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使用COcos2d-x开发2d游戏确实方便，但是对于一般的小游戏，经常需要的工作是UI布局设计和调整，代码改来改去，真不方便。现成的Cocos studio或者SpriteBuilder当然更适合设计游戏。作为程序员，如果想在纯命令行模式下开发游戏，早晚要有自己的UI模块。不妨称之为cocos2d-layout。cocos2d-layout相当于舞台的布景。布景师根据导演的要求(xml)来生成舞台。布景师在现实生活中当然是人来做，在程序里就是一段程序或代码库。这个没用通用的万能的库可以做这个事情，因为游戏的内容是差别很大的。因此一个好的游戏开发师的工具箱里肯定有这样一个瑞士军刀。敝人刚入门，就从最简单的代码开始。

使用Xml来做这样的配置是最适合不过的。cocos2d-x提供了读写xml的C++库Tinyxml2(https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2)，当然是开源的，使用起来相当简单：

#include "Tinyxml2/Tinyxml2.h"

using namespace Tinyxml2;

在你的cocos2d代码中放入下面的代码，调用之：

static void makeXml(const char *fileName)
{
    std::string filePath = FileUtils::geTinstance()->getWritablePath() + filename;

    Tinyxml2::XMLDocument *pDoc = new Tinyxml2::XMLDocument();

    //xml 声明（参数可选）
    XMLDeclaration *pDel = pDoc->NewDeclaration("xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"");
    pDoc->LinkEndChild(pDel);
    //添加plist节点
    XMLElement *plistElement = pDoc->NewElement("plist");
    plistElement->SetAttribute("version","1.0");
    pDoc->LinkEndChild(plistElement);
    XMLComment *commentElement = pDoc->NewComment("this is xml comment");
    plistElement->LinkEndChild(commentElement);
    //添加Dic节点
    XMLElement *DicElement = pDoc->NewElement("Dic");
    plistElement->LinkEndChild(DicElement);
    //添加key节点
    XMLElement *keyElement = pDoc->NewElement("key");
    keyElement->LinkEndChild(pDoc->NewText("Text"));
    DicElement->LinkEndChild(keyElement);
    XMLElement *arrayElement = pDoc->NewElement("array");
    DicElement->LinkEndChild(arrayElement);
    for (int i = 0; i<3; i++) {
        XMLElement *elm = pDoc->NewElement("name");
        elm->LinkEndChild(pDoc->NewText("Cocos2d-x"));
        arrayElement->LinkEndChild(elm);
    }
    pDoc->SaveFile(filePath.c_str());
    pDoc->Print();
    delete pDoc;
}

static void parseXML(const char *fileName)
{
    std::string filePath = FileUtils::geTinstance()->getWritablePath() + filename;
    Tinyxml2::XMLDocument *pDoc = new Tinyxml2::XMLDocument();
    XMLError errorId = pDoc->LoadFile(filePath.c_str());
    if (errorId != 0) {
        //xml格式错误
        return;
    }
    XMLElement *rootEle = pDoc->RootElement();
    //获取第一个节点属性
    const XMLAttribute *attribute = rootEle->FirstAttribute();
    //打印节点属性名和值
    log("attribute<em>name = %s,attribute</em>value = %s",attribute->Name(),attribute->Value());
    XMLElement *DicEle = rootEle->FirstChildElement("Dic");
    XMLElement *keyEle = DicEle->FirstChildElement("key");
    if (keyElE) {
        log("keyEle Text= %s",keyEle->GetText());
    }
    XMLElement *arrayEle = keyEle->NextSiblingElement();
    XMLElement *childEle = arrayEle->FirstChildElement();
    while ( childEle ) {
        log("childEle Text= %s",childEle->GetText());
        childEle = childEle->NextSiblingElement();
    }
    delete pDoc;
}

当然上面的代码是网上搜来的。只是一个例子。如果想用C来解析xml，有很多选择：libxml,expat,ezxml等。我发现一个很优秀的库:mini-xml。 http://www.msweet.org/projects.php?Z3
@H_64_30@mini-XML is a small XML library that you can use to read and write XML and XML-like data files in your application without requiring large non-standard libraries. Mini-XML only requires an ANSI C compatible compiler (GCC works,as do most vendors' ANSI C compilers) and a 'make' program. Mini-XML supports reading of UTF-8 and UTF-16 and wriTing of UTF-8 encoded XML files and Strings. Data is stored in a linked-list tree structure,preserving the XML data hierarchy,and arbitrary element names,attributes,and attribute values are supported with no preset limits,just available memory.
那么我准备用这个来做cocos2d-layout。