IlXmlNodeI Class Reference

Interface for XML nodes. More...

#include <ilog/xml.h>

Inheritance diagram for IlXmlNodeI:

Public Types
enum	Type {   Attribute, Element, Text, Comment,   CData, PI, CharRef, EntityRef }
	The different types of XML nodes. More...

Public Member Functions
virtual Type	getType () const =0
	Retrieves the type of this element. More...
virtual ostream &	write (ostream &stream) const =0
	Writes the XML code for this node. More...

Detailed Description

Interface for XML nodes.

Library: ilog

Every entity that is parsed in an XML stream is converted to an instance of a subclass of IlXmlNodeI.
There are several subclasses of this interface, to handle the different entity types:

• IlXmlElementI: manipulates nodes that can have child nodes as well as attributes (accessed through the IlXmlAttributeI interface). We call these "<EM>elements</EM>" for short.
• IlXmlAttributeI: stores a key-value pair associated with an element.
• IlXmlCommentI: manipulates XML comments that can be found in the XML stream. We call these "<EM>comments</EM>" for short.
• IlXmlTextI: manipulates text entities that are located in elements. We call these "<EM>texts</EM>" for short.
• IlXmlPII: manipulates processing instruction entities. We call these "<EM>PIs</EM>" for short.
• IlXmlCharRefI: manipulates CharRef entities that make it possible to address non-printable characters, or escape the characters that the XML format uses (such as '&' or '<'). We call these "<EM>CharRefs</EM>" for short.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum IlXmlNodeI::Type

The different types of XML nodes.

Enumerator
Attribute	The node is an Attribute.
Element	The node is an Element.
Text	The node is a Text.
Comment	The node is a Comment.
CData	The node is a Char Data.
PI	The node is a Processing Instruction.
CharRef	The node is a Character Reference.
EntityRef	The node is an Entity Reference.

Member Function Documentation

virtual Type IlXmlNodeI::getType ( ) const

pure virtual

Retrieves the type of this element.

Returns

The type of this element.

Implemented in IlXmlCharRefI, IlXmlCDataI, IlXmlPII, IlXmlTextI, IlXmlCommentI, IlXmlElementI, and IlXmlAttributeI.

virtual ostream& IlXmlNodeI::write ( ostream &  stream ) const

pure virtual

Writes the XML code for this node.

Each subclass of this class implements its own version of write, depending on its type.

Parameters

stream

The output stream where the XML code will be sent.

Returns

A reference to the provided output stream.

Implemented in IlXmlElementI, and IlXmlAttributeI.