Objective-C:How to read an attribute value in XML - ios

Question

Hi friends am new to iphone app developing. Actually i have to parse XML file and have display it in a tableviewcontroller. Am using storyboards. i have parsed Xml successfully and parsed data and displayed it. But i cannot able to read this attribute <Event count="-1"> i have read this value and have to display it on the tab bar i have to set badge value as -1
Pls help me How to do it. Thanks in advance.. Here is my Xml file
<boards>
<board count="-1">
<newboard>
<id>9</id>
<invitationdet>qweq</invitationdet>
<readflag>1</readflag>
<responseflag>1</responseflag>
</newboard>
<newboard>
<id>8</id>
<invitationdet>asd</invitationdet>
<readflag>1</readflag>
<responseflag>1</responseflag>
</newboard>
</board>
<back count="0">
<backboard>
<id>2</id>
<feedbackdet>Meeting with Clients</feedbackdet>
<readflag>1</readflag>
<responseflag>0</responseflag>
</backboard>
<backboard>
<id>1</id>
<feedbackdet>Board Meeting with employees</feedbackdet>
<readflag>1</readflag>
<responseflag>0</responseflag>
</backboard>
</back>
<letter count="3">
<newletter>
<id>4</id>
<letterdet>NewsLetter for the month of October 2013</letterdet>
<readflag>1</readflag>
</newletter>
<newletter>
<id>3</id>
<letterdet>Newsletter for the month of September 2013</letterdet>
<readflag>0</readflag>
</newletter>
<newletter>
<id>2</id>
<letterdet>Newsletter for the month of August 2013</letterdet>
<readflag>0</readflag>
</newletter>
<newletter>
<id>1</id>
<letterdet>Newsletter For the month of July 2013</letterdet>
<readflag>0</readflag>
</newletter>
</letter>
</boards>
And Here is my XMLParser File
-(void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qualifiedName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
{
if([elementName isEqualToString:#"boards"]) {
rssOutputData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
if([elementName isEqualToString:#"board"]) {
//Initialize the array.
aEvent.count = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"count"];
NSLog(#"Reading count value :%#", aEvent.count);
}
else if([elementName isEqualToString:#"newboard"]) {
//Initialize the book.
aEvent = [[Eventlist alloc] init];
//Extract the attribute here.
aEvent.id = [[attributeDict objectForKey:#"userid"] integerValue];
NSLog(#"Reading id value :%d", aEvent.id);
}
NSLog(#"Processing Element: %#", elementName);
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string {
if(!nodecontent)
nodecontent = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:string];else
[nodecontent appendString:string];
NSLog(#"Processing Value: %#", nodecontent);
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName
namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName {
if([elementName isEqualToString:#"boards"])
return;
if([elementName isEqualToString:#"board"])
return;
if([elementName isEqualToString:#"newboard"]) {
[rssOutputData addObject:aEvent];
[aEvent release];
aEvent= nil;
}
else
[aEvent setValue:nodecontent forKey:elementName];
[nodecontent release];
nodecontent = nil;
}
I can read datas correctly but i cannot able to read Attribute values pls help me friends

Answer 1

Try like the below
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser
didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName
namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI
qualifiedName:(NSString *)qualifiedName
attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
{
// just do this for item elements
if(![elementName isEqual:#"letter"])
return;
// then you just need to grab each of your attributes
int count = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"count"];
}

Answer 2

In the following method you have noticed that, there is a parameter attributeDict which holds all the attributes of tag
-(void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qualifiedName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
{
if([attributeDict valueForKey:#"count"]) {
NSLog(#"%#", [attributeDict valueForKey:#"count"]);
}
}
You can read it as defined in the above code. just log whole attributeDict and you will get your answer. - Good Luck