What library to use to *write* XML file in a C++ program?

Question

What library to use to write XML file in a C++ program?

I've found two classes posted in CodeProject

• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/stl/simple_xmlwriter.aspx
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/XML_writer.aspx

but want to check if there is more standard option than these. I'm only concerned with writing, and not parsing XML.

Answer 1

I tried different libraries and finally decided for TinyXml. It's compact, fast, free (zlib license) and very easy to use.

Answer 2

Question: Are you ever going to update an XML file? Because while that sounds like it's just more writing, with XML it still requires a parser.

While xerces is large and bloated, it is fully standards compliant and it is DOM based. Should you ever have to cross platform or change language, there will always be a DOM based library for whatever language/platform you might move to so knowing how DOM based parsing/writing works is a benefit. If you are going to use XML, you may as well use it correctly.

Avoiding XML altogether is of course the best option. But short of that, I'd go with xerces.