The element is a container class. More...

#include <tinyxml2.h>

Inheritance diagram for XMLElement:

Public Types
enum	{ OPEN, CLOSED, CLOSING }

Public Member Functions
const char *	Name () const
	Get the name of an element (which is the Value() of the node.) More...

void	SetName (const char *str, bool staticMem=false)
	Set the name of the element. More...

virtual XMLElement *	ToElement ()
	Safely cast to an Element, or null. More...

virtual const XMLElement *	ToElement () const
virtual bool	Accept (XMLVisitor *visitor) const
	Accept a hierarchical visit of the nodes in the TinyXML DOM. More...

const char *	Attribute (const char name, const char value=0) const
	Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists. More...

int	IntAttribute (const char *name) const
	Given an attribute name, IntAttribute() returns the value of the attribute interpreted as an integer. More...

unsigned	UnsignedAttribute (const char *name) const
	See IntAttribute() More...

bool	BoolAttribute (const char *name) const
	See IntAttribute() More...

double	DoubleAttribute (const char *name) const
	See IntAttribute() More...

float	FloatAttribute (const char *name) const
	See IntAttribute() More...

XMLError	QueryIntAttribute (const char name, int value) const
	Given an attribute name, QueryIntAttribute() returns XML_NO_ERROR, XML_WRONG_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE if the conversion can't be performed, or XML_NO_ATTRIBUTE if the attribute doesn't exist. More...

XMLError	QueryUnsignedAttribute (const char name, unsigned int value) const
	See QueryIntAttribute() More...

XMLError	QueryBoolAttribute (const char name, bool value) const
	See QueryIntAttribute() More...

XMLError	QueryDoubleAttribute (const char name, double value) const
	See QueryIntAttribute() More...

XMLError	QueryFloatAttribute (const char name, float value) const
	See QueryIntAttribute() More...

void	SetAttribute (const char name, const char value)
	Sets the named attribute to value. More...

void	SetAttribute (const char *name, int value)
	Sets the named attribute to value. More...

void	SetAttribute (const char *name, unsigned value)
	Sets the named attribute to value. More...

void	SetAttribute (const char *name, bool value)
	Sets the named attribute to value. More...

void	SetAttribute (const char *name, double value)
	Sets the named attribute to value. More...

void	DeleteAttribute (const char *name)
	Delete an attribute. More...

const XMLAttribute *	FirstAttribute () const
	Return the first attribute in the list. More...

const XMLAttribute *	FindAttribute (const char *name) const
	Query a specific attribute in the list. More...

const char *	GetText () const
	Convenience function for easy access to the text inside an element. More...

XMLError	QueryIntText (int *ival) const
	Convenience method to query the value of a child text node. More...

XMLError	QueryUnsignedText (unsigned *uval) const
	See QueryIntText() More...

XMLError	QueryBoolText (bool *bval) const
	See QueryIntText() More...

XMLError	QueryDoubleText (double *dval) const
	See QueryIntText() More...

XMLError	QueryFloatText (float *fval) const
	See QueryIntText() More...

int	ClosingType () const
char *	ParseDeep (char p, StrPair endTag)
virtual XMLNode *	ShallowClone (XMLDocument *document) const
	Make a copy of this node, but not its children. More...

virtual bool	ShallowEqual (const XMLNode *compare) const
	Test if 2 nodes are the same, but don't test children. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from XMLNode
const XMLDocument *	GetDocument () const
	Get the XMLDocument that owns this XMLNode. More...

XMLDocument *	GetDocument ()
	Get the XMLDocument that owns this XMLNode. More...

virtual XMLText *	ToText ()
	Safely cast to Text, or null. More...

virtual XMLComment *	ToComment ()
	Safely cast to a Comment, or null. More...

virtual XMLDocument *	ToDocument ()
	Safely cast to a Document, or null. More...

virtual XMLDeclaration *	ToDeclaration ()
	Safely cast to a Declaration, or null. More...

virtual XMLUnknown *	ToUnknown ()
	Safely cast to an Unknown, or null. More...

virtual const XMLText *	ToText () const
virtual const XMLComment *	ToComment () const
virtual const XMLDocument *	ToDocument () const
virtual const XMLDeclaration *	ToDeclaration () const
virtual const XMLUnknown *	ToUnknown () const
const char *	Value () const
	The meaning of 'value' changes for the specific type. More...

void	SetValue (const char *val, bool staticMem=false)
	Set the Value of an XML node. More...

const XMLNode *	Parent () const
	Get the parent of this node on the DOM. More...

XMLNode *	Parent ()
bool	NoChildren () const
	Returns true if this node has no children. More...

const XMLNode *	FirstChild () const
	Get the first child node, or null if none exists. More...

XMLNode *	FirstChild ()
const XMLElement *	FirstChildElement (const char *value=0) const
	Get the first child element, or optionally the first child element with the specified name. More...

XMLElement *	FirstChildElement (const char *value=0)
const XMLNode *	LastChild () const
	Get the last child node, or null if none exists. More...

XMLNode *	LastChild ()
const XMLElement *	LastChildElement (const char *value=0) const
	Get the last child element or optionally the last child element with the specified name. More...

XMLElement *	LastChildElement (const char *value=0)
const XMLNode *	PreviousSibling () const
	Get the previous (left) sibling node of this node. More...

XMLNode *	PreviousSibling ()
const XMLElement *	PreviousSiblingElement (const char *value=0) const
	Get the previous (left) sibling element of this node, with an opitionally supplied name. More...

XMLElement *	PreviousSiblingElement (const char *value=0)
const XMLNode *	NextSibling () const
	Get the next (right) sibling node of this node. More...

XMLNode *	NextSibling ()
const XMLElement *	NextSiblingElement (const char *value=0) const
	Get the next (right) sibling element of this node, with an opitionally supplied name. More...

XMLElement *	NextSiblingElement (const char *value=0)
XMLNode *	InsertEndChild (XMLNode *addThis)
	Add a child node as the last (right) child. More...

XMLNode *	LinkEndChild (XMLNode *addThis)
XMLNode *	InsertFirstChild (XMLNode *addThis)
	Add a child node as the first (left) child. More...

XMLNode *	InsertAfterChild (XMLNode afterThis, XMLNode addThis)
	Add a node after the specified child node. More...

void	DeleteChildren ()
	Delete all the children of this node. More...

void	DeleteChild (XMLNode *node)
	Delete a child of this node. More...

Friends
class	XMLBase
class	XMLDocument

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from XMLNode
	XMLNode (XMLDocument *)
virtual	~XMLNode ()
	XMLNode (const XMLNode &)
XMLNode &	operator= (const XMLNode &)
Protected Attributes inherited from XMLNode
XMLDocument *	_document
XMLNode *	_parent
StrPair	_value
XMLNode *	_firstChild
XMLNode *	_lastChild
XMLNode *	_prev
XMLNode *	_next

Detailed Description

The element is a container class.

It has a value, the element name, and can contain other elements, text, comments, and unknowns. Elements also contain an arbitrary number of attributes.

Member Enumeration Documentation

anonymous enum

Enumerator
OPEN
CLOSED
CLOSING

Member Function Documentation

virtual bool Accept ( XMLVisitor * visitor) const

virtual

Accept a hierarchical visit of the nodes in the TinyXML DOM.

Every node in the XML tree will be conditionally visited and the host will be called back via the TiXmlVisitor interface.

This is essentially a SAX interface for TinyXML. (Note however it doesn't re-parse the XML for the callbacks, so the performance of TinyXML is unchanged by using this interface versus any other.)

The interface has been based on ideas from:

Which are both good references for "visiting".

An example of using Accept():

TiXmlPrinter printer;
tinyxmlDoc.Accept( &printer );
const char* xmlcstr = printer.CStr();

Implements XMLNode.

const char* Attribute	(	const char *	name,
		const char *	value = `0`
	)		const

Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists.

For example:

const char* value = ele->Attribute( "foo" );

The 'value' parameter is normally null. However, if specified, the attribute will only be returned if the 'name' and 'value' match. This allow you to write code:

if ( ele->Attribute( "foo", "bar" ) ) callFooIsBar();

rather than:

if ( ele->Attribute( "foo" ) ) {
    if ( strcmp( ele->Attribute( "foo" ), "bar" ) == 0 ) callFooIsBar();
}

bool BoolAttribute ( const char * name) const

inline

See IntAttribute()

int ClosingType ( ) const

inline

void DeleteAttribute ( const char * name)

Delete an attribute.

double DoubleAttribute ( const char * name) const

inline

See IntAttribute()

const XMLAttribute* FindAttribute ( const char * name) const

Query a specific attribute in the list.

const XMLAttribute* FirstAttribute ( ) const

inline

Return the first attribute in the list.

float FloatAttribute ( const char * name) const

inline

See IntAttribute()

const char* GetText ( ) const

Convenience function for easy access to the text inside an element.

Although easy and concise, GetText() is limited compared to getting the TiXmlText child and accessing it directly.

If the first child of 'this' is a TiXmlText, the GetText() returns the character string of the Text node, else null is returned.

This is a convenient method for getting the text of simple contained text:

<foo>This is text</foo>
    const char* str = fooElement->GetText();

'str' will be a pointer to "This is text".

Note that this function can be misleading. If the element foo was created from this XML:

    <foo><b>This is text</b></foo>

then the value of str would be null. The first child node isn't a text node, it is another element. From this XML:

    <foo>This is <b>text</b></foo>

GetText() will return "This is ".

int IntAttribute ( const char * name) const

inline

Given an attribute name, IntAttribute() returns the value of the attribute interpreted as an integer.

0 will be returned if there is an error. For a method with error checking, see QueryIntAttribute()

const char* Name ( ) const

inline

Get the name of an element (which is the Value() of the node.)

char* ParseDeep	(	char *	p,
		StrPair *	endTag
	)

virtual

Reimplemented from XMLNode.

XMLError QueryBoolAttribute	(	const char *	name,
		bool *	value
	)		const

inline

See QueryIntAttribute()

XMLError QueryBoolText ( bool * bval) const

See QueryIntText()

XMLError QueryDoubleAttribute	(	const char *	name,
		double *	value
	)		const

inline

See QueryIntAttribute()

XMLError QueryDoubleText ( double * dval) const

See QueryIntText()

XMLError QueryFloatAttribute	(	const char *	name,
		float *	value
	)		const

inline

See QueryIntAttribute()

XMLError QueryFloatText ( float * fval) const

See QueryIntText()

XMLError QueryIntAttribute	(	const char *	name,
		int *	value
	)		const

inline

Given an attribute name, QueryIntAttribute() returns XML_NO_ERROR, XML_WRONG_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE if the conversion can't be performed, or XML_NO_ATTRIBUTE if the attribute doesn't exist.

If successful, the result of the conversion will be written to 'value'. If not successful, nothing will be written to 'value'. This allows you to provide default value:

int value = 10;
QueryIntAttribute( "foo", &value );     // if "foo" isn't found, value will still be 10

XMLError QueryIntText ( int * ival) const

Convenience method to query the value of a child text node.

This is probably best shown by example. Given you have a document is this form:

    <point>
        <x>1</x>
        <y>1.4</y>
    </point>

The QueryIntText() and similar functions provide a safe and easier way to get to the "value" of x and y.

    int x = 0;
    float y = 0;    // types of x and y are contrived for example
    const XMLElement* xElement = pointElement->FirstChildElement( "x" );
    const XMLElement* yElement = pointElement->FirstChildElement( "y" );
    xElement->QueryIntText( &x );
    yElement->QueryFloatText( &y );

Returns: XML_SUCCESS (0) on success, XML_CAN_NOT_CONVERT_TEXT if the text cannot be converted to the requested type, and XML_NO_TEXT_NODE if there is no child text to query.

XMLError QueryUnsignedAttribute	(	const char *	name,
		unsigned int *	value
	)		const

inline

See QueryIntAttribute()

XMLError QueryUnsignedText ( unsigned * uval) const

See QueryIntText()

void SetAttribute	(	const char *	name,
		const char *	value
	)

inline