#include <xercesc/dom/DOM.hpp>

   DOMDocument*   myDocument;
   DOMNode*       aNode;
   DOMText*       someText;
         

   DOMNode*       aNode;
   DOMNode* docRootNode;

   aNode = someDocument->createElement(anElementName);
   docRootNode = someDocument->getDocumentElement();
   docRootNode->appendChild(aNode);
         

    //
    //  Create a small document tree
    //

    {
        XMLCh tempStr[100];

        XMLString::transcode("Range", tempStr, 99);
        DOMImplementation* impl = DOMImplementationRegistry::getDOMImplementation(tempStr, 0);

        XMLString::transcode("root", tempStr, 99);
        DOMDocument*   doc = impl->createDocument(0, tempStr, 0);
        DOMElement*   root = doc->getDocumentElement();

        XMLString::transcode("FirstElement", tempStr, 99);
        DOMElement*   e1 = doc->createElement(tempStr);
        root->appendChild(e1);

        XMLString::transcode("SecondElement", tempStr, 99);
        DOMElement*   e2 = doc->createElement(tempStr);
        root->appendChild(e2);

        XMLString::transcode("aTextNode", tempStr, 99);
        DOMText*       textNode = doc->createTextNode(tempStr);
        e1->appendChild(textNode);

        // optionally, call release() to release the resource associated with the range after done
        DOMRange* range = doc->createRange();
        range->release();

        // removedElement is an orphaned node, optionally call release() to release associated resource
        DOMElement* removedElement = root->removeChild(e2);
        removedElement->release();

        // no need to release this returned object which is owned by implementation
        XMLString::transcode("*", tempStr, 99);
        DOMNodeList*    nodeList = doc->getElementsByTagName(tempStr);

        // done with the document, must call release() to release the entire document resources
        doc->release();
    };
         

   //C++ DOM
   const XMLCh* nodeValue = aNode->getNodeValue();
       

   XMLCh xfoo[] = {chLatin_f, chLatin_o, chLatin_o, chNull};

   // pAttr has node value = "foo"
   // fNodeValue has "foo"
   pAttr->setNodeValue(xfoo);
   const XMLCh* fNodeValue = pAttr->getNodeValue();

   // fNodeValue has "foo"
   // make a copy of the string for future reference
   XMLCh* oldNodeValue = XMLString::replicate(fNodeValue);

   // release the node pAttr
   pAttr->release()

   // other operations
   :
   :

   // implementation may have recycled the memory of the pAttr already
   // so it's not safe to expect fNodeValue still have "foo"
   if (XMLString::compareString(xfoo, fNodeValue))
       printf("fNodeValue has some other content\n");

   // should use your own safe copy
   if (!XMLString::compareString(xfoo, oldNodeValue))
       printf("Use your own copy of the oldNodeValue if want to reference the string later\n");

   // delete your own replicated string when done
   XMLString::release(&oldNodeValue);

       

   XMLCh xfoo[] = {chLatin_f, chLatin_o, chLatin_o, chNull};
   XMLCh xfee[] = {chLatin_f, chLatin_e, chLatin_e, chNull};

   // pAttr has node value = "foo"
   pAttr->setNodeValue(xfoo);
   const XMLCh* fNodeValue = pAttr->getNodeValue();

   // fNodeValue has "foo"
   // make a copy of the string for future reference
   XMLCh* oldNodeValue = XMLString::replicate(fNodeValue);

   // now set pAttr with a new node value "fee"
   pAttr->setNodeValue(xfee);

   // should not rely on fNodeValue for the old node value, it may not compare
   if (XMLString::compareString(xfoo, fNodeValue))
       printf("Should not rely on fNodeValue for the old node value\n");

   // should use your own safe copy
   if (!XMLString::compareString(xfoo, oldNodeValue))
       printf("Use your own copy of the oldNodeValue if want to reference the string later\n");

   // delete your own replicated string when done
   XMLString::release(&oldNodeValue);

       

    #include <xercesc/parsers/XercesDOMParser.hpp>
    #include <xercesc/dom/DOM.hpp>
    #include <xercesc/sax/HandlerBase.hpp>
    #include <xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp>
    #include <xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp>

    #if defined(XERCES_NEW_IOSTREAMS)
    #include <iostream>
    #else
    #include <iostream.h>
    #endif

    XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_USE

    int main (int argc, char* args[]) {

        try {
            XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize();
        }
        catch (const XMLException& toCatch) {
            char* message = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
            cout << "Error during initialization! :\n"
                 << message << "\n";
            XMLString::release(&message);
            return 1;
        }

        XercesDOMParser* parser = new XercesDOMParser();
        parser->setValidationScheme(XercesDOMParser::Val_Always);    
        parser->setDoNamespaces(true);    // optional

        ErrorHandler* errHandler = (ErrorHandler*) new HandlerBase();
        parser->setErrorHandler(errHandler);

        char* xmlFile = "x1.xml";

        try {
            parser->parse(xmlFile);
        }
        catch (const XMLException& toCatch) {
            char* message = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
            cout << "Exception message is: \n"
                 << message << "\n";
            XMLString::release(&message);
            return -1;
        }
        catch (const DOMException& toCatch) {
            char* message = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.msg);
            cout << "Exception message is: \n"
                 << message << "\n";
            XMLString::release(&message);
            return -1;
        }
        catch (...) {
            cout << "Unexpected Exception \n" ;
            return -1;
        }

        delete parser;
        delete errHandler;
        return 0;
    }