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Enumerations

mxml_type_e


Description

The XML node type.

Values

NameDescription
MXML_CUSTOMCustom data
MXML_ELEMENTXML element with attributes
MXML_INTEGERInteger value
MXML_OPAQUEOpaque string
MXML_REALReal value
MXML_TEXTText fragment

Functions

mxmlAdd()


Description

Add a node to a tree. Adds the specified node to the parent. If the child argument is not NULL, puts the new node before or after the specified child depending on the value of the where argument. If the child argument is NULL, puts the new node at the beginning of the child list (MXML_ADD_BEFORE) or at the end of the child list (MXML_ADD_AFTER). The constant MXML_ADD_TO_PARENT can be used to specify a NULL child pointer.

Syntax

void
mxmlAdd(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    int where,
    mxml_node_t * child,
    mxml_node_t * node);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node
whereWhere to add, MXML_ADD_BEFORE or MXML_ADD_AFTER
childChild node for where or MXML_ADD_TO_PARENT
nodeNode to add

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlDelete()


Description

Delete a node and all of its children. If the specified node has a parent, this function first removes the node from its parent using the mxmlRemove() function.

Syntax

void
mxmlDelete(
    mxml_node_t * node);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to delete

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlElementGetAttr()


Description

Get an attribute. This function returns NULL if the node is not an element or the named attribute does not exist.

Syntax

const char *
mxmlElementGetAttr(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    const char * name);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeElement node
nameName of attribute

Returns

Attribute value or NULL

mxmlElementSetAttr()


Description

Set an attribute. If the named attribute already exists, the value of the attribute is replaced by the new string value. The string value is copied into the element node. This function does nothing if the node is not an element.

Syntax

void
mxmlElementSetAttr(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    const char * name,
    const char * value);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeElement node
nameName of attribute
valueAttribute value

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlEntityAddCallback()


Description

Add a callback to convert entities to Unicode.

Syntax

int
mxmlEntityAddCallback(
    int (*cb)(const char *name));

Arguments

NameDescription
(*cb)(const char *name)Callback function to add

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlEntityGetName()


Description

Get the name that corresponds to the character value. If val does not need to be represented by a named entity, NULL is returned.

Syntax

const char *
mxmlEntityGetName(
    int val);

Arguments

NameDescription
valCharacter value

Returns

Entity name or NULL

mxmlEntityGetValue()


Description

Get the character corresponding to a named entity. The entity name can also be a numeric constant. -1 is returned if the name is not known.

Syntax

int
mxmlEntityGetValue(
    const char * name);

Arguments

NameDescription
nameEntity name

Returns

Character value or -1 on error

mxmlEntityRemoveCallback()


Description

Remove a callback.

Syntax

void
mxmlEntityRemoveCallback(
    int (*cb)(const char *name));

Arguments

NameDescription
(*cb)(const char *name)Callback function to remove

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlFindElement()


Description

Find the named element. The search is constrained by the name, attribute name, and value; any NULL names or values are treated as wildcards, so different kinds of searches can be implemented by looking for all elements of a given name or all elements with a specific attribute. The descend argument determines whether the search descends into child nodes; normally you will use MXML_DESCEND_FIRST for the initial search and MXML_NO_DESCEND to find additional direct descendents of the node. The top node argument constrains the search to a particular node's children.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlFindElement(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    mxml_node_t * top,
    const char * name,
    const char * attr,
    const char * value,
    int descend);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeCurrent node
topTop node
nameElement name or NULL for any
attrAttribute name, or NULL for none
valueAttribute value, or NULL for any
descendDescend into tree - MXML_DESCEND, MXML_NO_DESCEND, or MXML_DESCEND_FIRST

Returns

Element node or NULL

mxmlIndexDelete()


Description

Delete an index.

Syntax

void
mxmlIndexDelete(
    mxml_index_t * ind);

Arguments

NameDescription
indIndex to delete

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlIndexEnum()


Description

Return the next node in the index. Nodes are returned in the sorted order of the index.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlIndexEnum(
    mxml_index_t * ind);

Arguments

NameDescription
indIndex to enumerate

Returns

Next node or NULL if there is none

mxmlIndexFind()


Description

Find the next matching node. You should call mxmlIndexReset() prior to using this function for the first time with a particular set of "element" and "value" strings. Passing NULL for both "element" and "value" is equivalent to calling mxmlIndexEnum().

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlIndexFind(
    mxml_index_t * ind,
    const char * element,
    const char * value);

Arguments

NameDescription
indIndex to search
elementElement name to find, if any
valueAttribute value, if any

Returns

Node or NULL if none found

mxmlIndexNew()


Description

Create a new index. The index will contain all nodes that contain the named element and/or attribute. If both "element" and "attr" are NULL, then the index will contain a sorted list of the elements in the node tree. Nodes are sorted by element name and optionally by attribute value if the "attr" argument is not NULL.

Syntax

mxml_index_t *
mxmlIndexNew(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    const char * element,
    const char * attr);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeXML node tree
elementElement to index or NULL for all
attrAttribute to index or NULL for none

Returns

New index

mxmlIndexReset()


Description

Reset the enumeration/find pointer in the index and return the first node in the index. This function should be called prior to using mxmlIndexEnum() or mxmlIndexFind() for the first time.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlIndexReset(
    mxml_index_t * ind);

Arguments

NameDescription
indIndex to reset

Returns

First node or NULL if there is none

mxmlLoadFd()


Description

Load a file descriptor into an XML node tree. The nodes in the specified file are added to the specified top node. If no top node is provided, the XML file MUST be well-formed with a single parent node like <?xml> for the entire file. The callback function returns the value type that should be used for child nodes. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified then all child nodes will be either MXML_ELEMENT or MXML_TEXT nodes. The constants MXML_INTEGER_CALLBACK, MXML_OPAQUE_CALLBACK, MXML_REAL_CALLBACK, and MXML_TEXT_CALLBACK are defined for loading child nodes of the specified type.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlLoadFd(
    mxml_node_t * top,
    int fd,
    mxml_type_t (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node));

Arguments

NameDescription
topTop node
fdFile descriptor to read from
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node)Callback function or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

First node or NULL if the file could not be read.

mxmlLoadFile()


Description

Load a file into an XML node tree. The nodes in the specified file are added to the specified top node. If no top node is provided, the XML file MUST be well-formed with a single parent node like <?xml> for the entire file. The callback function returns the value type that should be used for child nodes. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified then all child nodes will be either MXML_ELEMENT or MXML_TEXT nodes. The constants MXML_INTEGER_CALLBACK, MXML_OPAQUE_CALLBACK, MXML_REAL_CALLBACK, and MXML_TEXT_CALLBACK are defined for loading child nodes of the specified type.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlLoadFile(
    mxml_node_t * top,
    FILE * fp,
    mxml_type_t (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node));

Arguments

NameDescription
topTop node
fpFile to read from
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node)Callback function or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

First node or NULL if the file could not be read.

mxmlLoadString()


Description

Load a string into an XML node tree. The nodes in the specified string are added to the specified top node. If no top node is provided, the XML string MUST be well-formed with a single parent node like <?xml> for the entire string. The callback function returns the value type that should be used for child nodes. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified then all child nodes will be either MXML_ELEMENT or MXML_TEXT nodes. The constants MXML_INTEGER_CALLBACK, MXML_OPAQUE_CALLBACK, MXML_REAL_CALLBACK, and MXML_TEXT_CALLBACK are defined for loading child nodes of the specified type.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlLoadString(
    mxml_node_t * top,
    const char * s,
    mxml_type_t (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node));

Arguments

NameDescription
topTop node
sString to load
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node)Callback function or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

First node or NULL if the string has errors.

mxmlNewCustom()


Description

Create a new custom data node. The new custom node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new element node has no parent. NULL can be passed when the data in the node is not dynamically allocated or is separately managed.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewCustom(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    void * data,
    void (*destroy)(void *));

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
dataPointer to data
(*destroy)(void *)Function to destroy data

Returns

New node

mxmlNewElement()


Description

Create a new element node. The new element node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new element node has no parent.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewElement(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    const char * name);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
nameName of element

Returns

New node

mxmlNewInteger()


Description

Create a new integer node. The new integer node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new integer node has no parent.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewInteger(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    int integer);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
integerInteger value

Returns

New node

mxmlNewOpaque()


Description

Create a new opaque string. The new opaque node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new opaque node has no parent. The opaque string must be nul-terminated and is copied into the new node.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewOpaque(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    const char * opaque);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
opaqueOpaque string

Returns

New node

mxmlNewReal()


Description

Create a new real number node. The new real number node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new real number node has no parent.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewReal(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    double real);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
realReal number value

Returns

New node

mxmlNewText()


Description

Create a new text fragment node. The new text node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new text node has no parent. The whitespace parameter is used to specify whether leading whitespace is present before the node. The text string must be nul-terminated and is copied into the new node.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewText(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    int whitespace,
    const char * string);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
whitespace1 = leading whitespace, 0 = no whitespace
stringString

Returns

New node

mxmlNewTextf()


Description

Create a new formatted text fragment node. The new text node is added to the end of the specified parent's child list. The constant MXML_NO_PARENT can be used to specify that the new text node has no parent. The whitespace parameter is used to specify whether leading whitespace is present before the node. The format string must be nul-terminated and is formatted into the new node.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlNewTextf(
    mxml_node_t * parent,
    int whitespace,
    const char * format,
    ...);

Arguments

NameDescription
parentParent node or MXML_NO_PARENT
whitespace1 = leading whitespace, 0 = no whitespace
formatPrintf-style frmat string
...Additional args as needed

Returns

New node

mxmlRemove()


Description

Remove a node from its parent. Does not free memory used by the node - use mxmlDelete() for that. This function does nothing if the node has no parent.

Syntax

void
mxmlRemove(
    mxml_node_t * node);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to remove

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlSaveAllocString()


Description

Save an XML node tree to an allocated string. This function returns a pointer to a string containing the textual representation of the XML node tree. The string should be freed using the free() function when you are done with it. NULL is returned if the node would produce an empty string or if the string cannot be allocated. The callback argument specifies a function that returns a whitespace string or NULL before and after each element. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified, whitespace will only be added before MXML_TEXT nodes with leading whitespace and before attribute names inside opening element tags.

Syntax

char *
mxmlSaveAllocString(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    const char * (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws));

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to write
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws)Whitespace callback or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

Allocated string or NULL

mxmlSaveFd()


Description

Save an XML tree to a file descriptor. The callback argument specifies a function that returns a whitespace string or NULL before and after each element. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified, whitespace will only be added before MXML_TEXT nodes with leading whitespace and before attribute names inside opening element tags.

Syntax

int
mxmlSaveFd(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    int fd,
    const char * (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws));

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to write
fdFile descriptor to write to
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws)Whitespace callback or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

0 on success, -1 on error.

mxmlSaveFile()


Description

Save an XML tree to a file. The callback argument specifies a function that returns a whitespace string or NULL before and after each element. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified, whitespace will only be added before MXML_TEXT nodes with leading whitespace and before attribute names inside opening element tags.

Syntax

int
mxmlSaveFile(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    FILE * fp,
    const char * (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws));

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to write
fpFile to write to
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws)Whitespace callback or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

0 on success, -1 on error.

mxmlSaveString()


Description

Save an XML node tree to a string. This function returns the total number of bytes that would be required for the string but only copies (bufsize - 1) characters into the specified buffer. The callback argument specifies a function that returns a whitespace string or NULL before and after each element. If MXML_NO_CALLBACK is specified, whitespace will only be added before MXML_TEXT nodes with leading whitespace and before attribute names inside opening element tags.

Syntax

int
mxmlSaveString(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    char * buffer,
    int bufsize,
    const char * (*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws));

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to write
bufferString buffer
bufsizeSize of string buffer
(*cb)(mxml_node_t *node, int ws)Whitespace callback or MXML_NO_CALLBACK

Returns

Size of string

mxmlSetCustom()


Description

Set the data and destructor of a custom data node. The node is not changed if it is not a custom node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetCustom(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    void * data,
    void (*destroy)(void *));

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
dataNew data pointer
(*destroy)(void *)New destructor function

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlSetCustomHandlers()


Description

Set the handling functions for custom data. The load function accepts a node pointer and a data string and must return 0 on success and non-zero on error. The save function accepts a node pointer and must return a malloc'd string on success and NULL on error.

Syntax

void
mxmlSetCustomHandlers(
    mxml_custom_load_cb_t load,
    mxml_custom_save_cb_t save);

Arguments

NameDescription
loadLoad function
saveSave function

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlSetElement()


Description

Set the name of an element node. The node is not changed if it is not an element node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetElement(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    const char * name);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
nameNew name string

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlSetErrorCallback()


Description

Set the error message callback.

Syntax

void
mxmlSetErrorCallback(
    void (*cb)(const char *));

Arguments

NameDescription
(*cb)(const char *)Error callback function

Returns

Nothing.

mxmlSetInteger()


Description

Set the value of an integer node. The node is not changed if it is not an integer node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetInteger(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    int integer);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
integerInteger value

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlSetOpaque()


Description

Set the value of an opaque node. The node is not changed if it is not an opaque node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetOpaque(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    const char * opaque);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
opaqueOpaque string

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlSetReal()


Description

Set the value of a real number node. The node is not changed if it is not a real number node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetReal(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    double real);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
realReal number value

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlSetText()


Description

Set the value of a text node. The node is not changed if it is not a text node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetText(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    int whitespace,
    const char * string);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
whitespace1 = leading whitespace, 0 = no whitespace
stringString

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlSetTextf()


Description

Set the value of a text node to a formatted string. The node is not changed if it is not a text node.

Syntax

int
mxmlSetTextf(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    int whitespace,
    const char * format,
    ...);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeNode to set
whitespace1 = leading whitespace, 0 = no whitespace
formatPrintf-style format string
...Additional arguments as needed

Returns

0 on success, -1 on failure

mxmlWalkNext()


Description

Walk to the next logical node in the tree. The descend argument controls whether the first child is considered to be the next node. The top node argument constrains the walk to the node's children.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlWalkNext(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    mxml_node_t * top,
    int descend);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeCurrent node
topTop node
descendDescend into tree - MXML_DESCEND, MXML_NO_DESCEND, or MXML_DESCEND_FIRST

Returns

Next node or NULL

mxmlWalkPrev()


Description

Walk to the previous logical node in the tree. The descend argument controls whether the previous node's last child is considered to be the previous node. The top node argument constrains the walk to the node's children.

Syntax

mxml_node_t *
mxmlWalkPrev(
    mxml_node_t * node,
    mxml_node_t * top,
    int descend);

Arguments

NameDescription
nodeCurrent node
topTop node
descendDescend into tree - MXML_DESCEND, MXML_NO_DESCEND, or MXML_DESCEND_FIRST

Returns

Previous node or NULL

Structures

mxml_attr_s


Description

An XML element attribute value.

Definition

struct mxml_attr_s
{
  char * name;
  char * value;
};

Members

NameDescription
nameAttribute name
valueAttribute value

mxml_custom_s


Description

An XML custom value.

Definition

struct mxml_custom_s
{
  void * data;
};

Members

NameDescription
dataPointer to (allocated) custom data

mxml_index_s


Description

An XML node index.

Definition

struct mxml_index_s
{
  int alloc_nodes;
  char * attr;
  int cur_node;
  mxml_node_t ** nodes;
  int num_nodes;
};

Members

NameDescription
alloc_nodesAllocated nodes in index
attrAttribute used for indexing or NULL
cur_nodeCurrent node
nodesNode array
num_nodesNumber of nodes in index

mxml_node_s


Description

An XML node.

Definition

struct mxml_node_s
{
  struct mxml_node_s * child;
  struct mxml_node_s * last_child;
  struct mxml_node_s * next;
  struct mxml_node_s * parent;
  struct mxml_node_s * prev;
  mxml_type_t type;
  mxml_value_t value;
};

Members

NameDescription
childFirst child node
last_childLast child node
nextNext node under same parent
parentParent node
prevPrevious node under same parent
typeNode type
valueNode value

mxml_text_s


Description

An XML text value.

Definition

struct mxml_text_s
{
  char * string;
  int whitespace;
};

Members

NameDescription
stringFragment string
whitespaceLeading whitespace?

mxml_value_s


Description

An XML element value.

Definition

struct mxml_value_s
{
  mxml_attr_t * attrs;
  char * name;
  int num_attrs;
};

Members

NameDescription
attrsAttributes
nameName of element
num_attrsNumber of attributes

Types

mxml_attr_t


Description

An XML element attribute value.

Definition

typedef struct mxml_attr_s mxml_attr_t;

mxml_custom_t


Description

An XML custom value.

Definition

typedef struct mxml_custom_s mxml_custom_t;

mxml_element_t


Description

An XML element value.

Definition

typedef struct mxml_value_s mxml_element_t;

mxml_index_t


Description

An XML node index.

Definition

typedef struct mxml_index_s mxml_index_t;

mxml_node_t


Description

An XML node.

Definition

typedef struct mxml_node_s mxml_node_t;

mxml_text_t


Description

An XML text value.

Definition

typedef struct mxml_text_s mxml_text_t;

mxml_type_t


Description

The XML node type.

Definition

typedef enum mxml_type_e mxml_type_t;

mxml_value_t


Description

An XML node value.

Definition

typedef union mxml_value_u mxml_value_t;

Unions

mxml_value_u


Description

An XML node value.

Definition

union mxml_value_u
{
  mxml_custom_t custom;
  mxml_element_t element;
  int integer;
  char * opaque;
  double real;
  mxml_text_t text;
};

Members

NameDescription
customCustom data
elementElement
integerInteger number
opaqueOpaque string
realReal number
textText fragment