Using a variable with .allWithAttributes about aexml HOT 5 CLOSED

It's just a regular [NSObject : AnyObject] dictionary.

You can do it like this:

var theColor = "yellow"
xmlDoc.root["cats"]["cat"].allWithAttributes(["breed" : "Domestic", "color" : theColor])

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Unfortunately it doesn't work as suggested;
Type 'String' does not conform to protocol 'AnyObject'

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I don't have time to go deep into this now, but can you try this workaround:

var theKey = "color" as NSObject
var theValue = "yellow" as NSObject
let theAttributes = [theKey : theValue]
if let cats = xmlDoc.root["cats"]["cat"].allWithAttributes(theAttributes) {
    // do something
}

Casting key and value to NSObject should get rid of that compiler error, I know it's not perfect but it's a start.

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Taking this a step further, I'm trying to overwrite an element if my new node matches an attribute.

let date = "date" as NSObject
let dateFor = (xmlDoc.root.attributes["date"] as! String) as NSObject
let theAttributes = [date: dateFor]

let newEntry = xmlToWrite.root

if var entry = xmlDoc.allWithAttributes(theAttributes){
    entries = [entryToWrite] //there will only ever be 1
}
//else it will just add a child element

xmlDoc.root has multiple attributes (the other being an entered date), so I cannot just snag all of them to plug into the allWithAttributes.

I feel like it's close and I'm just missing something here.

Thanks for your help.

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I have the same problems,casting the value to NSObject works for me.

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