A Generic Parser to parse and reconfigure XML files

Abstract

A XML parser is software that reads the XML document and provides an interface for the user application to access the document. The document can be accessed for the purpose of reading as well as modifying the XML file. In this paper, we present a design idea for a Generic XML Parser, which can be used to parse and reconfigure any valid XML file. The application of this parser is particularly useful in Software Communication Architecture where XML files represent the properties and parameters of hardware components and devices. A change in the parameters of the XML files changes the behaviour of the hardware components. By using this Generic Parser, the XML files can be reconfigured dynamically at the middleware level and hence control the behaviour of the hardware through software. This parser, when used at the middleware level to parse the XML files allows the user application to focus on the application logic itself, without dwelling on the tedious details of parsing the XML. This document gives formatting instructions for authors preparing papers for publication in the Proceedings of an IEEE conference. The authors must follow the instructions given in the document for the papers to be published. You can use this document as both an instruction set and as a template into which you can type your own text.