Re: [NSE] An XML parser for NSE

[Gyanendra Mishra <anomaly.the () gmail com>]

Hi,

Thanks for the comments :) I missed out on the original email but the
project being active and not having any open issues for a few months was
another reason we chose SLAXML. I am not sure how this works, but I'll send
him an informal update. Maybe we can send him something formal later if we
commit it to the trunk.

Do keep me posted with your findings!

Gyani

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Paulino Calderon Pale <
paulino () calderonpale com> wrote:

> 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
> [2]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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