parser

parser - the core parser module

Interfaces, constants and types related to the XML parser

Author(s): Daniel Veillard

Synopsis

#define XML_COMPLETE_ATTRS;
#define XML_SKIP_IDS;
#define XML_SAX2_MAGIC;
#define XML_DETECT_IDS;
#define XML_DEFAULT_VERSION;
typedef xmlParserNodeInfoSeq * xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr;
typedef struct _xmlSAXHandlerV1 xmlSAXHandlerV1;
typedef enum xmlParserInputState;
typedef xmlParserNodeInfo * xmlParserNodeInfoPtr;
typedef struct _xmlParserNodeInfoSeq xmlParserNodeInfoSeq;
typedef enum xmlFeature;
typedef enum xmlParserMode;
typedef enum xmlParserOption;
typedef xmlSAXHandlerV1 * xmlSAXHandlerV1Ptr;
typedef struct _xmlParserNodeInfo xmlParserNodeInfo;
void	xmlSetupParserForBuffer		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const xmlChar * buffer,
const char * filename); xmlDocPtr xmlCtxtReadFile (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const char * filename,
const char * encoding,
int options); int xmlParseCtxtExternalEntity (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctx,
const xmlChar * URL,
const xmlChar * ID,
xmlNodePtr * lst); typedef void attributeDeclSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * elem,
const xmlChar * fullname,
int type,
int def,
const xmlChar * defaultValue,
xmlEnumerationPtr tree); typedef xmlEntityPtr getEntitySAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name); typedef void startElementSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar ** atts); typedef void charactersSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * ch,
int len); void xmlClearNodeInfoSeq (xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr seq); int xmlParseChunk (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const char * chunk,
int size,
int terminate); xmlDocPtr xmlParseEntity (const char * filename); xmlDocPtr xmlRecoverFile (const char * filename); xmlDocPtr xmlCtxtReadDoc (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const xmlChar * cur,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); typedef void startElementNsSAX2Func (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * localname,
const xmlChar * prefix,
const xmlChar * URI,
int nb_namespaces,
const xmlChar ** namespaces,
int nb_attributes,
int nb_defaulted,
const xmlChar ** attributes); xmlParserCtxtPtr xmlCreateIOParserCtxt (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
xmlInputReadCallback ioread,
xmlInputCloseCallback ioclose,
void * ioctx,
xmlCharEncoding enc); xmlParserErrors xmlParseInNodeContext (xmlNodePtr node,
const char * data,
int datalen,
int options,
xmlNodePtr * lst); typedef void referenceSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name); typedef int hasExternalSubsetSAXFunc (void * ctx); xmlDocPtr xmlSAXParseDoc (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const xmlChar * cur,
int recovery); xmlDocPtr xmlReadMemory (const char * buffer,
int size,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); xmlDocPtr xmlParseMemory (const char * buffer,
int size); xmlParserInputPtr xmlNewIOInputStream (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
xmlParserInputBufferPtr input,
xmlCharEncoding enc); typedef void processingInstructionSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * target,
const xmlChar * data); int xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover (xmlDocPtr doc,
xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
int depth,
const xmlChar * string,
xmlNodePtr * lst,
int recover); void xmlInitParser (void); xmlParserCtxtPtr xmlCreateDocParserCtxt (const xmlChar * cur); typedef void errorSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const char * msg,
... ...); xmlDocPtr xmlSAXParseMemory (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const char * buffer,
int size,
int recovery); xmlDocPtr xmlRecoverMemory (const char * buffer,
int size); typedef xmlParserInputPtr xmlExternalEntityLoader (const char * URL,
const char * ID,
xmlParserCtxtPtr context); typedef int hasInternalSubsetSAXFunc (void * ctx); typedef void cdataBlockSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * value,
int len); xmlDocPtr xmlSAXParseFile (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const char * filename,
int recovery); typedef void xmlParserInputDeallocate (xmlChar * str); xmlDocPtr xmlCtxtReadIO (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
xmlInputReadCallback ioread,
xmlInputCloseCallback ioclose,
void * ioctx,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); xmlDocPtr xmlSAXParseMemoryWithData (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const char * buffer,
int size,
int recovery,
void * data); int xmlGetFeature (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const char * name,
void * result); xmlDtdPtr xmlIOParseDTD (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
xmlParserInputBufferPtr input,
xmlCharEncoding enc); void xmlFreeParserCtxt (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); xmlDtdPtr xmlParseDTD (const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID); xmlDocPtr xmlRecoverDoc (const xmlChar * cur); typedef void commentSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * value); int xmlInitParserCtxt (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); typedef void attributeSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * value); int xmlParserInputGrow (xmlParserInputPtr in,
int len); xmlDocPtr xmlCtxtReadMemory (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const char * buffer,
int size,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); typedef void externalSubsetSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID); typedef xmlParserInputPtr resolveEntitySAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId); int xmlPedanticParserDefault (int val); xmlDocPtr xmlSAXParseEntity (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const char * filename); xmlDocPtr xmlParseDoc (const xmlChar * cur); xmlDocPtr xmlSAXParseFileWithData (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const char * filename,
int recovery,
void * data); int xmlLineNumbersDefault (int val); xmlExternalEntityLoader xmlGetExternalEntityLoader (void); typedef void elementDeclSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
int type,
xmlElementContentPtr content); int xmlCtxtUseOptions (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
int options); xmlParserCtxtPtr xmlCreatePushParserCtxt (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
const char * chunk,
int size,
const char * filename); void xmlParserAddNodeInfo (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const xmlParserNodeInfoPtr info); xmlDocPtr xmlCtxtReadFd (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
int fd,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); typedef void internalSubsetSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID); xmlParserCtxtPtr xmlNewParserCtxt (void); typedef void endDocumentSAXFunc (void * ctx); xmlDocPtr xmlParseFile (const char * filename); int xmlParseDocument (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); typedef void setDocumentLocatorSAXFunc (void * ctx,
xmlSAXLocatorPtr loc); typedef xmlEntityPtr getParameterEntitySAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name); typedef void ignorableWhitespaceSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * ch,
int len); void xmlInitNodeInfoSeq (xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr seq); int xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefault (int val); typedef void endElementSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name); unsigned long xmlParserFindNodeInfoIndex (const xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr seq,
const xmlNodePtr node); long xmlByteConsumed (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); void xmlCtxtReset (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); int xmlSetFeature (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const char * name,
void * value); int xmlKeepBlanksDefault (int val); int xmlParserInputRead (xmlParserInputPtr in,
int len); xmlDocPtr xmlReadFile (const char * filename,
const char * encoding,
int options); int xmlGetFeaturesList (int * len,
const char ** result); int xmlHasFeature (xmlFeature feature); typedef void unparsedEntityDeclSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId,
const xmlChar * notationName); int xmlSAXUserParseFile (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
const char * filename); typedef void fatalErrorSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const char * msg,
... ...); xmlDtdPtr xmlSAXParseDTD (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID); const xmlParserNodeInfo * xmlParserFindNodeInfo (const xmlParserCtxtPtr ctx,
const xmlNodePtr node); typedef void entityDeclSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
int type,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId,
xmlChar * content); xmlParserInputPtr xmlLoadExternalEntity (const char * URL,
const char * ID,
xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); void xmlStopParser (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); xmlDocPtr xmlReadFd (int fd,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); int xmlParseExtParsedEnt (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); xmlDocPtr xmlReadIO (xmlInputReadCallback ioread,
xmlInputCloseCallback ioclose,
void * ioctx,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); xmlDocPtr xmlReadDoc (const xmlChar * cur,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options); int xmlSAXUserParseMemory (xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
const char * buffer,
int size); int xmlParseBalancedChunkMemory (xmlDocPtr doc,
xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
int depth,
const xmlChar * string,
xmlNodePtr * lst); typedef void endElementNsSAX2Func (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * localname,
const xmlChar * prefix,
const xmlChar * URI); void xmlCleanupParser (void); int xmlCtxtResetPush (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
const char * chunk,
int size,
const char * filename,
const char * encoding); typedef int isStandaloneSAXFunc (void * ctx); typedef void startDocumentSAXFunc (void * ctx); void xmlClearParserCtxt (xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt); int xmlParseExternalEntity (xmlDocPtr doc,
xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
int depth,
const xmlChar * URL,
const xmlChar * ID,
xmlNodePtr * lst); typedef void notationDeclSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId); typedef void warningSAXFunc (void * ctx,
const char * msg,
... ...); void xmlSetExternalEntityLoader (xmlExternalEntityLoader f);

Description

Details

Macro XML_COMPLETE_ATTRS

#define XML_COMPLETE_ATTRS;

Bit in the loadsubset context field to tell to do complete the elements attributes lists with the ones defaulted from the DTDs. Use it to initialize xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue.


Macro XML_DEFAULT_VERSION

#define XML_DEFAULT_VERSION;

The default version of XML used: 1.0


Macro XML_DETECT_IDS

#define XML_DETECT_IDS;

Bit in the loadsubset context field to tell to do ID/REFs lookups. Use it to initialize xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue.


Macro XML_SAX2_MAGIC

#define XML_SAX2_MAGIC;

Special constant found in SAX2 blocks initialized fields


Macro XML_SKIP_IDS

#define XML_SKIP_IDS;

Bit in the loadsubset context field to tell to not do ID/REFs registration. Used to initialize xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue in some special cases.



Enum xmlParserInputState

enum xmlParserInputState {
    XML_PARSER_EOF = -1 /* nothing is to be parsed */
    XML_PARSER_START = 0 /* nothing has been parsed */
    XML_PARSER_MISC = 1 /* Misc* before int subset */
    XML_PARSER_PI = 2 /* Within a processing instruction */
    XML_PARSER_DTD = 3 /* within some DTD content */
    XML_PARSER_PROLOG = 4 /* Misc* after internal subset */
    XML_PARSER_COMMENT = 5 /* within a comment */
    XML_PARSER_START_TAG = 6 /* within a start tag */
    XML_PARSER_CONTENT = 7 /* within the content */
    XML_PARSER_CDATA_SECTION = 8 /* within a CDATA section */
    XML_PARSER_END_TAG = 9 /* within a closing tag */
    XML_PARSER_ENTITY_DECL = 10 /* within an entity declaration */
    XML_PARSER_ENTITY_VALUE = 11 /* within an entity value in a decl */
    XML_PARSER_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE = 12 /* within an attribute value */
    XML_PARSER_SYSTEM_LITERAL = 13 /* within a SYSTEM value */
    XML_PARSER_EPILOG = 14 /* the Misc* after the last end tag */
    XML_PARSER_IGNORE = 15 /* within an IGNORED section */
    XML_PARSER_PUBLIC_LITERAL = 16 /*  within a PUBLIC value */
};



Structure xmlParserNodeInfo

struct _xmlParserNodeInfo {
    const struct _xmlNode *	node	: Position & line # that text that created the node begins & ends on
    unsigned long	begin_pos
    unsigned long	begin_line
    unsigned long	end_pos
    unsigned long	end_line
} xmlParserNodeInfo;


Typedef xmlParserNodeInfoPtr

xmlParserNodeInfo * xmlParserNodeInfoPtr;


Structure xmlParserNodeInfoSeq

struct _xmlParserNodeInfoSeq {
    unsigned long	maximum
    unsigned long	length
    xmlParserNodeInfo *	buffer
} xmlParserNodeInfoSeq;


Typedef xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr

xmlParserNodeInfoSeq * xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr;


Enum xmlParserOption

enum xmlParserOption {
    XML_PARSE_RECOVER = 1 /* recover on errors */
    XML_PARSE_NOENT = 2 /* substitute entities */
    XML_PARSE_DTDLOAD = 4 /* load the external subset */
    XML_PARSE_DTDATTR = 8 /* default DTD attributes */
    XML_PARSE_DTDVALID = 16 /* validate with the DTD */
    XML_PARSE_NOERROR = 32 /* suppress error reports */
    XML_PARSE_NOWARNING = 64 /* suppress warning reports */
    XML_PARSE_PEDANTIC = 128 /* pedantic error reporting */
    XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS = 256 /* remove blank nodes */
    XML_PARSE_SAX1 = 512 /* use the SAX1 interface internally */
    XML_PARSE_XINCLUDE = 1024 /* Implement XInclude substitition */
    XML_PARSE_NONET = 2048 /* Forbid network access */
    XML_PARSE_NODICT = 4096 /* Do not reuse the context dictionnary */
    XML_PARSE_NSCLEAN = 8192 /* remove redundant namespaces declarations */
    XML_PARSE_NOCDATA = 16384 /* merge CDATA as text nodes */
    XML_PARSE_NOXINCNODE = 32768 /* do not generate XINCLUDE START/END nodes */
    XML_PARSE_COMPACT = 65536 /* compact small text nodes; no modification of the tree allowed afterwards (will possibly crash if you try to modify the tree) */
    XML_PARSE_OLD10 = 131072 /* parse using XML-1.0 before update 5 */
    XML_PARSE_NOBASEFIX = 262144 /* do not fixup XINCLUDE xml:base uris */
    XML_PARSE_HUGE = 524288 /* relax any hardcoded limit from the parser */
    XML_PARSE_OLDSAX = 1048576 /* parse using SAX2 interface before 2.7.0 */
    XML_PARSE_IGNORE_ENC = 2097152 /* ignore internal document encoding hint */
    XML_PARSE_BIG_LINES = 4194304 /*  Store big lines numbers in text PSVI field */
};


Structure xmlSAXHandlerV1

struct _xmlSAXHandlerV1 {
    internalSubsetSAXFunc	internalSubset
    isStandaloneSAXFunc	isStandalone
    hasInternalSubsetSAXFunc	hasInternalSubset
    hasExternalSubsetSAXFunc	hasExternalSubset
    resolveEntitySAXFunc	resolveEntity
    getEntitySAXFunc	getEntity
    entityDeclSAXFunc	entityDecl
    notationDeclSAXFunc	notationDecl
    attributeDeclSAXFunc	attributeDecl
    elementDeclSAXFunc	elementDecl
    unparsedEntityDeclSAXFunc	unparsedEntityDecl
    setDocumentLocatorSAXFunc	setDocumentLocator
    startDocumentSAXFunc	startDocument
    endDocumentSAXFunc	endDocument
    startElementSAXFunc	startElement
    endElementSAXFunc	endElement
    referenceSAXFunc	reference
    charactersSAXFunc	characters
    ignorableWhitespaceSAXFunc	ignorableWhitespace
    processingInstructionSAXFunc	processingInstruction
    commentSAXFunc	comment
    warningSAXFunc	warning
    errorSAXFunc	error
    fatalErrorSAXFunc	fatalError	: unused error() get all the errors
    getParameterEntitySAXFunc	getParameterEntity
    cdataBlockSAXFunc	cdataBlock
    externalSubsetSAXFunc	externalSubset
    unsigned int	initialized
} xmlSAXHandlerV1;


Typedef xmlSAXHandlerV1Ptr

xmlSAXHandlerV1 * xmlSAXHandlerV1Ptr;


Function type attributeDeclSAXFunc

void	attributeDeclSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * elem,
const xmlChar * fullname,
int type,
int def,
const xmlChar * defaultValue,
xmlEnumerationPtr tree)

An attribute definition has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
elem:the name of the element
fullname:the attribute name
type:the attribute type
def:the type of default value
defaultValue:the attribute default value
tree:the tree of enumerated value set

Function type attributeSAXFunc

void	attributeSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * value)

Handle an attribute that has been read by the parser. The default handling is to convert the attribute into an DOM subtree and past it in a new xmlAttr element added to the element.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The attribute name, including namespace prefix
value:The attribute value

Function type cdataBlockSAXFunc

void	cdataBlockSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * value,
int len)

Called when a pcdata block has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
value:The pcdata content
len:the block length

Function type charactersSAXFunc

void	charactersSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * ch,
int len)

Receiving some chars from the parser.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
ch:a xmlChar string
len:the number of xmlChar

Function type commentSAXFunc

void	commentSAXFunc			(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * value)

A comment has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
value:the comment content

Function type elementDeclSAXFunc

void	elementDeclSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
int type,
xmlElementContentPtr content)

An element definition has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:the element name
type:the element type
content:the element value tree


Function type endElementNsSAX2Func

void	endElementNsSAX2Func		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * localname,
const xmlChar * prefix,
const xmlChar * URI)

SAX2 callback when an element end has been detected by the parser. It provides the namespace informations for the element.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
localname:the local name of the element
prefix:the element namespace prefix if available
URI:the element namespace name if available

Function type endElementSAXFunc

void	endElementSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name)

Called when the end of an element has been detected.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The element name

Function type entityDeclSAXFunc

void	entityDeclSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
int type,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId,
xmlChar * content)

An entity definition has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:the entity name
type:the entity type
publicId:The public ID of the entity
systemId:The system ID of the entity
content:the entity value (without processing).


Function type externalSubsetSAXFunc

void	externalSubsetSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID)

Callback on external subset declaration.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:the root element name
ExternalID:the external ID
SystemID:the SYSTEM ID (e.g. filename or URL)


Function type getEntitySAXFunc

xmlEntityPtr	getEntitySAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
const xmlChar * name)

Get an entity by name.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The entity name
Returns:the xmlEntityPtr if found.

Function type getParameterEntitySAXFunc

xmlEntityPtr	getParameterEntitySAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
const xmlChar * name)

Get a parameter entity by name.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The entity name
Returns:the xmlEntityPtr if found.



Function type ignorableWhitespaceSAXFunc

void	ignorableWhitespaceSAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * ch,
int len)

Receiving some ignorable whitespaces from the parser. UNUSED: by default the DOM building will use characters.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
ch:a xmlChar string
len:the number of xmlChar

Function type internalSubsetSAXFunc

void	internalSubsetSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID)

Callback on internal subset declaration.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:the root element name
ExternalID:the external ID
SystemID:the SYSTEM ID (e.g. filename or URL)


Function type notationDeclSAXFunc

void	notationDeclSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId)

What to do when a notation declaration has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The name of the notation
publicId:The public ID of the entity
systemId:The system ID of the entity

Function type processingInstructionSAXFunc

void	processingInstructionSAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * target,
const xmlChar * data)

A processing instruction has been parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
target:the target name
data:the PI data's

Function type referenceSAXFunc

void	referenceSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name)

Called when an entity reference is detected.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The entity name

Function type resolveEntitySAXFunc

xmlParserInputPtr	resolveEntitySAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId)

Callback: The entity loader, to control the loading of external entities, the application can either: - override this resolveEntity() callback in the SAX block - or better use the xmlSetExternalEntityLoader() function to set up it's own entity resolution routine

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
publicId:The public ID of the entity
systemId:The system ID of the entity
Returns:the xmlParserInputPtr if inlined or NULL for DOM behaviour.

Function type setDocumentLocatorSAXFunc

void	setDocumentLocatorSAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
xmlSAXLocatorPtr loc)

Receive the document locator at startup, actually xmlDefaultSAXLocator. Everything is available on the context, so this is useless in our case.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
loc:A SAX Locator


Function type startElementNsSAX2Func

void	startElementNsSAX2Func		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * localname,
const xmlChar * prefix,
const xmlChar * URI,
int nb_namespaces,
const xmlChar ** namespaces,
int nb_attributes,
int nb_defaulted,
const xmlChar ** attributes)

SAX2 callback when an element start has been detected by the parser. It provides the namespace informations for the element, as well as the new namespace declarations on the element.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
localname:the local name of the element
prefix:the element namespace prefix if available
URI:the element namespace name if available
nb_namespaces:number of namespace definitions on that node
namespaces:pointer to the array of prefix/URI pairs namespace definitions
nb_attributes:the number of attributes on that node
nb_defaulted:the number of defaulted attributes. The defaulted ones are at the end of the array
attributes:pointer to the array of (localname/prefix/URI/value/end) attribute values.

Function type startElementSAXFunc

void	startElementSAXFunc		(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar ** atts)

Called when an opening tag has been processed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The element name, including namespace prefix
atts:An array of name/value attributes pairs, NULL terminated

Function type unparsedEntityDeclSAXFunc

void	unparsedEntityDeclSAXFunc	(void * ctx, 
const
xmlChar * name,
const xmlChar * publicId,
const xmlChar * systemId,
const xmlChar * notationName)

What to do when an unparsed entity declaration is parsed.

ctx:the user data (XML parser context)
name:The name of the entity
publicId:The public ID of the entity
systemId:The system ID of the entity
notationName:the name of the notation


Function type xmlExternalEntityLoader

xmlParserInputPtr	xmlExternalEntityLoader	(const char * URL, 
const char * ID,
xmlParserCtxtPtr context)

External entity loaders types.

URL:The System ID of the resource requested
ID:The Public ID of the resource requested
context:the XML parser context
Returns:the entity input parser.

Function type xmlParserInputDeallocate

void	xmlParserInputDeallocate	(xmlChar * str)

Callback for freeing some parser input allocations.

str:the string to deallocate

xmlByteConsumed ()

long	xmlByteConsumed			(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

This function provides the current index of the parser relative to the start of the current entity. This function is computed in bytes from the beginning starting at zero and finishing at the size in byte of the file if parsing a file. The function is of constant cost if the input is UTF-8 but can be costly if run on non-UTF-8 input.

ctxt:an XML parser context
Returns:the index in bytes from the beginning of the entity or -1 in case the index could not be computed.


xmlClearNodeInfoSeq ()

void	xmlClearNodeInfoSeq		(xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr seq)

-- Clear (release memory and reinitialize) node info sequence

seq:a node info sequence pointer

xmlClearParserCtxt ()

void	xmlClearParserCtxt		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

Clear (release owned resources) and reinitialize a parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context

xmlCreateDocParserCtxt ()

xmlParserCtxtPtr	xmlCreateDocParserCtxt	(const xmlChar * cur)

Creates a parser context for an XML in-memory document.

cur:a pointer to an array of xmlChar
Returns:the new parser context or NULL

xmlCreateIOParserCtxt ()

xmlParserCtxtPtr	xmlCreateIOParserCtxt	(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
void * user_data,
xmlInputReadCallback ioread,
xmlInputCloseCallback ioclose,
void * ioctx,
xmlCharEncoding enc)

Create a parser context for using the XML parser with an existing I/O stream

sax:a SAX handler
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks
ioread:an I/O read function
ioclose:an I/O close function
ioctx:an I/O handler
enc:the charset encoding if known
Returns:the new parser context or NULL

xmlCreatePushParserCtxt ()

xmlParserCtxtPtr	xmlCreatePushParserCtxt	(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
void * user_data,
const char * chunk,
int size,
const char * filename)

Create a parser context for using the XML parser in push mode. If @buffer and @size are non-NULL, the data is used to detect the encoding. The remaining characters will be parsed so they don't need to be fed in again through xmlParseChunk. To allow content encoding detection, @size should be >= 4 The value of @filename is used for fetching external entities and error/warning reports.

sax:a SAX handler
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks
chunk:a pointer to an array of chars
size:number of chars in the array
filename:an optional file name or URI
Returns:the new parser context or NULL

xmlCtxtReadDoc ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlCtxtReadDoc		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const xmlChar * cur,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree. This reuses the existing @ctxt parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
cur:a pointer to a zero terminated string
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlCtxtReadFd ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlCtxtReadFd		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
int fd,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML from a file descriptor and build a tree. This reuses the existing @ctxt parser context NOTE that the file descriptor will not be closed when the reader is closed or reset.

ctxt:an XML parser context
fd:an open file descriptor
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlCtxtReadFile ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlCtxtReadFile		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const char * filename,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML file from the filesystem or the network. This reuses the existing @ctxt parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
filename:a file or URL
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlCtxtReadIO ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlCtxtReadIO		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
xmlInputReadCallback ioread,
xmlInputCloseCallback ioclose,
void * ioctx,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML document from I/O functions and source and build a tree. This reuses the existing @ctxt parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
ioread:an I/O read function
ioclose:an I/O close function
ioctx:an I/O handler
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlCtxtReadMemory ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlCtxtReadMemory	(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const char * buffer,
int size,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree. This reuses the existing @ctxt parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
buffer:a pointer to a char array
size:the size of the array
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlCtxtReset ()

void	xmlCtxtReset			(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

Reset a parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context

xmlCtxtResetPush ()

int	xmlCtxtResetPush		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const char * chunk,
int size,
const char * filename,
const char * encoding)

Reset a push parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
chunk:a pointer to an array of chars
size:number of chars in the array
filename:an optional file name or URI
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
Returns:0 in case of success and 1 in case of error

xmlCtxtUseOptions ()

int	xmlCtxtUseOptions		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
int options)

Applies the options to the parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:0 in case of success, the set of unknown or unimplemented options in case of error.

xmlFreeParserCtxt ()

void	xmlFreeParserCtxt		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

Free all the memory used by a parser context. However the parsed document in ctxt->myDoc is not freed.

ctxt:an XML parser context

xmlGetExternalEntityLoader ()

xmlExternalEntityLoader	xmlGetExternalEntityLoader	(void)

Get the default external entity resolver function for the application

Returns:the xmlExternalEntityLoader function pointer

xmlGetFeature ()

int	xmlGetFeature			(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const char * name,
void * result)

Read the current value of one feature of this parser instance

ctxt:an XML/HTML parser context
name:the feature name
result:location to store the result
Returns:-1 in case or error, 0 otherwise


xmlHasFeature ()

int	xmlHasFeature			(xmlFeature feature)

Examines if the library has been compiled with a given feature.

feature:the feature to be examined
Returns:a non-zero value if the feature exist, otherwise zero. Returns zero (0) if the feature does not exist or an unknown unknown feature is requested, non-zero otherwise.

xmlIOParseDTD ()

xmlDtdPtr	xmlIOParseDTD		(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
xmlParserInputBufferPtr input,
xmlCharEncoding enc)

Load and parse a DTD

sax:the SAX handler block or NULL
input:an Input Buffer
enc:the charset encoding if known
Returns:the resulting xmlDtdPtr or NULL in case of error. @input will be freed by the function in any case.

xmlInitNodeInfoSeq ()

void	xmlInitNodeInfoSeq		(xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr seq)

-- Initialize (set to initial state) node info sequence

seq:a node info sequence pointer


xmlInitParserCtxt ()

int	xmlInitParserCtxt		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

Initialize a parser context

ctxt:an XML parser context
Returns:0 in case of success and -1 in case of error



xmlLoadExternalEntity ()

xmlParserInputPtr	xmlLoadExternalEntity	(const char * URL, 
const char * ID,
xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

Load an external entity, note that the use of this function for unparsed entities may generate problems

URL:the URL for the entity to load
ID:the Public ID for the entity to load
ctxt:the context in which the entity is called or NULL
Returns:the xmlParserInputPtr or NULL

xmlNewIOInputStream ()

xmlParserInputPtr	xmlNewIOInputStream	(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
xmlParserInputBufferPtr input,
xmlCharEncoding enc)

Create a new input stream structure encapsulating the @input into a stream suitable for the parser.

ctxt:an XML parser context
input:an I/O Input
enc:the charset encoding if known
Returns:the new input stream or NULL

xmlNewParserCtxt ()

xmlParserCtxtPtr	xmlNewParserCtxt	(void)

Allocate and initialize a new parser context.

Returns:the xmlParserCtxtPtr or NULL

xmlParseBalancedChunkMemory ()

int	xmlParseBalancedChunkMemory	(xmlDocPtr doc, 
xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
int depth,
const xmlChar * string,
xmlNodePtr * lst)

Parse a well-balanced chunk of an XML document called by the parser The allowed sequence for the Well Balanced Chunk is the one defined by the content production in the XML grammar: [43] content ::= (element | CharData | Reference | CDSect | PI | Comment)*

doc:the document the chunk pertains to
sax:the SAX handler bloc (possibly NULL)
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks (possibly NULL)
depth:Used for loop detection, use 0
string:the input string in UTF8 or ISO-Latin (zero terminated)
lst:the return value for the set of parsed nodes
Returns:0 if the chunk is well balanced, -1 in case of args problem and the parser error code otherwise

xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover ()

int	xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover	(xmlDocPtr doc, 
xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
int depth,
const xmlChar * string,
xmlNodePtr * lst,
int recover)

Parse a well-balanced chunk of an XML document called by the parser The allowed sequence for the Well Balanced Chunk is the one defined by the content production in the XML grammar: [43] content ::= (element | CharData | Reference | CDSect | PI | Comment)*

doc:the document the chunk pertains to
sax:the SAX handler bloc (possibly NULL)
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks (possibly NULL)
depth:Used for loop detection, use 0
string:the input string in UTF8 or ISO-Latin (zero terminated)
lst:the return value for the set of parsed nodes
recover:return nodes even if the data is broken (use 0)
Returns:0 if the chunk is well balanced, -1 in case of args problem and the parser error code otherwise In case recover is set to 1, the nodelist will not be empty even if the parsed chunk is not well balanced, assuming the parsing succeeded to some extent.

xmlParseChunk ()

int	xmlParseChunk			(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const char * chunk,
int size,
int terminate)

Parse a Chunk of memory

ctxt:an XML parser context
chunk:an char array
size:the size in byte of the chunk
terminate:last chunk indicator
Returns:zero if no error, the xmlParserErrors otherwise.

xmlParseCtxtExternalEntity ()

int	xmlParseCtxtExternalEntity	(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctx, 
const xmlChar * URL,
const xmlChar * ID,
xmlNodePtr * lst)

Parse an external general entity within an existing parsing context An external general parsed entity is well-formed if it matches the production labeled extParsedEnt. [78] extParsedEnt ::= TextDecl? content

ctx:the existing parsing context
URL:the URL for the entity to load
ID:the System ID for the entity to load
lst:the return value for the set of parsed nodes
Returns:0 if the entity is well formed, -1 in case of args problem and the parser error code otherwise

xmlParseDTD ()

xmlDtdPtr	xmlParseDTD		(const xmlChar * ExternalID, 
const xmlChar * SystemID)

Load and parse an external subset.

ExternalID:a NAME* containing the External ID of the DTD
SystemID:a NAME* containing the URL to the DTD
Returns:the resulting xmlDtdPtr or NULL in case of error.

xmlParseDoc ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlParseDoc		(const xmlChar * cur)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree.

cur:a pointer to an array of xmlChar
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlParseDocument ()

int	xmlParseDocument		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

parse an XML document (and build a tree if using the standard SAX interface). [1] document ::= prolog element Misc* [22] prolog ::= XMLDecl? Misc* (doctypedecl Misc*)?

ctxt:an XML parser context
Returns:0, -1 in case of error. the parser context is augmented as a result of the parsing.

xmlParseEntity ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlParseEntity		(const char * filename)

parse an XML external entity out of context and build a tree. [78] extParsedEnt ::= TextDecl? content This correspond to a "Well Balanced" chunk

filename:the filename
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlParseExtParsedEnt ()

int	xmlParseExtParsedEnt		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

parse a general parsed entity An external general parsed entity is well-formed if it matches the production labeled extParsedEnt. [78] extParsedEnt ::= TextDecl? content

ctxt:an XML parser context
Returns:0, -1 in case of error. the parser context is augmented as a result of the parsing.

xmlParseExternalEntity ()

int	xmlParseExternalEntity		(xmlDocPtr doc, 
xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax,
void * user_data,
int depth,
const xmlChar * URL,
const xmlChar * ID,
xmlNodePtr * lst)

Parse an external general entity An external general parsed entity is well-formed if it matches the production labeled extParsedEnt. [78] extParsedEnt ::= TextDecl? content

doc:the document the chunk pertains to
sax:the SAX handler bloc (possibly NULL)
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks (possibly NULL)
depth:Used for loop detection, use 0
URL:the URL for the entity to load
ID:the System ID for the entity to load
lst:the return value for the set of parsed nodes
Returns:0 if the entity is well formed, -1 in case of args problem and the parser error code otherwise

xmlParseFile ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlParseFile		(const char * filename)

parse an XML file and build a tree. Automatic support for ZLIB/Compress compressed document is provided by default if found at compile-time.

filename:the filename
Returns:the resulting document tree if the file was wellformed, NULL otherwise.

xmlParseInNodeContext ()

xmlParserErrors	xmlParseInNodeContext	(xmlNodePtr node, 
const char * data,
int datalen,
int options,
xmlNodePtr * lst)

Parse a well-balanced chunk of an XML document within the context (DTD, namespaces, etc ...) of the given node. The allowed sequence for the data is a Well Balanced Chunk defined by the content production in the XML grammar: [43] content ::= (element | CharData | Reference | CDSect | PI | Comment)*

node:the context node
data:the input string
datalen:the input string length in bytes
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
lst:the return value for the set of parsed nodes
Returns:XML_ERR_OK if the chunk is well balanced, and the parser error code otherwise

xmlParseMemory ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlParseMemory		(const char * buffer, 
int size)

parse an XML in-memory block and build a tree.

buffer:an pointer to a char array
size:the size of the array
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlParserAddNodeInfo ()

void	xmlParserAddNodeInfo		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const xmlParserNodeInfoPtr info)

Insert node info record into the sorted sequence

ctxt:an XML parser context
info:a node info sequence pointer

xmlParserFindNodeInfo ()

const xmlParserNodeInfo *	xmlParserFindNodeInfo	(const xmlParserCtxtPtr ctx, 
const xmlNodePtr node)

Find the parser node info struct for a given node

ctx:an XML parser context
node:an XML node within the tree
Returns:an xmlParserNodeInfo block pointer or NULL

xmlParserFindNodeInfoIndex ()

unsigned long	xmlParserFindNodeInfoIndex	(const xmlParserNodeInfoSeqPtr seq, 
const xmlNodePtr node)

xmlParserFindNodeInfoIndex : Find the index that the info record for the given node is or should be at in a sorted sequence

seq:a node info sequence pointer
node:an XML node pointer
Returns:a long indicating the position of the record

xmlParserInputGrow ()

int	xmlParserInputGrow		(xmlParserInputPtr in, 
int len)

This function increase the input for the parser. It tries to preserve pointers to the input buffer, and keep already read data

in:an XML parser input
len:an indicative size for the lookahead
Returns:the amount of char read, or -1 in case of error, 0 indicate the end of this entity

xmlParserInputRead ()

int	xmlParserInputRead		(xmlParserInputPtr in, 
int len)

This function was internal and is deprecated.

in:an XML parser input
len:an indicative size for the lookahead
Returns:-1 as this is an error to use it.


xmlReadDoc ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlReadDoc		(const xmlChar * cur, 
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree.

cur:a pointer to a zero terminated string
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlReadFd ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlReadFd		(int fd, 
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML from a file descriptor and build a tree. NOTE that the file descriptor will not be closed when the reader is closed or reset.

fd:an open file descriptor
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlReadFile ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlReadFile		(const char * filename, 
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML file from the filesystem or the network.

filename:a file or URL
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlReadIO ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlReadIO		(xmlInputReadCallback ioread, 
xmlInputCloseCallback ioclose,
void * ioctx,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML document from I/O functions and source and build a tree.

ioread:an I/O read function
ioclose:an I/O close function
ioctx:an I/O handler
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlReadMemory ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlReadMemory		(const char * buffer, 
int size,
const char * URL,
const char * encoding,
int options)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree.

buffer:a pointer to a char array
size:the size of the array
URL:the base URL to use for the document
encoding:the document encoding, or NULL
options:a combination of xmlParserOption
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlRecoverDoc ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlRecoverDoc		(const xmlChar * cur)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree. In the case the document is not Well Formed, a attempt to build a tree is tried anyway

cur:a pointer to an array of xmlChar
Returns:the resulting document tree or NULL in case of failure

xmlRecoverFile ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlRecoverFile		(const char * filename)

parse an XML file and build a tree. Automatic support for ZLIB/Compress compressed document is provided by default if found at compile-time. In the case the document is not Well Formed, it attempts to build a tree anyway

filename:the filename
Returns:the resulting document tree or NULL in case of failure

xmlRecoverMemory ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlRecoverMemory	(const char * buffer, 
int size)

parse an XML in-memory block and build a tree. In the case the document is not Well Formed, an attempt to build a tree is tried anyway

buffer:an pointer to a char array
size:the size of the array
Returns:the resulting document tree or NULL in case of error

xmlSAXParseDTD ()

xmlDtdPtr	xmlSAXParseDTD		(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const xmlChar * ExternalID,
const xmlChar * SystemID)

Load and parse an external subset.

sax:the SAX handler block
ExternalID:a NAME* containing the External ID of the DTD
SystemID:a NAME* containing the URL to the DTD
Returns:the resulting xmlDtdPtr or NULL in case of error.

xmlSAXParseDoc ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlSAXParseDoc		(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const xmlChar * cur,
int recovery)

parse an XML in-memory document and build a tree. It use the given SAX function block to handle the parsing callback. If sax is NULL, fallback to the default DOM tree building routines.

sax:the SAX handler block
cur:a pointer to an array of xmlChar
recovery:work in recovery mode, i.e. tries to read no Well Formed documents
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlSAXParseEntity ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlSAXParseEntity	(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const char * filename)

parse an XML external entity out of context and build a tree. It use the given SAX function block to handle the parsing callback. If sax is NULL, fallback to the default DOM tree building routines. [78] extParsedEnt ::= TextDecl? content This correspond to a "Well Balanced" chunk

sax:the SAX handler block
filename:the filename
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlSAXParseFile ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlSAXParseFile		(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const char * filename,
int recovery)

parse an XML file and build a tree. Automatic support for ZLIB/Compress compressed document is provided by default if found at compile-time. It use the given SAX function block to handle the parsing callback. If sax is NULL, fallback to the default DOM tree building routines.

sax:the SAX handler block
filename:the filename
recovery:work in recovery mode, i.e. tries to read no Well Formed documents
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlSAXParseFileWithData ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlSAXParseFileWithData	(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const char * filename,
int recovery,
void * data)

parse an XML file and build a tree. Automatic support for ZLIB/Compress compressed document is provided by default if found at compile-time. It use the given SAX function block to handle the parsing callback. If sax is NULL, fallback to the default DOM tree building routines. User data (void *) is stored within the parser context in the context's _private member, so it is available nearly everywhere in libxml

sax:the SAX handler block
filename:the filename
recovery:work in recovery mode, i.e. tries to read no Well Formed documents
data:the userdata
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlSAXParseMemory ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlSAXParseMemory	(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const char * buffer,
int size,
int recovery)

parse an XML in-memory block and use the given SAX function block to handle the parsing callback. If sax is NULL, fallback to the default DOM tree building routines.

sax:the SAX handler block
buffer:an pointer to a char array
size:the size of the array
recovery:work in recovery mode, i.e. tries to read not Well Formed documents
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlSAXParseMemoryWithData ()

xmlDocPtr	xmlSAXParseMemoryWithData	(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
const char * buffer,
int size,
int recovery,
void * data)

parse an XML in-memory block and use the given SAX function block to handle the parsing callback. If sax is NULL, fallback to the default DOM tree building routines. User data (void *) is stored within the parser context in the context's _private member, so it is available nearly everywhere in libxml

sax:the SAX handler block
buffer:an pointer to a char array
size:the size of the array
recovery:work in recovery mode, i.e. tries to read no Well Formed documents
data:the userdata
Returns:the resulting document tree

xmlSAXUserParseFile ()

int	xmlSAXUserParseFile		(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
void * user_data,
const char * filename)

parse an XML file and call the given SAX handler routines. Automatic support for ZLIB/Compress compressed document is provided

sax:a SAX handler
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks
filename:a file name
Returns:0 in case of success or a error number otherwise

xmlSAXUserParseMemory ()

int	xmlSAXUserParseMemory		(xmlSAXHandlerPtr sax, 
void * user_data,
const char * buffer,
int size)

A better SAX parsing routine. parse an XML in-memory buffer and call the given SAX handler routines.

sax:a SAX handler
user_data:The user data returned on SAX callbacks
buffer:an in-memory XML document input
size:the length of the XML document in bytes
Returns:0 in case of success or a error number otherwise

xmlSetExternalEntityLoader ()

void	xmlSetExternalEntityLoader	(xmlExternalEntityLoader f)

Changes the defaultexternal entity resolver function for the application

f:the new entity resolver function

xmlSetFeature ()

int	xmlSetFeature			(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const char * name,
void * value)

Change the current value of one feature of this parser instance

ctxt:an XML/HTML parser context
name:the feature name
value:pointer to the location of the new value
Returns:-1 in case or error, 0 otherwise

xmlSetupParserForBuffer ()

void	xmlSetupParserForBuffer		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, 
const xmlChar * buffer,
const char * filename)

Setup the parser context to parse a new buffer; Clears any prior contents from the parser context. The buffer parameter must not be NULL, but the filename parameter can be

ctxt:an XML parser context
buffer:a xmlChar * buffer
filename:a file name

xmlStopParser ()

void	xmlStopParser			(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)

Blocks further parser processing

ctxt:an XML parser context