SimpleXML way of parsing in Objective C for iPhone App

Question

I\'ve been wondering if there\'s a way to parse XML in Objective C as easily as parsing with SimpleXML in PHP.

The only existing methods I know are the following:

Answer 1

If you want to use libxml2 with an Objective-C front, take a look at this useful set of wrapper functions.

You issue an XPath query to your XML document object and get back Foundation class objects: NSArray, NSString, and NSDictionary, e.g.:

NSArray *queriedBuckets = PerformXMLXPathQuery(responseData, @"//*[local-name()='Buckets']/*[local-name()='Bucket']");

These functions help unite the speed of libxml2 with the readability and usability of Objective-C code.