Import a TransXchange XML file

Import a TransXchange XML file

Usage

transxchange_import(file, run_debug = TRUE, full_import = FALSE)

Arguments

file

character, path to an XML file e.g. "C:/data/file.xml"

run_debug

logical, if TRUE extra checks are performed, default TRUE

full_import

logical, if false data no needed for GTFS is excluded

Value

For a single-service file, a named list of data frames, one per TransXchange section, or NULL if the file contains nothing to convert. For a multi-service file, a `txc_multi` list of such objects.

Details

This function imports the raw transXchange XML files and converts them to a R readable format.

A single TransXchange file may declare several `<Service>` elements (a registration covering, say, the CB2 to CB6 school services as one document). The export path is written around one service per object - it reads `Services_main$...[1]` for the route id, name, agency and mode - so such a file is split into one import result per service and the result carries class `txc_multi`. [transxchange2gtfs()] flattens those back into the list of objects it converts, so each service becomes its own GTFS route.