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I have a template XML file, and based on inputs given to my program I have to generate a new XML file. The template has sections that need to be repeated based on the input data. But I don't necessarily know the structure of these sections or how many levels of nesting they have. I cannot figure out how to read in the template file in an arbitrary way they will let me populate it and then output it. Here is a section of the template file:\[code\]<Target_Table> <Target_Name>SF1_T1</Target_Name> <Target_Mode> <REP> <Target_Location_To_Repeat> <XLocation>nextXREL</XLocation> <YLocation>nextYREL</YLocation> </Target_Location_To_Repeat> <Target_Location_To_Repeat> <XLocation>nextXREL</XLocation> <YLocation>nextYREL</YLocation> </Target_Location_To_Repeat> </REP> </Target_Mode> <Target_Repetitions>1</Target_Repetitions> <Meas_Window> <Window_Size> <XLocation>FOV</XLocation> <YLocation>FOV</YLocation> </Window_Size> <Window_Location> <XLocation>firstXREL</XLocation> <YLocation>firstYREL</YLocation> </Window_Location> </Meas_Window> <Box_Orientation>90</Box_Orientation> <First_Feature Value="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15512803/Space" /> <Meas_Params_Definition> <Number_Of_Lines Value="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15512803/Auto" /> <Number_Of_Pixels_Per_Line Value="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15512803/Auto" /> <Averaging_Factor Value="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15512803/1" /> </Meas_Params_Definition> <Number_Of_Edges>1</Number_Of_Edges> <Edge_Pair> <Edge_Pair_Couple> <First_Edge>1</First_Edge> <Second_Edge>1</Second_Edge> </Edge_Pair_Couple> <Nominal_Corrected_Value>0</Nominal_Corrected_Value> </Edge_Pair> <Categories> <Material_Type /> <Meas_Type /> <Category_Type /> <Other_Type /> </Categories> <Bias>0</Bias> <Template_Target_Name>SF_IMAQ_Template_Target</Template_Target_Name> <Template_Target_PPL> <Process>PC2</Process> <Product>PD2</Product> <Layer>L2</Layer> </Template_Target_PPL> <Meas_Auto_Box> <Error_Code>0</Error_Code> <Measured_CD>0</Measured_CD> <Constant_NM2Pix>true</Constant_NM2Pix> </Meas_Auto_Box> <Meas_Box_Pix_Size_X>PixelSize</Meas_Box_Pix_Size_X> <Macro_CD>0</Macro_CD></Target_Table>\[/code\]I need to repeat the entire Target_Table section multiple time, and within each Target_Table I need to repeat the REP section multiple times. I want to write my program so that if the template changes (e.g, more levels of nesting are added) I don't have to change my program. But it seems to me that I have to totally know the structure of the file to read it in and spit it out. Is that true or am I missing something here? Is there a way to write a program that will read in a file with an unknown tags and unknown levels of nesting?