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Streaming elements not directly below the root

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Estimated time
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38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
erlang
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with fxml_stream:parse/2 and the streaming behavior described for the nested RangeResult and Detail elements. Trace how the parser chooses the element included in the emitted xmlstreamelement message, then verify the result against the example document and confirm that each Detail is delivered separately.

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Description

enhancement

Hello! First, thank you for this library. I'm very happy with the performance improvement over xmerl.

I have a large XML document I wish to stream, it looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tns:Envelope xmlns:tns="urn:Service:Integration">
  <tns:Body>
    <tns:RangeResponse>
      <tns:RangeResult>
        <tns:Detail> ...more content here... </tns:Detail>
        <tns:Detail> ...more content here... </tns:Detail>
        <tns:Detail> ...more content here... </tns:Detail>
        <tns:Detail> ...more content here... </tns:Detail>
        <tns:Detail> ...more content here... </tns:Detail>
        <tns:Detail> ...more content here... </tns:Detail>

        ... and so on...

      </tns:RangeResult>
    </tns:RangeResponse>
  </tns:Body>
</tns:Envelope>

I wish to process each Detail element in turn, getting messages like so:

{'$gen_event', {xmlstreamelement, {xmlel, "Detail", [], ...}}}

However when I stream this document by passing each line to fxml_stream:parse/2 I get a single message containing the Body element, meaning I am parsing and processing the Detail elements eagerly.

Is it possible to instruct fast_xml to use RangeResult as the root?

Thanks,
Louis

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