Finding tags in XML file not used in other files

[Elhurzen]

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I have an XML file with hundreds of <resource> elements:

<resource name="val">
...
</resource>

There are now tens of files (written in a mix of C, C++ and C#!) in
another directory. I want to find all resources (by "name") in the XML
file that are not referenced anywhere in the files in the other
directory.

For example, if there's a tag <resource
name="RandomResource">...</resource> in the XML file, and the string
"RandomResource" (with or without quotes, as a whole word or not) is
not mentioned anywhere in the *.c and *.cpp and *.cs files in the other
directory, I want to know.

How exactly can I accomplish this? Is it even easy to do this in C#
(1.1 or 2.0)? I'm a newbie when it comes to files and XML in C#, so
specific pointers will be appreciated. If C# is not good for this, I
would at least like to know how I can tackle the problem.

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

you can read the xml using something like XmlTextReader and check the file
using Directory.GetFiles

No idea if there is a better solution, but that works .
cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Elhurzen" <66*******@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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X-No-Archive: yes
I have an XML file with hundreds of <resource> elements:

<resource name="val">
...
</resource>

There are now tens of files (written in a mix of C, C++ and C#!) in
another directory. I want to find all resources (by "name") in the XML
file that are not referenced anywhere in the files in the other
directory.

For example, if there's a tag <resource
name="RandomResource">...</resource> in the XML file, and the string
"RandomResource" (with or without quotes, as a whole word or not) is
not mentioned anywhere in the *.c and *.cpp and *.cs files in the other
directory, I want to know.

How exactly can I accomplish this? Is it even easy to do this in C#
(1.1 or 2.0)? I'm a newbie when it comes to files and XML in C#, so
specific pointers will be appreciated. If C# is not good for this, I
would at least like to know how I can tackle the problem.

[David Farr]

As an outline, I would first "scan" all XML files building a table of
resource names (could be multithreaded), then grep the source files in some
way.

"Elhurzen" <66*******@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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X-No-Archive: yes
I have an XML file with hundreds of <resource> elements:

<resource name="val">
...
</resource>

There are now tens of files (written in a mix of C, C++ and C#!) in
another directory. I want to find all resources (by "name") in the XML
file that are not referenced anywhere in the files in the other
directory.

For example, if there's a tag <resource
name="RandomResource">...</resource> in the XML file, and the string
"RandomResource" (with or without quotes, as a whole word or not) is
not mentioned anywhere in the *.c and *.cpp and *.cs files in the other
directory, I want to know.

How exactly can I accomplish this? Is it even easy to do this in C#
(1.1 or 2.0)? I'm a newbie when it comes to files and XML in C#, so
specific pointers will be appreciated. If C# is not good for this, I
would at least like to know how I can tackle the problem.