parsing different xml messages

[Stefan Behnel]

kaklis at gmail.com, 27.07.2010 14:26:
> On Jul 27, 8:14 am, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> kak... at gmail.com, 27.07.2010 13:58:
>>
>>> On Jul 27, 6:30 am, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>>>> kak... at gmail.com, 27.07.2010 12:17:
>>
>>>>> I receive the following different Xml Messages from a socket:
>>
>>>>    From a bare socket? TCP? UDP? Or what else?
>>
>>>>> Which is the best way to make a distinction between them so that every
>>>>> time my app receives the one or the other, parse them correctly?
>>
>>>> Use an application level protocol?
>>
>>>>  From a tcp socket using the twisted framework.
>>>> Application level protocol... Such as?
>>
>> Depends on what you *can* use. Do you control the sending side?
>>
>> Note: giving better details helps others in giving better answers.
>
> Well yes you are right!
> I can't control the sending side.
> The app i'm writing just accepts incoming xml messages. Like the ones
> above.
> When i receive a message I parse it and print the information.
> I know how to parse both xml messages.
> What i want is to distinguish them so that i can trigger the
> appropriate parsing method.

Do they come in concatenated or one per connection?

Stefan