we should let the 
developer know as he seems to be active with the project.

I will try to find something that returns XML to play with the new library and report back to you.

Cheers.


> On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:20 PM, Gyanendra Mishra <anomaly.the () gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I and Daniel Miller were thinking of introducing an XML parser to the Nmap Scripting Engine. After discussion, we 
> decided to use SLAXML, a SAX like XML parser[1]. The main reasons we chose SLAXML was because it had a tiny easy to 
> maintain code base(dom and sax  in under 400 lines with documentation) and also it seems dependable [apparently 
> Wikimedia uses it]. The code comes with the MIT license and Daniel found out we already have code running with that 
> license.
>
> I converted the code to be suitable for the NSE library[2]. The code contains a parser class and a function. I have 
> tried to document to make it self-explanatory. Daniel asked me to show the use of the library and told me to make use 
> of the library in http-crossdomainxml[3].
>
> Suggestions and feedback are requested and is appreciated :)
>
> Gyani
>
> [1]https://github.com/Phrogz/SLAXML <https://github.com/Phrogz/SLAXML>
> [2]https://svn.nmap.org/nmap-exp/gyani/nselib/slaxml.lua <https://svn.nmap.org/nmap-exp/gyani/nselib/slaxml.lua>
> [3]https://svn.nmap.org/nmap-exp/gyani/scripts/http-crossdomainxml-slaxml.nse 
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