Hybrid XML parsing: combine pull and unmarshal

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Pull parsing is efficient but tedious.

We can combine pull parsing with decoding into a struct.

var xmlStr = `
<people>
	<person age="34">
		<first-name>John</first-name>
		<address>
			<city>San Francisco</city>
			<state>CA</state>
		</address>
	</person>
	<person age="23">
		<address>
			<city>Austin</city>
			<state>TX</state>
		</address>
	</person>
</people>`

type Address struct {
	City  string `xml:"city"`
	State string `xml:"state"`
}

r := bytes.NewBufferString(xmlStr)
decoder := xml.NewDecoder(r)
for {
	t, err := decoder.Token()
	if err == io.EOF {
		// io.EOF is a successful end
		break
	}
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("decoder.Token() failed with '%s'\n", err)
		break
	}

	switch v := t.(type) {

	case xml.StartElement:
		if v.Name.Local == "address" {
			var address Address
			err = decoder.DecodeElement(&address, &v)
			if err != nil {
				fmt.Printf("decoder.DecodeElement() failed with '%s'\n", err)
				break
			}
			fmt.Printf("%+#v\n", address)
		}
	}
}
main.Address{City:"San Francisco", State:"CA"}
main.Address{City:"Austin", State:"TX"}

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