QDomElement::setNodeValue not working!!

[arjoshi]

hello:

I have been having problems setting the value of a QDOMElement instance. The following is my code:

int main (int argc, char * argv[])
{
	QApplication app(argc,argv);
 
	QDomDocument d("bookml");
	QDomElement root = d.createElement("rootelement");
	d.appendChild(root);
	QDomElement e = d.createElement("BookList");
	root.appendChild(e);
 
	QDomElement e0 = d.createElement("BookName");
	e.appendChild(e0);
	e0.setNodeValue("The Da Vinci Code");
	QDomElement e1 = d.createElement("BookPrice");
	e1.setNodeValue("45.50");
	e.appendChild(e1);
 
 
	QFile mFile("test.xml");
	if ( !mFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly ) )
	{
		std::cout << "Failed creating file" << std::endl;
		return -1;
	}
	QTextStream s(&mFile);
	s << d.toString();
	mFile.close();
	return app.exec();
}

int main (int argc, char * argv[])
{
	QApplication app(argc,argv);
		
	QDomDocument d("bookml");
	QDomElement root = d.createElement("rootelement");
	d.appendChild(root);
	QDomElement e = d.createElement("BookList");
	root.appendChild(e);

	QDomElement e0 = d.createElement("BookName");
	e.appendChild(e0);
	e0.setNodeValue("The Da Vinci Code");
	QDomElement e1 = d.createElement("BookPrice");
	e1.setNodeValue("45.50");
	e.appendChild(e1);

	
	QFile mFile("test.xml");
	if ( !mFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly ) )
	{
		std::cout << "Failed creating file" << std::endl;
		return -1;
	}
	QTextStream s(&mFile);
	s << d.toString();
	mFile.close();
	return app.exec();
}

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And as output in Internet Explorer I get:

<!DOCTYPE bookml (View Source for full doctype...)> 
- <rootelement>
- <BookList>
  <BookName /> 
  <BookPrice /> 
  </BookList>
  </rootelement>

<!DOCTYPE bookml (View Source for full doctype...)> 
- <rootelement>
- <BookList>
  <BookName /> 
  <BookPrice /> 
  </BookList>
  </rootelement>

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One can notice that the tags are formed but the values of the BookName and BookPrice which I am supplying using the setNodeValue method are not being seen here.

Any help would be appreciated.

[moe]

According to the QDomNode documentation, not all sub classes uses the node value. I belive you have to create a QDomCharacterData or a QDomText node as a child to the QDomElement node, and call setNodeValue(...) on that

[alfred.molnar]

The following code:
QDomDocument new_doc;
auto RootNode = new_doc.createElement("Root");
QDomText child_node = new_doc.createTextNode("/*this will be ignored*/");
child_node.setNodeValue("value");
new_doc.appendChild(RootNode).appendChild(child_no de);
QString xml_as_string = new_doc.toString();
std::cout<<xml_as_string.toStdString();

Will produce:
<Root>value</Root>

[anda_skoa]

You can also pass the text to createTextNode() instead of first passing a dummy text and then overwriting it with setNodeValue().

Cheers,
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