Create an XML document and write it to disk.

create-write-xml.m

- ( void ) createAndWriteXMLDocument : ( NSString * ) fileName
{
    NSArray * directories;
    NSData * output;
    NSFileManager * manager;
    NSMutableString * path;
    NSXMLDocument * doc;
    NSXMLElement * root;
    NSXMLNode * first;
    NSXMLNode * last;
    
    root = ( NSXMLElement * )[NSXMLNode elementWithName : @"person"];
    
    doc = [[NSXMLDocument alloc] initWithRootElement : root];
    [doc setVersion:@"1.0"];
    [doc setCharacterEncoding:@"UTF-8"];
    
    first = [[NSXMLNode alloc] initWithKind : NSXMLElementKind];
    [first setName : @"first"];
    [first setObjectValue : @"Kevin"];
    [root addChild : first];
    
    last = [[NSXMLNode alloc] initWithKind : NSXMLElementKind];
    [last setName : @"last"];
    [last setObjectValue : @"Hoyt"];
    [root addChild : last];
    
    manager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
    
    directories = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains( NSDesktopDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES );
    path = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString : [directories objectAtIndex : 0]];
    [path appendString: @"/"];
    [path appendString: fileName];
    
    output = [doc XMLDataWithOptions : NSXMLNodePrettyPrint];
    [output writeToFile: path atomically:YES];
}