XML Class

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The XML class can be used to both parse and create XML documents.

Syntax

XML

Remarks

The XML class can operate as either a parser or writer of XML.

Parsing XML

The XML class parses XML documents and verifies that they are well-formed. The results are provided through a set of events complying with the SAX2 specification.

In addition, the document structure may be queried through an XPath mechanism that supports a subset of the XPath specification.

The parser is optimized for read applications, with a very fast engine that builds internal DOM structures with close to zero heap allocations. Additionally, BuildDOM can be set to False which reduces the overhead of creating the DOM and offers a fast forward-only parsing implementation which fires events to provide the parsed data.

When parsing a document events will fire to provide information about the parsed data. After Parse returns the document may be navigated by setting XPath if BuildDOM is True (default). If BuildDOM is False parsed data is only accessible through the events.

Events are fired only when qualifying conditions (such as, for example, the beginning of a new element) are met. In the meantime, text will be buffered internally. The following events will fire during parsing:

If BuildDOM is True (default), XPath may be set after this method returns. XPath implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML documents.

The path is a series of one or more element accessors separated by '/'. The path can be absolute (starting with '/') or relative to the current XPath location.

The following are possible values for an element accessor:

'name'A particular element name
name[i]The i-th subelement of the current element with the given name
[i]The i-th subelement of the current element
[last()]The last subelement of the current element
[last()-i]The subelement located at the last location minus i in the current element
name[@attrname="attrvalue"]The subelement containing a particular value for a given attribute (supports single AND double quotes)
..The parent of the current element
When XPath is set to a valid path, XElement points to the name of the element, with XParent, XNamespace, XPrefix, XChildName, XChildNamespace, XChildPrefix, XChildXText, and XText providing other properties of the element. The attributes of the current element are provided in the AttrName, AttrNamespace, AttrPrefix, and AttrValue properties.

BuildDOM must be set to True prior to parsing the document for the XPath functionality to be available.

Example (Setting XPath):

Document rootXML.XPath = "/"
Specific ElementXML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1/SubElement2/"
i-th ChildXML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1[i]"

Input Properties

The class will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops.

If parsing multiple documents call Reset between documents to reset the parser.

An additional "relaxed" mode allows for lexical parsing of non-XML documents (e.g. HTML). This is enabled by setting Validate to False. In this case, events will be fired as elements, entities, etc. are encountered, but the structure of the document will not be checked for "well-formedness", and the internal DOM structure will not be built.

Writing XML

To use the class first decide whether or not to write to file, or to OutputData.

Output Properties

The class will determine the destination of the output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

  • OutputFile
  • OutputData: The output data are written to this property if no other destination is specified.

To begin writing the XML document first optionally set XMLDeclaration. If this is not set the class will use a default XML declaration at the beginning of the document.

Next begin adding elements to your document. Calling StartElement will open an element with the specified name. To create a nested structure continue calling StartElement to open more child elements. To write a value within an element call PutString. To close the element that was last opened call EndElement. Each time EndElement is called the element at the current level is closed. Alternatively, calling PutElement will write the element specified with the value specified and will also close the element.

To write an attribute of the current element, after calling StartElement call PutAttr. Call PutAttr multiple times to add multiple attributes.

Writing comments or CDATA can be done at any time with the PutComment and PutCData methods.

To close your XML document call Save. You can call Save from any location and it will close any remaining open elements automatically.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

BuildDOMWhen True, an internal object model of the XML document is created.
InputDataThe XML data to parse.
InputFileThe file to process.
NamespaceCountThe number of records in the Namespace arrays.
NamespacePrefixThe Prefix for the Namespace .
NamespaceURINamespace URI associated with the corresponding Prefix .
OutputDataThe output XML after processing.
OutputFileThe path to a local file where the output will be written.
OverwriteIndicates whether or not the class should overwrite files.
ValidateThis property controls whether documents are validated during parsing.
AttrCountThe number of records in the Attr arrays.
AttrNameThe Name provides the local name (without prefix) of the attribute.
AttrNamespaceAttribute namespace.
AttrPrefixAttribute prefix (if any).
AttrValueAttribute value.
XChildCountThe number of records in the XChild arrays.
XChildNameThe Name property provides the local name (without prefix) of the element.
XChildNamespaceNamespace of the element.
XChildPrefixPrefix of the element (if any).
XChildXTextThe inner text of the element.
XCommentCountThe number of records in the XComment arrays.
XCommentTextThis property holds the comment text.
XElementThe name of the current element.
XMLDeclarationEncodingThis property specifies the XML encoding to use.
XMLDeclarationStandaloneThis property indicates whether the standalone attribute is present in the declaration with a value of true.
XMLDeclarationVersionThis property specifies the XML version.
XNamespaceThe namespace of the current element.
XParentThe parent of the current element.
XPathProvides a way to point to a specific element in the document.
XPrefixThe prefix of the current element.
XSubTreeA snapshot of the current element in the document.
XTextThe text of the current element.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
EndElementWrites the closing tag of an open XML element.
FlushFlushes the parser and checks its end state.
GetAttrReturns the value of the specified attribute.
HasXPathDetermines whether a specific element exists in the document.
LoadDOMLoads the DOM from a file.
LoadSchemaLoad the XML schema.
ParseThis method parses the specified XML data.
PutAttrWrites an XML attribute.
PutCDataWrites an XML CDATA block.
PutCommentWrites an XML comment block.
PutElementWrites a simple XML element with a value.
PutRawWrites a raw XML fragment.
PutStringWrites text inside an XML element.
RemoveAttrRemove a attribute.
RemoveChildrenRemoves the children of the elment as the specified XPath.
RemoveElementRemoves the elment as the specified XPath.
ResetResets the parser.
SaveCloses the class writing stream.
SaveDOMSaves the DOM to a file.
SetInputStreamSets the stream from which the class will read data to parse.
SetOutputStreamThe stream to which the class will write the XML.
StartElementWrites the opening tag of an XML element.
TryXPathNavigates to the specified XPath if it exists.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

CharactersFired for plain text segments of the input stream.
CommentFired when a comment section is encountered.
EndElementFired when an end-element tag is encountered.
EndPrefixMappingFired when leaving the scope of a namespace declaration.
ErrorFired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
EvalEntityFired every time an entity needs to be evaluated.
IgnorableWhitespaceFired when a section of ignorable whitespace is encountered.
MetaFired when a meta section is encountered.
PIFired when a processing instruction section is encountered.
SpecialSectionFired when a special section is encountered.
StartElementFired when a begin-element tag is encountered in the document.
StartPrefixMappingFired when entering the scope of a namespace declaration.
XMLFires as XML is written.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

CacheContentIf true, the original XML is saved in a buffer.
CharsetSpecifies the charset used when encoding data.
EOLThe characters to use for separating lines.
ErrorOnEmptyAttrIf true, passing an invalid attribute to the Attr method will throw an exception.
ExtraNameCharsExtra characters for the parser to consider as name characters.
ExtraSpaceCharsExtra characters for the parser to consider as white space.
FlushOnEOLIf set, the parser flushes its text buffer after every line of text.
IgnoreBadAttributePrefixesIf true, bad (unknown) attribute prefixes are ignored.
IgnoreBadElementPrefixesIf true, bad (unknown) element prefixes are ignored.
IncludeElementPrefixWhether to include the prefix in the element name.
IncludeXMLDeclarationWhether to include the XML declaration when writing XML.
IndentThe characters to use for each indentation level.
OffsetCurrent offset of the document being parsed.
PreserveWhitespaceIf true, leading and trailing whitespace in element text is preserved.
QuoteCharQuote character to use for attribute values.
StringProcessingOptionsDefines options to use when processing string values.
BuildInfoInformation about the product's build.
CodePageThe system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
LicenseInfoInformation about the current license.
MaskSensitiveWhether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
ProcessIdleEventsWhether the class uses its internal event loop to process events when the main thread is idle.
SelectWaitMillisThe length of time in milliseconds the class will wait when DoEvents is called if there are no events to process.
UseInternalSecurityAPIWhether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

BuildDOM Property (XML Class)

When True, an internal object model of the XML document is created.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetBuildDOM();
int SetBuildDOM(int bBuildDOM); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetBuildDOM();
INT SetBuildDOM(BOOL bBuildDOM);
int ipworks_xml_getbuilddom(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setbuilddom(void* lpObj, int bBuildDOM);
bool GetBuildDOM();
int SetBuildDOM(bool bBuildDOM);

Default Value

TRUE

Remarks

Set BuildDOM to True when you need to browse the current document through XPath.

Validate is automatically set to True when BuildDOM is set to True.

Data Type

Boolean

InputData Property (XML Class)

The XML data to parse.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetInputData();
int SetInputData(const char* lpszInputData); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetInputData();
INT SetInputData(LPCWSTR lpszInputData);
char* ipworks_xml_getinputdata(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setinputdata(void* lpObj, const char* lpszInputData);
QString GetInputData();
int SetInputData(QString qsInputData);

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the XML to be processed. Set this property before calling Parse.

This may be set to a complete XML document, or partial data. When setting partial data call Parse after each chunk of data is set. For instance:

//Parse the following in chunks: <test>1</test> xml.InputData = "<test>" xml.Parse(); xml.InputData = "1<test>" xml.Parse();

Input Properties

The class will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops.

Data Type

String

InputFile Property (XML Class)

The file to process.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetInputFile();
int SetInputFile(const char* lpszInputFile); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetInputFile();
INT SetInputFile(LPCWSTR lpszInputFile);
char* ipworks_xml_getinputfile(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setinputfile(void* lpObj, const char* lpszInputFile);
QString GetInputFile();
int SetInputFile(QString qsInputFile);

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the file to be processed. Set this property to the full or relative path to the file which will be processed.

After setting this property call Parse to parse the document.

Input Properties

The class will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops.

Data Type

String

NamespaceCount Property (XML Class)

The number of records in the Namespace arrays.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetNamespaceCount();
int SetNamespaceCount(int iNamespaceCount); Unicode (Windows) INT GetNamespaceCount();
INT SetNamespaceCount(INT iNamespaceCount);
int ipworks_xml_getnamespacecount(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setnamespacecount(void* lpObj, int iNamespaceCount);
int GetNamespaceCount();
int SetNamespaceCount(int iNamespaceCount);

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at NamespaceCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

NamespacePrefix Property (XML Class)

The Prefix for the Namespace .

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetNamespacePrefix(int iNamespaceIndex);
int SetNamespacePrefix(int iNamespaceIndex, const char* lpszNamespacePrefix); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetNamespacePrefix(INT iNamespaceIndex);
INT SetNamespacePrefix(INT iNamespaceIndex, LPCWSTR lpszNamespacePrefix);
char* ipworks_xml_getnamespaceprefix(void* lpObj, int namespaceindex);
int ipworks_xml_setnamespaceprefix(void* lpObj, int namespaceindex, const char* lpszNamespacePrefix);
QString GetNamespacePrefix(int iNamespaceIndex);
int SetNamespacePrefix(int iNamespaceIndex, QString qsNamespacePrefix);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The NamespacePrefix for the Namespace.

The NamespaceIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the NamespaceCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

NamespaceURI Property (XML Class)

Namespace URI associated with the corresponding Prefix .

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetNamespaceURI(int iNamespaceIndex);
int SetNamespaceURI(int iNamespaceIndex, const char* lpszNamespaceURI); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetNamespaceURI(INT iNamespaceIndex);
INT SetNamespaceURI(INT iNamespaceIndex, LPCWSTR lpszNamespaceURI);
char* ipworks_xml_getnamespaceuri(void* lpObj, int namespaceindex);
int ipworks_xml_setnamespaceuri(void* lpObj, int namespaceindex, const char* lpszNamespaceURI);
QString GetNamespaceURI(int iNamespaceIndex);
int SetNamespaceURI(int iNamespaceIndex, QString qsNamespaceURI);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Namespace URI associated with the corresponding NamespacePrefix. This is usually a URL pointing to the XML schema for the namespace.

The NamespaceIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the NamespaceCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

OutputData Property (XML Class)

The output XML after processing.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetOutputData();
int SetOutputData(const char* lpszOutputData); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetOutputData();
INT SetOutputData(LPCWSTR lpszOutputData);
char* ipworks_xml_getoutputdata(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setoutputdata(void* lpObj, const char* lpszOutputData);
QString GetOutputData();
int SetOutputData(QString qsOutputData);

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property will be populated with the output from the operation if OutputFile is not set.

Data Type

String

OutputFile Property (XML Class)

The path to a local file where the output will be written.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetOutputFile();
int SetOutputFile(const char* lpszOutputFile); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetOutputFile();
INT SetOutputFile(LPCWSTR lpszOutputFile);
char* ipworks_xml_getoutputfile(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setoutputfile(void* lpObj, const char* lpszOutputFile);
QString GetOutputFile();
int SetOutputFile(QString qsOutputFile);

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the file to which the output will be written. This may be set to an absolute or relative path.

Output Properties

The class will determine the destination of the output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

  • OutputFile
  • OutputData: The output data are written to this property if no other destination is specified.

Data Type

String

Overwrite Property (XML Class)

Indicates whether or not the class should overwrite files.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetOverwrite();
int SetOverwrite(int bOverwrite); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetOverwrite();
INT SetOverwrite(BOOL bOverwrite);
int ipworks_xml_getoverwrite(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setoverwrite(void* lpObj, int bOverwrite);
bool GetOverwrite();
int SetOverwrite(bool bOverwrite);

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

This property indicates whether or not the class will overwrite OutputFile. If Overwrite is False, an error will be thrown whenever OutputFile exists before an operation. The default value is False.

Data Type

Boolean

Validate Property (XML Class)

This property controls whether documents are validated during parsing.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetValidate();
int SetValidate(int bValidate); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetValidate();
INT SetValidate(BOOL bValidate);
int ipworks_xml_getvalidate(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setvalidate(void* lpObj, int bValidate);
bool GetValidate();
int SetValidate(bool bValidate);

Default Value

TRUE

Remarks

When true (default) the document will be validated during parsing. To disable validation set Validate to false. Disabling validation may be useful in cases where data can still be parsed even if the document is not well-formed.

Data Type

Boolean

AttrCount Property (XML Class)

The number of records in the Attr arrays.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetAttrCount();
int SetAttrCount(int iAttrCount); Unicode (Windows) INT GetAttrCount();
INT SetAttrCount(INT iAttrCount);
int ipworks_xml_getattrcount(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setattrcount(void* lpObj, int iAttrCount);
int GetAttrCount();
int SetAttrCount(int iAttrCount);

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at AttrCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

AttrName Property (XML Class)

The Name provides the local name (without prefix) of the attribute.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetAttrName(int iAttrIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetAttrName(INT iAttrIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getattrname(void* lpObj, int attrindex);
QString GetAttrName(int iAttrIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The AttrName provides the local name (without prefix) of the attribute.

The AttrIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the AttrCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

AttrNamespace Property (XML Class)

Attribute namespace.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetAttrNamespace(int iAttrIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetAttrNamespace(INT iAttrIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getattrnamespace(void* lpObj, int attrindex);
QString GetAttrNamespace(int iAttrIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Attribute namespace.

The AttrIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the AttrCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

AttrPrefix Property (XML Class)

Attribute prefix (if any).

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetAttrPrefix(int iAttrIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetAttrPrefix(INT iAttrIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getattrprefix(void* lpObj, int attrindex);
QString GetAttrPrefix(int iAttrIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Attribute prefix (if any). If the attribute does not have a prefix, this property is empty.

The AttrIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the AttrCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

AttrValue Property (XML Class)

Attribute value.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetAttrValue(int iAttrIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetAttrValue(INT iAttrIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getattrvalue(void* lpObj, int attrindex);
QString GetAttrValue(int iAttrIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Attribute value.

The AttrIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the AttrCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XChildCount Property (XML Class)

The number of records in the XChild arrays.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetXChildCount();
int SetXChildCount(int iXChildCount); Unicode (Windows) INT GetXChildCount();
INT SetXChildCount(INT iXChildCount);
int ipworks_xml_getxchildcount(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxchildcount(void* lpObj, int iXChildCount);
int GetXChildCount();
int SetXChildCount(int iXChildCount);

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at XChildCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

XChildName Property (XML Class)

The Name property provides the local name (without prefix) of the element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXChildName(int iXChildIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetXChildName(INT iXChildIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getxchildname(void* lpObj, int xchildindex);
QString GetXChildName(int iXChildIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The XChildName property provides the local name (without prefix) of the element.

The XChildIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the XChildCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XChildNamespace Property (XML Class)

Namespace of the element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXChildNamespace(int iXChildIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetXChildNamespace(INT iXChildIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getxchildnamespace(void* lpObj, int xchildindex);
QString GetXChildNamespace(int iXChildIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Namespace of the element.

The XChildIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the XChildCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XChildPrefix Property (XML Class)

Prefix of the element (if any).

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXChildPrefix(int iXChildIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetXChildPrefix(INT iXChildIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getxchildprefix(void* lpObj, int xchildindex);
QString GetXChildPrefix(int iXChildIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Prefix of the element (if any). If the element does not have a prefix, this property is empty.

The XChildIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the XChildCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XChildXText Property (XML Class)

The inner text of the element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXChildXText(int iXChildIndex);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetXChildXText(INT iXChildIndex);
char* ipworks_xml_getxchildxtext(void* lpObj, int xchildindex);
QString GetXChildXText(int iXChildIndex);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The inner text of the element.

The XChildIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the XChildCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XCommentCount Property (XML Class)

The number of records in the XComment arrays.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetXCommentCount();
int SetXCommentCount(int iXCommentCount); Unicode (Windows) INT GetXCommentCount();
INT SetXCommentCount(INT iXCommentCount);
int ipworks_xml_getxcommentcount(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxcommentcount(void* lpObj, int iXCommentCount);
int GetXCommentCount();
int SetXCommentCount(int iXCommentCount);

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at XCommentCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

XCommentText Property (XML Class)

This property holds the comment text.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXCommentText(int iXCommentIndex);
int SetXCommentText(int iXCommentIndex, const char* lpszXCommentText); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXCommentText(INT iXCommentIndex);
INT SetXCommentText(INT iXCommentIndex, LPCWSTR lpszXCommentText);
char* ipworks_xml_getxcommenttext(void* lpObj, int xcommentindex);
int ipworks_xml_setxcommenttext(void* lpObj, int xcommentindex, const char* lpszXCommentText);
QString GetXCommentText(int iXCommentIndex);
int SetXCommentText(int iXCommentIndex, QString qsXCommentText);

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the comment text.

The XCommentIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the XCommentCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XElement Property (XML Class)

The name of the current element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXElement();
int SetXElement(const char* lpszXElement); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXElement();
INT SetXElement(LPCWSTR lpszXElement);
char* ipworks_xml_getxelement(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxelement(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXElement);
QString GetXElement();
int SetXElement(QString qsXElement);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

XMLDeclarationEncoding Property (XML Class)

This property specifies the XML encoding to use.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXMLDeclarationEncoding();
int SetXMLDeclarationEncoding(const char* lpszXMLDeclarationEncoding); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXMLDeclarationEncoding();
INT SetXMLDeclarationEncoding(LPCWSTR lpszXMLDeclarationEncoding);
char* ipworks_xml_getxmldeclarationencoding(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxmldeclarationencoding(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXMLDeclarationEncoding);
QString GetXMLDeclarationEncoding();
int SetXMLDeclarationEncoding(QString qsXMLDeclarationEncoding);

Default Value

"utf-8"

Remarks

This property specifies the XML encoding to use.

This may be set before writing a document. The default value is "utf-8".

This is only applicable when writing XML.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XMLDeclarationStandalone Property (XML Class)

This property indicates whether the standalone attribute is present in the declaration with a value of true.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetXMLDeclarationStandalone();
int SetXMLDeclarationStandalone(int bXMLDeclarationStandalone); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetXMLDeclarationStandalone();
INT SetXMLDeclarationStandalone(BOOL bXMLDeclarationStandalone);
int ipworks_xml_getxmldeclarationstandalone(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxmldeclarationstandalone(void* lpObj, int bXMLDeclarationStandalone);
bool GetXMLDeclarationStandalone();
int SetXMLDeclarationStandalone(bool bXMLDeclarationStandalone);

Default Value

TRUE

Remarks

This property indicates whether the standalone attribute is present in the declaration with a value of true.

This may be set before writing a document. The default value is "true".

This is only applicable when writing XML.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

XMLDeclarationVersion Property (XML Class)

This property specifies the XML version.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXMLDeclarationVersion();
int SetXMLDeclarationVersion(const char* lpszXMLDeclarationVersion); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXMLDeclarationVersion();
INT SetXMLDeclarationVersion(LPCWSTR lpszXMLDeclarationVersion);
char* ipworks_xml_getxmldeclarationversion(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxmldeclarationversion(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXMLDeclarationVersion);
QString GetXMLDeclarationVersion();
int SetXMLDeclarationVersion(QString qsXMLDeclarationVersion);

Default Value

"1.0"

Remarks

This property specifies the XML version.

This may be set before writing a document. The default value is "1.0".

This is only applicable when writing XML.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

XNamespace Property (XML Class)

The namespace of the current element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXNamespace();
int SetXNamespace(const char* lpszXNamespace); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXNamespace();
INT SetXNamespace(LPCWSTR lpszXNamespace);
char* ipworks_xml_getxnamespace(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxnamespace(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXNamespace);
QString GetXNamespace();
int SetXNamespace(QString qsXNamespace);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

XParent Property (XML Class)

The parent of the current element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXParent();

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetXParent();
char* ipworks_xml_getxparent(void* lpObj);
QString GetXParent();

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

String

XPath Property (XML Class)

Provides a way to point to a specific element in the document.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXPath();
int SetXPath(const char* lpszXPath); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXPath();
INT SetXPath(LPCWSTR lpszXPath);
char* ipworks_xml_getxpath(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxpath(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXPath);
QString GetXPath();
int SetXPath(QString qsXPath);

Default Value

""

Remarks

XPath implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML documents.

The path is a series of one or more element accessors separated by '/'. The path can be absolute (starting with '/') or relative to the current XPath location.

The following are possible values for an element accessor:

'name'A particular element name
name[i]The i-th subelement of the current element with the given name
[i]The i-th subelement of the current element
[last()]The last subelement of the current element
[last()-i]The subelement located at the last location minus i in the current element
name[@attrname="attrvalue"]The subelement containing a particular value for a given attribute (supports single AND double quotes)
..The parent of the current element
When XPath is set to a valid path, XElement points to the name of the element, with XParent, XNamespace, XPrefix, XChildName, XChildNamespace, XChildPrefix, XChildXText, and XText providing other properties of the element. The attributes of the current element are provided in the AttrName, AttrNamespace, AttrPrefix, and AttrValue properties.

BuildDOM must be set to True prior to parsing the document for the XPath functionality to be available.

Example (Setting XPath):

Document rootXML.XPath = "/"
Specific ElementXML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1/SubElement2/"
i-th ChildXML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1[i]"

Data Type

String

XPrefix Property (XML Class)

The prefix of the current element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXPrefix();
int SetXPrefix(const char* lpszXPrefix); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXPrefix();
INT SetXPrefix(LPCWSTR lpszXPrefix);
char* ipworks_xml_getxprefix(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxprefix(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXPrefix);
QString GetXPrefix();
int SetXPrefix(QString qsXPrefix);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

XSubTree Property (XML Class)

A snapshot of the current element in the document.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXSubTree();

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetXSubTree();
char* ipworks_xml_getxsubtree(void* lpObj);
QString GetXSubTree();

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property. In order for this property to work you must have the CacheContent set to true.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

String

XText Property (XML Class)

The text of the current element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetXText();
int SetXText(const char* lpszXText); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetXText();
INT SetXText(LPCWSTR lpszXText);
char* ipworks_xml_getxtext(void* lpObj);
int ipworks_xml_setxtext(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXText);
QString GetXText();
int SetXText(QString qsXText);

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

Config Method (XML Class)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* Config(const char* lpszConfigurationString);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR Config(LPCWSTR lpszConfigurationString);
char* ipworks_xml_config(void* lpObj, const char* lpszConfigurationString);
QString Config(const QString& qsConfigurationString);

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the class.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

EndElement Method (XML Class)

Writes the closing tag of an open XML element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int EndElement();

Unicode (Windows)
INT EndElement();
int ipworks_xml_endelement(void* lpObj);
int EndElement();

Remarks

Writes the closing tag of the XML element most recently opened using StartElement.

If no elements are opened, the call fails with an error

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Flush Method (XML Class)

Flushes the parser and checks its end state.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Flush();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Flush();
int ipworks_xml_flush(void* lpObj);
int Flush();

Remarks

When Flush is called, the parser flushes all its buffers, firing events as necessary, and then checks its end state. If Validate is true, the parser verifies that all open elements were closed, returning an error if not.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

GetAttr Method (XML Class)

Returns the value of the specified attribute.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetAttr(const char* lpszAttrName);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetAttr(LPCWSTR lpszAttrName);
char* ipworks_xml_getattr(void* lpObj, const char* lpszAttrName);
QString GetAttr(const QString& qsAttrName);

Remarks

This method returns the value of the attribute specified by the AttrName parameter.

If the attribute does not exist an empty string is returned. The behavior when an attribute does not exit is controlled by ErrorOnEmptyAttr.

Please refer to the AttrName, AttrNamespace, AttrPrefix, and AttrValue properties for more information.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

HasXPath Method (XML Class)

Determines whether a specific element exists in the document.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int HasXPath(const char* lpszXPath);

Unicode (Windows)
INT HasXPath(LPCWSTR lpszXPath);
int ipworks_xml_hasxpath(void* lpObj, const char* lpszXPath);
bool HasXPath(const QString& qsXPath);

Remarks

This method determines whether a particular XPath exists within the document. This may be used to check if a path exists before setting it via XPath.

This method returns True if the xpath exists, False if not.

See XPath for details on the XPath syntax.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a Boolean value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

LoadDOM Method (XML Class)

Loads the DOM from a file.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int LoadDOM(const char* lpszFileName);

Unicode (Windows)
INT LoadDOM(LPCWSTR lpszFileName);
int ipworks_xml_loaddom(void* lpObj, const char* lpszFileName);
int LoadDOM(const QString& qsFileName);

Remarks

The LoadDOM method loads a DOM structure previously saved by SaveDOM from the file specified in FileName.

Please refer to the SaveDOM method for more information.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

LoadSchema Method (XML Class)

Load the XML schema.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int LoadSchema(const char* lpszSchema);

Unicode (Windows)
INT LoadSchema(LPCWSTR lpszSchema);
int ipworks_xml_loadschema(void* lpObj, const char* lpszSchema);
int LoadSchema(const QString& qsSchema);

Remarks

This functionality is not yet implemented.

This method loads the schema specified in the Schema parameter. The Schema may be specified as either a string or the path to a file on disk.

The class will validate the input data during parsing to verify it adheres to the schema.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Parse Method (XML Class)

This method parses the specified XML data.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Parse();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Parse();
int ipworks_xml_parse(void* lpObj);
int Parse();

Remarks

This method parses the specified XML data.

When parsing a document events will fire to provide information about the parsed data. After Parse returns the document may be navigated by setting XPath if BuildDOM is True (default). If BuildDOM is False parsed data is only accessible through the events.

Events are fired only when qualifying conditions (such as, for example, the beginning of a new element) are met. In the meantime, text will be buffered internally. The following events will fire during parsing:

If BuildDOM is True (default), XPath may be set after this method returns. XPath implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML documents.

The path is a series of one or more element accessors separated by '/'. The path can be absolute (starting with '/') or relative to the current XPath location.

The following are possible values for an element accessor:

'name'A particular element name
name[i]The i-th subelement of the current element with the given name
[i]The i-th subelement of the current element
[last()]The last subelement of the current element
[last()-i]The subelement located at the last location minus i in the current element
name[@attrname="attrvalue"]The subelement containing a particular value for a given attribute (supports single AND double quotes)
..The parent of the current element
When XPath is set to a valid path, XElement points to the name of the element, with XParent, XNamespace, XPrefix, XChildName, XChildNamespace, XChildPrefix, XChildXText, and XText providing other properties of the element. The attributes of the current element are provided in the AttrName, AttrNamespace, AttrPrefix, and AttrValue properties.

BuildDOM must be set to True prior to parsing the document for the XPath functionality to be available.

Example (Setting XPath):

Document rootXML.XPath = "/"
Specific ElementXML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1/SubElement2/"
i-th ChildXML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1[i]"

Input Properties

The class will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops.

If parsing multiple documents call Reset between documents to reset the parser.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutAttr Method (XML Class)

Writes an XML attribute.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutAttr(const char* lpszName, const char* lpszNamespaceURI, const char* lpszValue);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutAttr(LPCWSTR lpszName, LPCWSTR lpszNamespaceURI, LPCWSTR lpszValue);
int ipworks_xml_putattr(void* lpObj, const char* lpszName, const char* lpszNamespaceURI, const char* lpszValue);
int PutAttr(const QString& qsName, const QString& qsNamespaceURI, const QString& qsValue);

Remarks

Writes an XML attribute on the currently opened XML element. It must be called right after calling StartElement and before any calls to PutString, PutComment or PutRaw.

If Name is a local name without a prefix, the class will automatically introduce a new xmlns="NamespaceURI" attribute if necessary.

If Name is in the form prefix:local, then class will automatically introduce a new xmlns:prefix="NamespaceURI" as necessary.

Certain attribute names will be handled in special ways by this method. If Name is "xmlns" or uses the "xmlns" prefix, the attribute will be interpreted as a namespace declaration, regardless of the value of NamespaceURI. Similarly, any attribute using the "xml" prefix will be interpreted as a special attribute (like "xml:lang") and NamespaceURI will be ignored.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutCData Method (XML Class)

Writes an XML CDATA block.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutCData(const char* lpszText);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutCData(LPCWSTR lpszText);
int ipworks_xml_putcdata(void* lpObj, const char* lpszText);
int PutCData(const QString& qsText);

Remarks

Writes a new XML CDATA block with the specified text inside the current element.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutComment Method (XML Class)

Writes an XML comment block.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutComment(const char* lpszText);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutComment(LPCWSTR lpszText);
int ipworks_xml_putcomment(void* lpObj, const char* lpszText);
int PutComment(const QString& qsText);

Remarks

Writes a new XML comment block with the specified text.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutElement Method (XML Class)

Writes a simple XML element with a value.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutElement(const char* lpszName, const char* lpszNamespaceURI, const char* lpszValue);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutElement(LPCWSTR lpszName, LPCWSTR lpszNamespaceURI, LPCWSTR lpszValue);
int ipworks_xml_putelement(void* lpObj, const char* lpszName, const char* lpszNamespaceURI, const char* lpszValue);
int PutElement(const QString& qsName, const QString& qsNamespaceURI, const QString& qsValue);

Remarks

Writes a simple XML element with no attributes and the specified value between the opening and closing tags.

If Name is a local name without a prefix, the class will automatically introduce a new xmlns="NamespaceURI" attribute if necessary.

If Name is in the form prefix:local, then class will automatically introduce a new xmlns:prefix="NamespaceURI" as necessary.

When calling PutElement or StartElement, if a NamespaceURI is not specified an empty namespace will be defined for the element. If a namespace should be associated with the element, a NamespaceURI value must be provided. When creating the XML, the class will determine if the namespace already exists to avoid duplicate definitions of the same namespace. For example, to create this XML:

<book xmlns='urn:loc.gov:books'
      xmlns:isbn='urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6'>
    <title>Cheaper by the Dozen</title>
    <isbn:number>1568491379</isbn:number>
</book>
Use the code: xml.StartElement("book", "urn:loc.gov:books"); xml.PutAttr("xmlns:isbn", "", "urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6"); xml.PutElement("title", "urn:loc.gov:books", "Cheaper by the Dozen"); xml.PutElement("isbn:number", "urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6", "1568491379"); xmlw.Close(); In the above example the "title" element uses the default namespace "urn:loc.gov:books" and the "number" element uses the "urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6" namespace as defined for the "isbn" prefix.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutRaw Method (XML Class)

Writes a raw XML fragment.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutRaw(const char* lpszText);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutRaw(LPCWSTR lpszText);
int ipworks_xml_putraw(void* lpObj, const char* lpszText);
int PutRaw(const QString& qsText);

Remarks

Writes a raw XML fragment to the output, without escaping and without verification. If an XML element opening tag has been written, before the raw fragment, the fragment will be written as a child of the current element.

Use of this method should be carefully considered as it can easily lead to malformed XML content.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

PutString Method (XML Class)

Writes text inside an XML element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int PutString(const char* lpszText);

Unicode (Windows)
INT PutString(LPCWSTR lpszText);
int ipworks_xml_putstring(void* lpObj, const char* lpszText);
int PutString(const QString& qsText);

Remarks

This method will XML escape the value provided and write the resulting escaped text between the opening and closing tags of an XML element.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

RemoveAttr Method (XML Class)

Remove a attribute.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int RemoveAttr(const char* lpszAttrName);

Unicode (Windows)
INT RemoveAttr(LPCWSTR lpszAttrName);
int ipworks_xml_removeattr(void* lpObj, const char* lpszAttrName);
int RemoveAttr(const QString& qsAttrName);

Remarks

This method removes an attribute at the specified XPath

This functionality is not yet implemented.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

RemoveChildren Method (XML Class)

Removes the children of the elment as the specified XPath.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int RemoveChildren();

Unicode (Windows)
INT RemoveChildren();
int ipworks_xml_removechildren(void* lpObj);
int RemoveChildren();

Remarks

This method removes the children of the element specified by XPath.

When called the class will remove the children of the element from the internal representation of the XML (the DOM). The element itself remains, with no children. This may be used at any time after Parse returns, or from within the EndElement event as a document is parsed in order to remove sections of a document that will not be needed later. By removing unnecessary elements from the DOM memory consumption is reduced and overall performance is improved.

RemoveChildren Example:

Given the XML

<food>
	<fruits>
		<apple>
			<color>red</color>
		</apple>
		<banana>
			<color>yellow</color>
		</banana>
	</fruits>
</food>

This code removes the children of the apple element while leaving the apple element in place.

xml.XPath = "/food/fruits/apple"; xml.RemoveChildren();

The XML stored in the DOM is now:

<food>
	<fruits>
		<apple>
		</apple>
		<banana>
			<color>yellow</color>
		</banana>
	</fruits>
</food>

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

RemoveElement Method (XML Class)

Removes the elment as the specified XPath.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int RemoveElement();

Unicode (Windows)
INT RemoveElement();
int ipworks_xml_removeelement(void* lpObj);
int RemoveElement();

Remarks

This method removes the element specified by XPath.

When called the class will remove the element and its children from the internal representation of the XML (the DOM). This may be used at any time after Parse returns, or from within the EndElement event as a document is parsed in order to remove sections of a document that will not be needed later. By removing unnecessary elements from the DOM memory consumption is reduced and overall performance is improved.

RemoveElement Example:

Given the XML

<food>
	<fruits>
		<apple>
			<color>red</color>
		</apple>
		<banana>
			<color>yellow</color>
		</banana>
	</fruits>
</food>

This code removes the apple element and its children.

xml.XPath = "/food/fruits/apple"; xml.RemoveElement();

The XML stored in the DOM is now:

<food>
	<fruits>
		<banana>
			<color>yellow</color>
		</banana>
	</fruits>
</food>

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Reset Method (XML Class)

Resets the parser.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Reset();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Reset();
int ipworks_xml_reset(void* lpObj);
int Reset();

Remarks

When called, the parser flushes all its buffers, firing events as necessary, and then initializes itself to its default state.

Reset must also be used as signal to the parser that the current stream of text has terminated.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

Save Method (XML Class)

Closes the class writing stream.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Save();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Save();
int ipworks_xml_save(void* lpObj);
int Save();

Remarks

This method will close any open XML elements, and then close the OutputFile if necessary.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

SaveDOM Method (XML Class)

Saves the DOM to a file.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int SaveDOM(const char* lpszFileName);

Unicode (Windows)
INT SaveDOM(LPCWSTR lpszFileName);
int ipworks_xml_savedom(void* lpObj, const char* lpszFileName);
int SaveDOM(const QString& qsFileName);

Remarks

The SaveDOM method saves the current DOM structure to the file specified in FileName. This enables the component to later load the DOM without incurring any parsing overhead.

Please refer to the LoadDOM method for more information.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

SetInputStream Method (XML Class)

Sets the stream from which the class will read data to parse.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int SetInputStream(IPWorksStream* sInputStream);

Unicode (Windows)
INT SetInputStream(IPWorksStream* sInputStream);
int ipworks_xml_setinputstream(void* lpObj, IPWorksStream* sInputStream);
int SetInputStream(IPWorksStream* sInputStream);

Remarks

This method specifies a stream from which data will be read when Parse is called.

Input Properties

The class will determine the source of the input based on which properties are set.

The order in which the input properties are checked is as follows:

When a valid source is found, the search stops.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

SetOutputStream Method (XML Class)

The stream to which the class will write the XML.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int SetOutputStream(IPWorksStream* sOutputStream);

Unicode (Windows)
INT SetOutputStream(IPWorksStream* sOutputStream);
int ipworks_xml_setoutputstream(void* lpObj, IPWorksStream* sOutputStream);
int SetOutputStream(IPWorksStream* sOutputStream);

Remarks

This method sets the stream to which output will be written when writing data.

Output Properties

The class will determine the destination of the output based on which properties are set.

The order in which the output properties are checked is as follows:

  • OutputFile
  • OutputData: The output data are written to this property if no other destination is specified.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

StartElement Method (XML Class)

Writes the opening tag of an XML element.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int StartElement(const char* lpszName, const char* lpszNamespaceURI);

Unicode (Windows)
INT StartElement(LPCWSTR lpszName, LPCWSTR lpszNamespaceURI);
int ipworks_xml_startelement(void* lpObj, const char* lpszName, const char* lpszNamespaceURI);
int StartElement(const QString& qsName, const QString& qsNamespaceURI);

Remarks

Writes the opening tag of a new XML element. If an XML element is already opened, then this element is written as a child.

If Name is a local name without a prefix, the class will automatically introduce a new xmlns="NamespaceURI" attribute if necessary.

If Name is in the form prefix:local, then class will automatically introduce a new xmlns:prefix="NamespaceURI" as necessary.

When calling PutElement or StartElement, if a NamespaceURI is not specified an empty namespace will be defined for the element. If a namespace should be associated with the element, a NamespaceURI value must be provided. When creating the XML, the class will determine if the namespace already exists to avoid duplicate definitions of the same namespace. For example, to create this XML:

<book xmlns='urn:loc.gov:books'
      xmlns:isbn='urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6'>
    <title>Cheaper by the Dozen</title>
    <isbn:number>1568491379</isbn:number>
</book>
Use the code: xml.StartElement("book", "urn:loc.gov:books"); xml.PutAttr("xmlns:isbn", "", "urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6"); xml.PutElement("title", "urn:loc.gov:books", "Cheaper by the Dozen"); xml.PutElement("isbn:number", "urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6", "1568491379"); xmlw.Close(); In the above example the "title" element uses the default namespace "urn:loc.gov:books" and the "number" element uses the "urn:ISBN:0-395-36341-6" namespace as defined for the "isbn" prefix.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

TryXPath Method (XML Class)

Navigates to the specified XPath if it exists.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int TryXPath(const char* lpszxpath);

Unicode (Windows)
INT TryXPath(LPCWSTR lpszxpath);
int ipworks_xml_tryxpath(void* lpObj, const char* lpszxpath);
bool TryXPath(const QString& qsxpath);

Remarks

This method will attempt to navigate to the specified XPath parameter if it exists within the document.

If the XPath exists the XPath property will be updated and this method returns True.

If the XPath does not exist the XPath property is not updated and this method returns False.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a Boolean value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

Characters Event (XML Class)

Fired for plain text segments of the input stream.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireCharacters(XMLCharactersEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLCharactersEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireCharacters(XMLCharactersEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLCharactersEventParams;
#define EID_XML_CHARACTERS 1

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireCharacters(LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLCharactersEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Characters(XMLCharactersEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireCharacters(XMLCharactersEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The Characters event provides the plain text content of the XML document (i.e. the text inside the tags). The text is provided through the Text parameter.

The text includes white space as well as end of line characters, except for ignorable whitespace which is fired through the IgnorableWhitespace event.

Comment Event (XML Class)

Fired when a comment section is encountered.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireComment(XMLCommentEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLCommentEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireComment(XMLCommentEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLCommentEventParams;
#define EID_XML_COMMENT 2

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireComment(LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLCommentEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Comment(XMLCommentEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireComment(XMLCommentEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The Comment event is fired whenever a comment section (<!-- ..text... -->) is found in the document.

The full text of the comment is provided by the Text parameter.

EndElement Event (XML Class)

Fired when an end-element tag is encountered.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireEndElement(XMLEndElementEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Namespace;
const char *Element;
const char *QName;
int IsEmpty; int reserved; } XMLEndElementEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireEndElement(XMLEndElementEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Namespace;
LPCWSTR Element;
LPCWSTR QName;
BOOL IsEmpty; INT reserved; } XMLEndElementEventParams;
#define EID_XML_ENDELEMENT 3

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireEndElement(LPSTR &lpszNamespace, LPSTR &lpszElement, LPSTR &lpszQName, BOOL &bIsEmpty);
class XMLEndElementEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Namespace();

  const QString &Element();

  const QString &QName();

  bool IsEmpty();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void EndElement(XMLEndElementEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireEndElement(XMLEndElementEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The EndElement event is fired when an end-element tag is found in the document.

The element name is provided by the Element parameter.

The IsEmpty parameter is true when the event corresponds with an empty element declaration.

EndPrefixMapping Event (XML Class)

Fired when leaving the scope of a namespace declaration.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireEndPrefixMapping(XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Prefix; int reserved; } XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireEndPrefixMapping(XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Prefix; INT reserved; } XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams;
#define EID_XML_ENDPREFIXMAPPING 4

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireEndPrefixMapping(LPSTR &lpszPrefix);
class XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Prefix();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void EndPrefixMapping(XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireEndPrefixMapping(XMLEndPrefixMappingEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The StartPrefixMapping event is fired when entering the scope of a namespace declaration.

Error Event (XML Class)

Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireError(XMLErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int ErrorCode;
const char *Description; int reserved; } XMLErrorEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireError(XMLErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT ErrorCode;
LPCWSTR Description; INT reserved; } XMLErrorEventParams;
#define EID_XML_ERROR 5

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireError(INT &iErrorCode, LPSTR &lpszDescription);
class XMLErrorEventParams {
public:
  int ErrorCode();

  const QString &Description();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Error(XMLErrorEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireError(XMLErrorEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the class fails with an error.

The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

EvalEntity Event (XML Class)

Fired every time an entity needs to be evaluated.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireEvalEntity(XMLEvalEntityEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Entity;
char *Value; int reserved; } XMLEvalEntityEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireEvalEntity(XMLEvalEntityEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Entity;
LPWSTR Value; INT reserved; } XMLEvalEntityEventParams;
#define EID_XML_EVALENTITY 6

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireEvalEntity(LPSTR &lpszEntity, LPSTR &lpszValue);
class XMLEvalEntityEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Entity();

  const QString &Value();
  void SetValue(const QString &qsValue);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void EvalEntity(XMLEvalEntityEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireEvalEntity(XMLEvalEntityEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The Value parameter contains a suggested value for the entity (normally the entity name itself). You may set Value to a value of your choice, which will be later passed into the text stream.

IgnorableWhitespace Event (XML Class)

Fired when a section of ignorable whitespace is encountered.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireIgnorableWhitespace(XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireIgnorableWhitespace(XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams;
#define EID_XML_IGNORABLEWHITESPACE 7

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireIgnorableWhitespace(LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void IgnorableWhitespace(XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireIgnorableWhitespace(XMLIgnorableWhitespaceEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The ignorable whitespace section is provided by the Text parameter.

Meta Event (XML Class)

Fired when a meta section is encountered.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireMeta(XMLMetaEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLMetaEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireMeta(XMLMetaEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLMetaEventParams;
#define EID_XML_META 8

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireMeta(LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLMetaEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Meta(XMLMetaEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireMeta(XMLMetaEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The Meta event is fired whenever a meta information section (<! ..text... >) is found in the document.

The full text of the meta section is provided by the Text parameter.

PI Event (XML Class)

Fired when a processing instruction section is encountered.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FirePI(XMLPIEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLPIEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FirePI(XMLPIEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLPIEventParams;
#define EID_XML_PI 9

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FirePI(LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLPIEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void PI(XMLPIEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FirePI(XMLPIEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The PI event is fired whenever a processing instruction section (<? ..text... ?>) is found in the document.

The full text of the processing instruction is provided by the Text parameter.

SpecialSection Event (XML Class)

Fired when a special section is encountered.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireSpecialSection(XMLSpecialSectionEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *SectionId;
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLSpecialSectionEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireSpecialSection(XMLSpecialSectionEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR SectionId;
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLSpecialSectionEventParams;
#define EID_XML_SPECIALSECTION 10

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireSpecialSection(LPSTR &lpszSectionId, LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLSpecialSectionEventParams {
public:
  const QString &SectionId();

  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void SpecialSection(XMLSpecialSectionEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireSpecialSection(XMLSpecialSectionEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The SpecialSection event is fired whenever a special section (such as <![ CDATA [ ..text... ]]>) is found in the document.

The full text of the special section is provided by the Text parameter, while the SectionId parameter provides the section identifier (e.g. "CDATA").

StartElement Event (XML Class)

Fired when a begin-element tag is encountered in the document.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireStartElement(XMLStartElementEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Namespace;
const char *Element;
const char *QName;
int IsEmpty; int reserved; } XMLStartElementEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireStartElement(XMLStartElementEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Namespace;
LPCWSTR Element;
LPCWSTR QName;
BOOL IsEmpty; INT reserved; } XMLStartElementEventParams;
#define EID_XML_STARTELEMENT 11

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireStartElement(LPSTR &lpszNamespace, LPSTR &lpszElement, LPSTR &lpszQName, BOOL &bIsEmpty);
class XMLStartElementEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Namespace();

  const QString &Element();

  const QString &QName();

  bool IsEmpty();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void StartElement(XMLStartElementEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireStartElement(XMLStartElementEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The StartElement event is fired when a begin-element tag is found in the document.

The element name is provided through the Element parameter. The attribute names and values (if any) are provided through the AttrName, AttrNamespace, AttrPrefix, and AttrValue properties.

The IsEmpty parameter is true when the event corresponds with an empty element declaration.

StartPrefixMapping Event (XML Class)

Fired when entering the scope of a namespace declaration.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireStartPrefixMapping(XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Prefix;
const char *URI; int reserved; } XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireStartPrefixMapping(XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Prefix;
LPCWSTR URI; INT reserved; } XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams;
#define EID_XML_STARTPREFIXMAPPING 12

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireStartPrefixMapping(LPSTR &lpszPrefix, LPSTR &lpszURI);
class XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Prefix();

  const QString &URI();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void StartPrefixMapping(XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireStartPrefixMapping(XMLStartPrefixMappingEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The EndPrefixMapping event is fired when leaving the scope of a namespace declaration.

XML Event (XML Class)

Fires as XML is written.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireXML(XMLXMLEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *Text; int reserved; } XMLXMLEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireXML(XMLXMLEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR Text; INT reserved; } XMLXMLEventParams;
#define EID_XML_XML 13

virtual INT IPWORKS_CALL FireXML(LPSTR &lpszText);
class XMLXMLEventParams {
public:
  const QString &Text();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void XMLEvt(XMLXMLEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass XML and override this emitter function. virtual int FireXML(XMLXMLEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event fires when XML is output. The Text parameter holds the data being written.

This functionality is not yet implemented.

IPWorksStream Type

Syntax

IPWorksStream (declared in ipworks.h)

Remarks

The XML class includes one or more API members that take a stream object as a parameter. To use such API members, create a concrete class that implements the IPWorksStream interface and pass the XML class an instance of that concrete class.

When implementing the IPWorksStream interface's properties and methods, they must behave as described below. If the concrete class's implementation does not behave as expected, undefined behavior may occur.

Properties

CanRead Whether the stream supports reading.

bool CanRead() { return true; }
CanSeek Whether the stream supports seeking.

bool CanSeek() { return true; }
CanWrite Whether the stream supports writing.

bool CanWrite() { return true; }
Length Gets the length of the stream, in bytes.

int64 GetLength() = 0;

Methods

Close Closes the stream, releasing all resources currently allocated for it.

void Close() {}

This method is called automatically when an IPWorksStream object is deleted.

Flush Forces all data held by the stream's buffers to be written out to storage.

int Flush() { return 0; }

Must return 0 if flushing is successful; or -1 if an error occurs or the stream is closed. If the stream does not support writing, this method must do nothing and return 0.

Read Reads a sequence of bytes from the stream and advances the current position within the stream by the number of bytes read.

int Read(void* buffer, int count) = 0;

Buffer specifies the buffer to populate with data from the stream. Count specifies the number of bytes that should be read from the stream.

Must return the total number of bytes read into Buffer; this may be less than Count if that many bytes are not currently available, or 0 if the end of the stream has been reached. Must return -1 if an error occurs, if reading is not supported, or if the stream is closed.

Seek Sets the current position within the stream based on a particular point of origin.

int64 Seek(int64 offset, int seekOrigin) = 0;

Offset specifies the offset in the stream to seek to, relative to SeekOrigin. Valid values for SeekOrigin are:

  • 0: Seek from beginning.
  • 1: Seek from current position.
  • 2: Seek from end.

Must return the new position within the stream; or -1 if an error occurs, if seeking is not supported, or if the stream is closed (however, see note below). If -1 is returned, the current position within the stream must remain unchanged.

Note: If the stream is not closed, it must always be possible to call this method with an Offset of 0 and a SeekOrigin of 1 to obtain the current position within the stream, even if seeking is not otherwise supported.

Write Writes a sequence of bytes to the stream and advances the current position within the stream by the number of bytes written.

int Write(const void* buffer, int count) = 0;

Buffer specifies the buffer with data to write to the stream. Count specifies the number of bytes that should be written to the stream.

Must return the total number of bytes written to the stream; this may be less than Count if that many bytes could not be written. Must return -1 if an error occurs, if writing is not supported, or if the stream is closed.

Config Settings (XML Class)

The class accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

XML Config Settings

CacheContent:   If true, the original XML is saved in a buffer.

This config controls whether or not the component retains the entire original XML in a buffer. This is used to retain the original XML as opposed to returning generated XML after parsing. The default value is true.

Charset:   Specifies the charset used when encoding data.

This setting specifies the character set used when encoding data. This value will also be used when creating the XMLDeclaration. The default value is "utf-8".

EOL:   The characters to use for separating lines.

If specified, the class will format the output XML, using the specified characters to separate multiple lines for nested XML elements. The default value is CRLF ("\r\n") .

This option should be combined with Indent for full effect.

ErrorOnEmptyAttr:   If true, passing an invalid attribute to the Attr method will throw an exception.

If an invalid attribute name is passed into the GetAttr method, the method will return with an empty string if this is set to false, otherwise an exception is thrown.

ExtraNameChars:   Extra characters for the parser to consider as name characters.

Normally, the parser considers only the following characters as part of an XML identifier: 'A' through 'Z', 'a' through 'z', '0' through '9', and '.', '-', '_', ':'.

If you would like any other characters to be considered as name characters, you may set them as a string into this property.

ExtraSpaceChars:   Extra characters for the parser to consider as white space.

Normally, the parser considers only the following characters as white space: ' ' (space), '\t' (tab), '\ n' (newline), '\r' (carriage return), '\f' (form feed), and '\v' (vertical tab).

If you would like any other characters to be considered as white space, you may set them as a string into this property.

FlushOnEOL:   If set, the parser flushes its text buffer after every line of text.

The FlushOnEOL property controls whether Characters events are fired for every line of the input text stream or not. Normally lines are buffered internally and delivered in batches, but if the FlushOnEOL flag is set, then a Characters event is fired for each line.

IgnoreBadAttributePrefixes:   If true, bad (unknown) attribute prefixes are ignored.

Normally a trappable error is generated when an unknown attribute prefix is encountered. This setting suppresses the error. The default value is True.

IgnoreBadElementPrefixes:   If true, bad (unknown) element prefixes are ignored.

Normally a trappable error is generated when an unknown element prefix is encountered. This setting suppresses the error. The default value is True.

IncludeElementPrefix:   Whether to include the prefix in the element name.

This setting specifies whether to include the element prefix in the Element parameter of the StartElement and EndElement events.

If False (default) and Validate is set to False the prefix is included in the Element parameter. For instance: ds:DigestMethod

If True and Validate is set to False the prefix is not included in the Element parameter. For instance: DigestMethod

This setting is only applicable when Validate is False.

IncludeXMLDeclaration:   Whether to include the XML declaration when writing XML.

This setting specifies whether the XML declaration is included in the output XML when writing XML. When set to True (default) the XML declaration will be included above any user specified XML. For instance:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
...
Indent:   The characters to use for each indentation level.

If specified, the class will format the output XML, using the specified characters to denote each indentation level for nested XML elements.

This option should be combined with EOL for full effect.

Offset:   Current offset of the document being parsed.

This property is useful for determining the location of possible XML errors in the document.

Offset values start at 1.

PreserveWhitespace:   If true, leading and trailing whitespace in element text is preserved.

Normally the leading and trailing whitespace from an element's text is trimmed. When this property is set to true, this leading and trailing whitespace is preserved. The default value is false.

QuoteChar:   Quote character to use for attribute values.

By default, the class will use double quotes around attribute values. This property can be used to specify a different character such as a single quote.

StringProcessingOptions:   Defines options to use when processing string values.

This setting determines what additional processing is performed on string values fired through the Characters event..

Note: This only applies when BuildDOM is False.

By default no additional processing is performed and the string is returned as is from the document. Strings may also be XML unescaped. Possible values are:

0 (none - default) No additional processing is performed.
1 Strings are XML unescaped.

For instance, when set to 0 the following text may be fired through the Characters event:

&amp;&quot;&lt;&gt;

When set to 1 the following text would be fired through the Characters event:

&"<>

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo:   Information about the product's build.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:

IdentifierName
037IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437OEM - United States
500IBM EBCDIC - International
708Arabic - ASMO 708
709Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775OEM - Baltic
850OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852OEM - Latin II
855OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857OEM - Turkish
858OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860OEM - Portuguese
861OEM - Icelandic
862OEM - Hebrew
863OEM - Canadian-French
864OEM - Arabic
865OEM - Nordic
866OEM - Russian
869OEM - Modern Greek
870IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
950ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250ANSI - Central European
1251ANSI - Cyrillic
1252ANSI - Latin I
1253ANSI - Greek
1254ANSI - Turkish
1255ANSI - Hebrew
1256ANSI - Arabic
1257ANSI - Baltic
1258ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361Korean (Johab)
10000MAC - Roman
10001MAC - Japanese
10002MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003MAC - Korean
10004MAC - Arabic
10005MAC - Hebrew
10006MAC - Greek I
10007MAC - Cyrillic
10008MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010MAC - Romania
10017MAC - Ukraine
10021MAC - Thai
10029MAC - Latin II
10079MAC - Icelandic
10081MAC - Turkish
10082MAC - Croatia
12000Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000CNS - Taiwan
20001TCA - Taiwan
20002Eten - Taiwan
20003IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004TeleText - Taiwan
20005Wang - Taiwan
20105IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106IA5 German (7-bit)
20107IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261T.61
20269ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297IBM EBCDIC - France
20420IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866Russian - KOI8-R
20871IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001Europa 3
38598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225ISO 2022 Korean
50227ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931US/Canada and Japanese
50933Korean Extended and Korean
50935Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936Simplified Chinese
50937US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932EUC - Japanese
51936EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949EUC - Korean
51950EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002ISCII Devanagari
57003ISCII Bengali
57004ISCII Tamil
57005ISCII Telugu
57006ISCII Assamese
57007ISCII Oriya
57008ISCII Kannada
57009ISCII Malayalam
57010ISCII Gujarati
57011ISCII Punjabi
65000Unicode UTF-7
65001Unicode UTF-8
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:
IdentifierName
1ASCII
2NEXTSTEP
3JapaneseEUC
4UTF8
5ISOLatin1
6Symbol
7NonLossyASCII
8ShiftJIS
9ISOLatin2
10Unicode
11WindowsCP1251
12WindowsCP1252
13WindowsCP1253
14WindowsCP1254
15WindowsCP1250
21ISO2022JP
30MacOSRoman
10UTF16String
0x90000100UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100UTF32String
0x98000100UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100UTF32LittleEndian
65536Proprietary

LicenseInfo:   Information about the current license.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a class is using. It will return the following information:

  • Product: The product the license is for.
  • Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
  • License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
  • License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
  • Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.
MaskSensitive:   Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to true to mask sensitive data. The default is true.

This setting only works on these classes: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

ProcessIdleEvents:   Whether the class uses its internal event loop to process events when the main thread is idle.

If set to False, the class will not fire internal idle events. Set this to False to use the class in a background thread on Mac OS. By default, this setting is True.

SelectWaitMillis:   The length of time in milliseconds the class will wait when DoEvents is called if there are no events to process.

If there are no events to process when DoEvents is called, the class will wait for the amount of time specified here before returning. The default value is 20.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to false, the class will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.

Setting this configuration setting to true tells the class to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

On Windows, this setting is set to false by default. On Linux/macOS, this setting is set to true by default.

To use the system security libraries for Linux, OpenSSL support must be enabled. For more information on how to enable OpenSSL, please refer to the OpenSSL Notes section.

Trappable Errors (XML Class)

Error Handling (C++)

Call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain the last called method's result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. Known error codes are listed below. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

XML Errors

101   Invalid attribute index.
102   No attributes available.
103   Invalid namespace index.
104   No namespaces available.
105   Invalid element index.
106   No elements available.
107   Attribute does not exist.
201   Unbalanced element tag.
202   Unknown element prefix (can't find namespace).
203   Unknown attribute prefix (can't find namespace).
204   Invalid XML markup.
205   Invalid end state for parser.
206   Document contains unbalanced elements.
207   Invalid XPath.
208   No such child.
209   Top element does not match start of path.
210   DOM tree unavailable (set BuildDOM to true and reparse).
302   Can't open file.
401   Invalid XML would be generated.
402   An invalid XML name has been specified.