Assignment #5

Due 1:00pm, August 16, 2001.

1. Make a directory $HOME/csceXML/a5 for this assignment.

    % mkdir  $HOME/csceXML/a5
    % chmod  0700  $HOME/csceXML
2. Create a program using whatever XML technologies that you prefer to retrieve selected fields from the file sampledata.xml.  This XML file contains a list of class elements with sub-elements:
callnumber
title
coursenumber
credits
section
time
days
room
instructor
An example record from the file is:
  <class>
    <callnumber>2695</callnumber>
    <title>Computer Science Fundamentals</title>
    <coursenumber>101 </coursenumber>
    <credits>003</credits>
    <section>001</section>
    <time>0200-0315P</time>
    <days>TR</days>
    <room>Ferg 217</room>
    <instructor>Riedesel</instructor>
  </class>

The user should be able to give the program the name of the file and the fields to be selected.  The program should return an XML file with only the selected fields.  For the example record, selecting the coursenumber and title fields would yield:
  <class>
    <coursenumber>101 </coursenumber>
    <title>Computer Science Fundamentals</title>
  </class>
 

3. For extra credit, you may implement a filter on the fields so that only the selected fields from the class elements that pass the filter are returned.  This is similar to the SQL where filter.
4. Write a brief report summarizing your program.  Describe the approach that you took (including what technologies you used) and explain your decisions.
5. Use the handin program to submit your program files and a README file telling how to run it.  Print out your report and submit it in class.