Reading bag contents/writing to a file

[Gankenstein]

How would I go about reading bag contents from a character such as:

Saronite Ore - 562
Adder's Tongue - 233
Frost Lotus - 17

Then writing it to a file, either in the above format or maybe in an XML such as:

<harvest time_in_hours="8">
         <mining>
                  <saronite_ore>562</saronite_ore>
         </mining>
         <herbing>
                   <adders_tongue>233</adders_tongue>
                   <frost_lotus>17</frost_lotus>
          </herbing>
</harvest>

Trying to make a program to track harvest data so I can later compare. Is this possible? Thank you.

[schlumpf]

Yes its possible. The bag structures are documented and there are enough XML implementations in common languages. Have fun combining both.

[Nesox]

  
<Configuration>
  <Harvest>
    <RunTime>8</RunTime>
    <Mining>
      <SaroniteOre>562</SaroniteOre>
    </Mining>
    <Herbing>
      <AddersTongue>233</AddersTongue>
      <FrostLotus>17</FrostLotus>
    </Herbing>
  </Harvest>
</Configuration>

 public class XmlExample
    {
        private XDocument Document { get; set; }

        public XmlExample(string fileName)
        {
            try
            {
                Document = XDocument.Load(fileName);
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                Logging.WriteException(ex);
            }
        }

        public int RunTime
        {
            get
            {
                try
                {
                    return Convert.ToInt32(Document.Descendants("Configuration").Elements("Harvest").FirstOrDefault().Elements("RunTime").FirstOrDefault().Value);
                }
                catch
                {
                    return 1;
                }
            }
        }
    }

[Cypher]

If you're using C++ I recommend RapidXML. It's sexy.

EDIT:
Or if you store all your data in STL containers, then Boost.Seralization or Boost.PropertyTree (probably the preference) will do most of the work for you.

[Gankenstein]

Cheers very much. I also like the XML structure that Nesox suggested.

As for reading the bags themselves, the correct functions would be found in World of Warcraft API - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft , correct?

[Cypher]

Correct. That would be the easiest way.

[Gankenstein]

The reading, tracking and comparison of different XML data files (of harvests) will be made in C++/C#, however, to get the bag data/etc would I be using LUA to access the WoW API functions and actually write the XML?