LuaExpat sample

callback_sample1.lua

--package.cpath = package.cpath..';'..'C:\\devel\\luaexpat-1.2.0\\luaexpat-1.1.win32-lua51'

require("lxp")

sample_text = "<elem1>text<elem2>inside text</elem2>more text</elem1>"

local count = 0
callbacks = {
  StartElement = function(parser, name)
		io.write( string.rep(" ", count), "+", name, "\n" )
		count = count + 1
	end,
	EndElement = function ( parser, name )
		count = count - 1
		io.write( string.rep(" ", count), "-", name, "\n" )
	end,
	CharacterData = function ( parser, string )
		io.write( string.rep(" ", count), "*", string, "\n")
	end
}

p = lxp.new(callbacks)

p:parse(sample_text)

p:parse() -- finishes the document
p:close()

callback_sample2.lua

--package.cpath = package.cpath..';'..'C:\\devel\\luaexpat-1.2.0\\luaexpat-1.1.win32-lua51'

require("lxp")

sample_text = "<elem1>text<elem2>inside text</elem2>more text</elem1>"


callbacks = {
  StartElement = function(parser, name)
				callbacks.CharacterData = function ( parser, string )
			io.write( string, "\n")
		end

	end,
	EndElement = function ( parser, name )
		callbacks.CharacterData = false
	end,
	CharacterData = false
}

p = lxp.new(callbacks)

p:parse(sample_text)

p:parse()
p:close()