Accessing XML node information

I am trying to create a struct with information extracted from a XML file. The XML file is generated in a toolchain. The XML has the following format:

  <Geometry_AC>
      <fuselages>
         <fuselage ID="0" Name="fuselage">
            <XSections>
               <XSec ID="0" name="sec0">
                  <Variable1>0</Variable1>
                  <Variable2>0.000000000000000000e+00</Variable2>
                  <Variable3>0.000000000000000000e+00</Variable3>
                  <Variable4>0.000000000000000000e+00</Variable4>
               </XSec>
               <XSec ID="1" name="sec1">
               <XSec ID="2" name="sec2">

I have to access specific variables, for example "Variable2". The amount of "XSec" sections can vary in different XML files. I managed to extract the information inside each "XSec", using

import javax.xml.xpath.*
doc = xmlread(xChange_File);
factory = XPathFactory.newInstance;
xpath = factory.newXPath;

temp_var = getXmlValue('Geometry_AC/fuselages/fuselage/XSections/XSec','nodeset',doc,xpath);
    for i=0:temp_var.getLength-1
        temp_struct(i+1).values = temp_var.item(i).getTextContent;
    end

with "getXmlValue" defining the handling of different types. For "nodeset" the code is as follows:

import javax.xml.xpath.*;

if(strcmp(type,'nodeset'))
    expression_value = xpath.compile(path);
    value = expression_value.evaluate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET);
end

This provides the following output:

val =
                  0
                  0.000000000000000000e+00
                  0.000000000000000000e+00
                  0.000000000000000000e+00

My problem is, that this extracts the information of all child nodes of each "XSec" as a single variable containing all information as a continious string. Cutting the string might work, but I feel like there has to be a more elegant solution to get specific values of the child node extracted.

[Kevin Gurney]

Would using readstruct help with your workflow?

[Jan Knop]

Yes, it does exactly what I need. Thank you very much :)