iOS Using a local XML file for parsing - iPhone

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <Foundation/NSXMLParser.h>

- (void)parserDidStartDocument:(NSXMLParser *)parser{	
	NSLog(@"found file and started parsing");
}

- (void)parseXMLFileAtURL:(NSString *)URL //URL is the file path (i.e. /Applications/MyExample.app/MyFile.xml)
{	
    //you must then convert the path to a proper NSURL or it won't work
    NSURL *xmlURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:URL];
	
    // here, for some reason you have to use NSClassFromString when trying to alloc NSXMLParser, otherwise you will get an object not found error
    // this may be necessary only for the toolchain
    NSXMLParser *parser = [[ NSClassFromString(@"NSXMLParser") alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:xmlURL];
	
    // Set self as the delegate of the parser so that it will receive the parser delegate methods callbacks.
    [parser setDelegate:self];
	
    // Depending on the XML document you're parsing, you may want to enable these features of NSXMLParser.
    [parser setShouldProcessNamespaces:NO];
    [parser setShouldReportNamespacePrefixes:NO];
    [parser setShouldResolveExternalEntities:NO];
	
    [parser parse];
	
    [parser release];
}
 
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict{			
    NSLog(@"found this element: %@", elementName);
}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName{     
}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string{
}

NSXMLParser *parser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:DATA];

<xml>
  <data>
    <name>Forrest</name>
    <age>25</name>
    <username>forrestgrant</username>
  </data>
</xml>

<xml>
  <data name="Forrest" age="25" username="forrestgrant" />
  <other value="6" />
</xml>

NSString *myFirstName= [attributeDict valueForKey:@"name"];

NSString *path = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myFile.xml"];

NSString *file= @"/Users/me/Documents/App/file.xml";