xmlpp::Document Class Reference

Represents an XML document in the DOM model. More...

`#include <libxml++/document.h>`

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## Public Member Functions

| Document (const Glib::ustring& version="1.0")
| Create a new document. More...
| Document (_xmlDoc* doc)
| Create a new C++ wrapper for an xmlDoc struct. More...
virtual | ~Document ()
CommentNode* | add_comment (const Glib::ustring& content)
| Append a new comment node. More...
ProcessingInstructionNode* | add_processing_instruction (const Glib::ustring& name, const Glib::ustring& content)
| Append a new processing instruction node. More...
_xmlDoc* | cobj ()
| Access the underlying libxml implementation. More...
const _xmlDoc* | cobj () const
| Access the underlying libxml implementation. More...
Element* | create_root_node (const Glib::ustring& name, const Glib::ustring& ns_uri=Glib::ustring(), const Glib::ustring& ns_prefix=Glib::ustring())
| Create the root element node. More...
Element* | create_root_node_by_import (const Node* node, bool recursive=true)
| Create a root element node by importing the node from another document, without affecting the source node. More...
Glib::ustring | get_encoding () const
Dtd* | get_internal_subset () const
| Get the internal subset of this document. More...
Element* | get_root_node () const
| Return the root node. More...
int | process_xinclude (bool generate_xinclude_nodes=true)
| Perform XInclude substitution on the XML document. More...
virtual void | set_entity_declaration (const Glib::ustring& name, XmlEntityType type, const Glib::ustring& publicId, const Glib::ustring& systemId, const Glib::ustring& content)
| Add an Entity declaration to the document. More...
void | set_internal_subset (const Glib::ustring& name, const Glib::ustring& external_id, const Glib::ustring& system_id)
| Create the internal subset of this document. More...
void | write_to_file (const Glib::ustring& filename, const Glib::ustring& encoding=Glib::ustring())
| Write the document to a file. More...
void | write_to_file_formatted (const Glib::ustring& filename, const Glib::ustring& encoding=Glib::ustring())
| Write the document to a file. More...
void | write_to_stream (std::ostream& output, const Glib::ustring& encoding=Glib::ustring())
| Write the document to a std::ostream. More...
void | write_to_stream_formatted (std::ostream& output, const Glib::ustring& encoding=Glib::ustring())
| Write the document to a std::ostream. More...
Glib::ustring | write_to_string (const Glib::ustring& encoding=Glib::ustring())
| Write the document to the memory. More...
Glib::ustring | write_to_string_formatted (const Glib::ustring& encoding=Glib::ustring())
| Write the document to the memory. More...

## Protected Member Functions

_xmlEntity* | get_entity (const Glib::ustring& name)
| Retrieve an Entity. More...

## Detailed Description

Represents an XML document in the DOM model.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

xmlpp::Document::Document | ( | const Glib::ustring & | version = `"1.0"` | ) |

explicit

Create a new document.

Parameters

  version | XML version.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::internal_error | If memory allocation fails.

xmlpp::Document::Document | ( | _xmlDoc * | doc | ) |

explicit

Create a new C++ wrapper for an xmlDoc struct.

The created xmlpp::Document takes ownership of the xmlDoc. When the Document is deleted, so is the xmlDoc and all its nodes.

Parameters

  doc | A pointer to an xmlDoc struct. Must not be `0`.

virtual xmlpp::Document::~Document | ( |  | ) |

virtual

## Member Function Documentation

CommentNode* xmlpp::Document::add_comment | ( | const Glib::ustring & | content | ) |

Append a new comment node.

Parameters

  content | The text. This should be unescaped - see ContentNode::set_content().

Returns
  The new comment node.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::internal_error |

ProcessingInstructionNode* xmlpp::Document::add_processing_instruction | ( | const Glib::ustring & | name,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | content
| ) |  |

Append a new processing instruction node.

Since libxml++ 2.36:

Parameters

  name | The name of the application to which the instruction is directed.
  content | The content of the instruction. This should be unescaped - see ContentNode::set_content().

Returns
  The new processing instruction node.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::internal_error |

_xmlDoc* xmlpp::Document::cobj | ( |  | ) |

Access the underlying libxml implementation.

const _xmlDoc* xmlpp::Document::cobj | ( |  | ) | const

Access the underlying libxml implementation.

Element* xmlpp::Document::create_root_node | ( | const Glib::ustring & | name,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | ns_uri = `Glib::ustring()`,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | ns_prefix = `Glib::ustring()`
| ) |  |

Create the root element node.

If the document already contains a root element node, it is replaced, and the old root element node and all its descendants are deleted.

Parameters

  name | The node's name.
  ns_uri | The namespace URI. A namespace declaration will be added to this node, because it could not have been declared before.
  ns_prefix | The namespace prefix to associate with the namespace. If no namespace prefix is specified then the namespace URI will be the default namespace.

Returns
  A pointer to the new root node.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::internal_error | If memory allocation fails.
  xmlpp::exception | If a new namespace node cannot be created.

Element* xmlpp::Document::create_root_node_by_import | ( | const Node* | node,
|  | bool | recursive = `true`
| ) |  |

Create a root element node by importing the node from another document, without affecting the source node.

If the document already contains a root element node, it is replaced, and the old root element node and all its descendants are deleted.

Parameters

  node | The node to copy and insert as the root node of the document. It must be an element node.
  recursive | Whether to import the child nodes also. Defaults to true.

Returns
  A pointer to the new root node

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception | If the node can't be copied.

Glib::ustring xmlpp::Document::get_encoding | ( |  | ) | const

Returns
  The encoding used in the source from which the document has been loaded.

_xmlEntity* xmlpp::Document::get_entity | ( | const Glib::ustring & | name | ) |

protected

Retrieve an Entity.

The entity can be from an external subset or internally declared.

Parameters

  name | The name of the entity to get.

Returns
  A pointer to the libxml2 entity structure, or `0` if not found.

Dtd* xmlpp::Document::get_internal_subset | ( |  | ) | const

Get the internal subset of this document.

Returns
  A pointer to the DTD, or `0` if not found.

Element* xmlpp::Document::get_root_node | ( |  | ) | const

Return the root node.

This function does not create a default root node if it doesn't exist.

Returns
  A pointer to the root node if it exists, `0` otherwise.

int xmlpp::Document::process_xinclude | ( | bool | generate_xinclude_nodes = `true` | ) |

Perform XInclude substitution on the XML document.

XInclude substitution may both add and delete nodes in the document, as well as change the type of some nodes. All pointers to deleted nodes and nodes whose type is changed become invalid. (The node type represented by an underlying xmlNode struct can change. The type of a C++ wrapper can't change. The old wrapper is deleted, and a new one is created if and when it's required.)

Since libxml++ 2.36:

Parameters

  generate_xinclude_nodes | Generate XIncludeStart and XIncludeEnd nodes.

Returns
  The number of substitutions.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |

virtual void xmlpp::Document::set_entity_declaration | ( | const Glib::ustring & | name,
|  | XmlEntityType | type,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | publicId,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | systemId,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | content
| ) |  |

virtual

Add an Entity declaration to the document.

Parameters

  name | The name of the entity that will be used in an entity reference.
  type | The type of entity.
  publicId | The public ID of the subset.
  systemId | The system ID of the subset.
  content | The value of the Entity. In entity reference substitutions, this is the replacement value.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::internal_error |

void xmlpp::Document::set_internal_subset | ( | const Glib::ustring & | name,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | external_id,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | system_id
| ) |  |

Create the internal subset of this document.

If the document already has an internal subset, a new one is not created.

Parameters

  name | The DTD name.
  external_id | The external (PUBLIC) ID, or an empty string.
  system_id | The system ID, or an empty string.

void xmlpp::Document::write_to_file | ( | const Glib::ustring & | filename,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | encoding = `Glib::ustring()`
| ) |  |

Write the document to a file.

Parameters

  filename |
  encoding | If not provided, UTF-8 is used

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |

void xmlpp::Document::write_to_file_formatted | ( | const Glib::ustring & | filename,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | encoding = `Glib::ustring()`
| ) |  |

Write the document to a file.

The output is formatted by inserting whitespaces, which is easier to read for a human, but may insert unwanted significant whitespaces. Use with care !

Parameters

  filename |
  encoding | If not provided, UTF-8 is used

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |

void xmlpp::Document::write_to_stream | ( | std::ostream & | output,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | encoding = `Glib::ustring()`
| ) |  |

Write the document to a std::ostream.

Parameters

  output | A reference to the stream in which the document will be written
  encoding | If not provided, UTF-8 is used

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |
  xmlpp::internal_error |

Warning
  This method is much less efficient than write_to_string if you want to dump the document to a buffer or the standard output. Writing to a fstream is almost as fast as write_to_file

void xmlpp::Document::write_to_stream_formatted | ( | std::ostream & | output,
|  | const Glib::ustring & | encoding = `Glib::ustring()`
| ) |  |

Write the document to a std::ostream.

The output is formatted by inserting whitespaces, which is easier to read for a human, but may insert unwanted significant whitespaces. Use with care !

Parameters

  output | A reference to the stream in which the document will be written
  encoding | If not provided, UTF-8 is used

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |
  xmlpp::internal_error |

Warning
  See write_to_stream

Glib::ustring xmlpp::Document::write_to_string | ( | const Glib::ustring & | encoding = `Glib::ustring()` | ) |

Write the document to the memory.

Parameters

  encoding | If not provided, UTF-8 is used

Returns
  The written document.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |

Glib::ustring xmlpp::Document::write_to_string_formatted | ( | const Glib::ustring & | encoding = `Glib::ustring()` | ) |

Write the document to the memory.

The output is formatted by inserting whitespaces, which is easier to read for a human, but may insert unwanted significant whitespaces. Use with care !

Parameters

  encoding | If not provided, UTF-8 is used

Returns
  The written document.

Exceptions

  xmlpp::exception |