Initial version of code in append_entry() to make the container

element if it doesn't already exist.

diff --git a/lib/ZOOM/IRSpy/Record.pm b/lib/ZOOM/IRSpy/Record.pm
index 3369948..2f67dc1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ZOOM/IRSpy/Record.pm
+++ b/lib/ZOOM/IRSpy/Record.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Record.pm,v 1.7 2006-07-24 15:25:51 mike Exp $
+# $Id: Record.pm,v 1.8 2006-07-24 16:44:00 mike Exp $
 
 package ZOOM::IRSpy::Record;
 
@@ -71,13 +71,21 @@ sub append_entry {
 
     my @nodes = $xc->findnodes($xpath);
     if (@nodes == 0) {
-       ZOOM::Log::log("irspy", "no matches for '$xpath': can't append");
-       return;
-    } elsif (@nodes > 1) {
-       ZOOM::Log::log("irspy", scalar(@nodes),
-                      " matches for '$xpath': using first");
+       # Make the node that we're inserting into, if possible.  A
+       # fully general version would work its way through each
+       # component of the XPath, but for now we just treat it as a
+       # single chunk to go inside the top-level node.
+       $this->_half_decent_appendWellBalancedChunk($root,
+                                                   "<$xpath></$xpath>");
+       @nodes = $xc->findnodes($xpath);
+       die("still no matches for '$xpath' after creating: can't append")
+           if @nodes == 0;
     }
 
+    ZOOM::Log::log("irspy",
+                  scalar(@nodes), " matches for '$xpath': using first")
+       if @nodes > 1;
+
     my $node = $nodes[0];
     # $node ISA XML::LibXML::ElementXML::LibXML::Element
     $this->_half_decent_appendWellBalancedChunk($node, $frag);