Here is a naive parse function that receives reference to trimmed file lines.

sub ParseXAP
{
    my $lines = shift;
    
    my @props = ();
    my @children = ();
    
    while( scalar( @{$lines} ) )
    {
        my $line = shift @{$lines};
        if( length($line) )
        {
            last if $line eq '}';
            if( $line =~ /(.*) = (.*);/ )
            {
                push @props, { 'name' => $1, 'value' => $2 };
            }
            else
            {
                my $type = $line;
                $line = shift @{$lines};
                die unless $line eq '{';
                my $child = ParseXAP( $lines );
                $child->{type} = $type;
                push @children, $child;
            }
        }
    }
    
    return { 'props' => \@props, 'children' => \@children };
}

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In reply to Re^2: MS XAct XAP Data file parsing by Anonymous Monk
in thread MS XAct XAP Data file parsing by Ardemus

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