NSXMLParser & memory leaks - iphone

Question

I am parsing an XML file using a custom class that instanciates & uses NSXMLParser. On the first call everything is fine but on the second, third and later calls Instruments show tens of memory leaks on certain lines inside didEndElement, didEndElement and foundCharacters functions.
I googled it and found some people having this issue, but I didn't find anything that could really help me.
My Parser class looks like this :
Parser.h
#interface XMLParser : NSObject {
NSMutableArray *data;
NSMutableString *currentValue;
NSArray *xml;
NSMutableArray *videos;
NSMutableArray *photos;
NSXMLParser *parser;
NSURLConnection *feedConnection;
NSMutableData *downloadedData;
Content *content;
Video *video;
BOOL nowPhoto;
BOOL nowVideo;
BOOL finished;
BOOL webTV;
}
-(void)parseXML:(NSURL*)xmlURL;
-(int)getCount;
-(NSArray*)getData;
//- (void)handleError:(NSError *)error;
//#property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableString *currentValue;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSURLConnection *feedConnection;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableData *downloadedData;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSArray *xml;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSXMLParser *parser;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *data;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *photos;
#property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *videos;
#property(nonatomic, retain) Content *content;
#property(nonatomic, retain) Video *video;
#property(nonatomic) BOOL finished;
#property(nonatomic) BOOL nowPhoto;
#property(nonatomic) BOOL nowVideo;
#property(nonatomic) BOOL webTV;
#end
Parser.m
#import "Content.h"
#import "Video.h"
#import "Parser.h"
#import <CFNetwork/CFNetwork.h>
#implementation XMLParser
#synthesize xml, parser, finished, nowPhoto, nowVideo, webTV;
#synthesize feedConnection, downloadedData, data, content, photos, videos, video;
-(void)parseXML:(NSURL*)xmlURL {
/*
NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:xmlURL];
self.feedConnection = [[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:req delegate:self] autorelease];
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES;
*/
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setMemoryCapacity:0];
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setDiskCapacity:0];
NSXMLParser *feedParser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:xmlURL];
//NSXMLParser *feedParser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:theXML];
[self setParser:feedParser];
[feedParser release];
[[self parser] setDelegate:self];
[[self parser] setShouldResolveExternalEntities:YES];
[[self parser] parse];
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName
namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qualifiedName
attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict {
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"articles"]) {
self.finished = NO;
self.nowPhoto = NO;
self.nowVideo = NO;
self.webTV = NO;
if (!data) {
NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[self setData:tmp];
[tmp release];
return ;
}
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"WebTV"]) {
self.finished = NO;
self.nowPhoto = NO;
self.nowVideo = NO;
self.webTV = YES;
if (!data) {
NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[self setData:tmp];
[tmp release];
return ;
}
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"photos"]) {
if (!photos) {
NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[self setPhotos:tmp];
[tmp release];
return;
}
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"videos"]) {
if (!videos) {
NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[self setVideos:tmp];
[tmp release];
return;
}
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"photo"]) {
self.nowPhoto = YES;
self.nowVideo = NO;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"video"]) {
self.nowPhoto = NO;
self.nowVideo = YES;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"WebTVItem"]) {
if (!video) {
Video *tmp = [[Video alloc] init];
[self setVideo:tmp];
[tmp release];
}
NSString *videoId = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"id"];
[[self video] setVideoId:[videoId intValue]];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"article"]) {
if (!content) {
Content *tmp = [[Content alloc] init];
[self setContent:tmp];
[tmp release];
}
NSString *contentId = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"id"];
[[self content] setContentId:[contentId intValue]];
return;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"category"]) {
NSString *categoryId = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"id"];
NSString *parentId = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"parent"];
[[self content] setCategoryId:[categoryId intValue]];
[[self content] setParentId:[parentId intValue]];
categoryId = nil;
parentId = nil;
return;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vCategory"]) {
NSString *categoryId = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"id"];
NSString *parentId = [attributeDict objectForKey:#"parent"];
[[self video] setCategoryId:[categoryId intValue]];
[[self video] setParentId:[parentId intValue]];
categoryId = nil;
parentId = nil;
return;
}
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string {
if (!currentValue) {
currentValue = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithCapacity:1000];
}
if (currentValue != #"\n")
[currentValue appendString:string];
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName
namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName {
NSString *cleanValue = [currentValue stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"\n" withString:#""] ;
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"articles"]) {
self.finished = YES;
//[content release];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"article"]) {
[[self data] addObject:[self content]];
[self setContent:nil];
[self setPhotos:nil];
[self setVideos:nil];
/*
[content release];
content = nil;
[videos release];
videos = nil;
[photos release];
photos = nil;
*/
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"WebTVItem"]) {
[[self data] addObject:[self video]];
[self setVideo:nil];
//[video release];
//video = nil;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"title"]) {
//NSLog(#"Tit: %#",cleanValue);
[[self content] setTitle:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vTitle"]) {
[[self video] setTitle:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"link"]) {
//NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:cleanValue] ;
[[self content] setUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]];
[[self content] setLink: cleanValue];
//[url release];
//url = nil;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vLink"]) {
[[self video] setLink:cleanValue];
[[self video] setUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"teaser"]) {
NSString *tmp = [cleanValue stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"##BREAK##" withString:#"\n"];
[[self content] setTeaser:tmp];
tmp = nil;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"content"]) {
NSString *tmp = [cleanValue stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"##BREAK##" withString:#"\n"];
[[self content] setContent:tmp];
tmp = nil;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"category"]) {
[[self content] setCategory:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vCategory"]) {
[[self video] setCategory:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"date"]) {
[[self content] setDate:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vDate"]) {
[[self video] setDate:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"thumbnail"]) {
[[self content] setThumbnail:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]];
[[self content] setThumbnailURL:cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vThumbnail"]) {
[[self video] setThumbnailURL:cleanValue];
[[self video] setThumbnail:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"vDirectLink"]){
[[self video] setDirectLink: cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"preview"]){
[[self video] setPreview: cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"thumbnail_position"]){
[[self content] setThumbnailPosition: cleanValue];
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"url"]) {
if (self.nowPhoto == YES) {
[[self photos] addObject:cleanValue];
}
else if (self.nowVideo == YES) {
[[self videos] addObject:cleanValue];
}
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"photos"]) {
[[self content] setPhotos:[self photos]];
//[photos release];
//photos = nil;
self.nowPhoto = NO;
}
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"videos"]) {
[[self content] setVideos:[self videos]];
//[videos release];
//videos = nil;
self.nowVideo = NO;
}
//[cleanValue release];
//cleanValue = nil;
[currentValue release];
currentValue = nil;
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)parseError {
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil message:#"Error" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
}
-(NSArray*)getData {
return data;
}
-(int)getCount {
return [data count];
}
- (void)dealloc {
[parser release];
//[data release];
//[photos release];
//[videos release];
//[video release];
//[content release];
[currentValue release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end
Somewhere in my code, I create an instance of this class :
XMLParser* feed = [[XMLParser alloc] init];
[self setRssParser:feed];
[feed release];
// Parse feed
NSString *url = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"MyXMLURL"];
[[self rssParser] parseXML:[NSURL URLWithString:url]];
Now the problem is that after the first (which has zero leaks), instruments shows leaks in too many parts like this one (they are too much to enumerate them all, but all the calls look the same, I made the leaking line bold) :
in didEndElement :
if ([elementName isEqualToString:#"link"]) {
// THIS LINE IS LEAKING => INSTRUMENTS SAYS IT IS A NSCFString LEAK
[self content] setUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]];
[[self content] setLink: cleanValue];
}
Any idea how to fix this pealse ?
Could this be the same problem as the one mentioned (as an apple bug) by Lee Amtrong here :NSXMLParser Leaking

Answer 1

-(BOOL)fetchAndParseRss{
NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
[UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES;
//To suppress the leak in NSXMLParser
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setMemoryCapacity:0];
[[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setDiskCapacity:0];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:GALLERY_FEED];
BOOL success = NO;
NSXMLParser *parser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
[parser setDelegate:self];
[parser setShouldProcessNamespaces:YES];
[parser setShouldReportNamespacePrefixes:YES];
[parser setShouldResolveExternalEntities:NO];
success = [parser parse];
[parser release];
[pool drain];
return success;
}

Answer 2

As found on this page, you can do the following to get rid of the leaks as well (I've found that you don't need the setMemoryCapacity or setDiskCapacity calls):
NSData *xml = [NSData
dataWithContentsOfURL: [NSURL
URLWithString:#"http://some-xml-url.com/my.xml"]];
NSXMLParser *parser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:xml];