XML Class

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

Class Name

IPWorks_XML

Procedural Interface

 ipworks_xml_open();
 ipworks_xml_close($res);
 ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, $id, $function);
 ipworks_xml_get_last_error($res);
 ipworks_xml_get_last_error_code($res);
 ipworks_xml_set($res, $id, $index, $value);
 ipworks_xml_get($res, $id, $index);
 ipworks_xml_do_config($res, $configurationstring);
 ipworks_xml_do_endelement($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_flush($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_getattr($res, $attrname);
 ipworks_xml_do_hasxpath($res, $xpath);
 ipworks_xml_do_loaddom($res, $filename);
 ipworks_xml_do_loadschema($res, $schema);
 ipworks_xml_do_parse($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_putattr($res, $name, $namespaceuri, $value);
 ipworks_xml_do_putcdata($res, $text);
 ipworks_xml_do_putcomment($res, $text);
 ipworks_xml_do_putelement($res, $name, $namespaceuri, $value);
 ipworks_xml_do_putraw($res, $text);
 ipworks_xml_do_putstring($res, $text);
 ipworks_xml_do_removeattr($res, $attrname);
 ipworks_xml_do_removechildren($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_removeelement($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_reset($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_save($res);
 ipworks_xml_do_savedom($res, $filename);
 ipworks_xml_do_startelement($res, $name, $namespaceuri);
 ipworks_xml_do_tryxpath($res, $xpath);

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.
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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface


public function getBuildDOM();


public function setBuildDOM($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 1 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 1, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The XML data to parse.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getInputData();


public function setInputData($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 2 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 2, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The file to process.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getInputFile();


public function setInputFile($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 3 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 3, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The number of records in the Namespace arrays.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getNamespaceCount();


public function setNamespaceCount($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 4 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 4, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The Prefix for the Namespace .

Object Oriented Interface


public function getNamespacePrefix($namespaceindex);


public function setNamespacePrefix($namespaceindex, $value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 5 , $namespaceindex);


ipworks_xml_set($res, 5, $value , $namespaceindex);

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Namespace URI associated with the corresponding Prefix .

Object Oriented Interface


public function getNamespaceURI($namespaceindex);


public function setNamespaceURI($namespaceindex, $value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 6 , $namespaceindex);


ipworks_xml_set($res, 6, $value , $namespaceindex);

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The output XML after processing.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getOutputData();


public function setOutputData($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 7 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 7, $value );

Default Value

''

Remarks

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

Data Type

String

OutputFile Property (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface


public function getOutputFile();


public function setOutputFile($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 8 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 8, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Indicates whether or not the class should overwrite files.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getOverwrite();


public function setOverwrite($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 9 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 9, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

This property controls whether documents are validated during parsing.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getValidate();


public function setValidate($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 10 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 10, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The number of records in the Attr arrays.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getAttrCount();


public function setAttrCount($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 11 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 11, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface


public function getAttrName($attrindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 12 , $attrindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Attribute namespace.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getAttrNamespace($attrindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 13 , $attrindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Attribute prefix (if any).

Object Oriented Interface


public function getAttrPrefix($attrindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 14 , $attrindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Attribute value.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getAttrValue($attrindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 15 , $attrindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The number of records in the XChild arrays.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXChildCount();


public function setXChildCount($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 16 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 16, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXChildName($xchildindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 17 , $xchildindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Namespace of the element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXChildNamespace($xchildindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 18 , $xchildindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Prefix of the element (if any).

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXChildPrefix($xchildindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 19 , $xchildindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The inner text of the element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXChildXText($xchildindex);


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 20 , $xchildindex);


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The number of records in the XComment arrays.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXCommentCount();


public function setXCommentCount($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 21 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 21, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

This property holds the comment text.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXCommentText($xcommentindex);


public function setXCommentText($xcommentindex, $value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 22 , $xcommentindex);


ipworks_xml_set($res, 22, $value , $xcommentindex);

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The name of the current element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXElement();


public function setXElement($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 23 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 23, $value );

Default Value

''

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

XMLDeclarationEncoding Property (IPWorks_XML Class)

This property specifies the XML encoding to use.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXMLDeclarationEncoding();


public function setXMLDeclarationEncoding($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 24 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 24, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXMLDeclarationStandalone();


public function setXMLDeclarationStandalone($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 25 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 25, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

This property specifies the XML version.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXMLDeclarationVersion();


public function setXMLDeclarationVersion($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 26 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 26, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The namespace of the current element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXNamespace();


public function setXNamespace($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 27 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 27, $value );

Default Value

''

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

XParent Property (IPWorks_XML Class)

The parent of the current element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXParent();


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 28 );


Default Value

''

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

String

XPath Property (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXPath();


public function setXPath($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 29 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 29, $value );

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The prefix of the current element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXPrefix();


public function setXPrefix($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 30 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 30, $value );

Default Value

''

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

XSubTree Property (IPWorks_XML Class)

A snapshot of the current element in the document.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXSubTree();


Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 31 );


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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

The text of the current element.

Object Oriented Interface


public function getXText();


public function setXText($value);

Procedural Interface


ipworks_xml_get($res, 32 );


ipworks_xml_set($res, 32, $value );

Default Value

''

Remarks

The current element is specified via the XPath property.

Data Type

String

Config Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doConfig($configurationstring);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_config($res, $configurationstring);

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.

EndElement Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes the closing tag of an open XML element.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doEndElement();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_endelement($res);

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

Flush Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Flushes the parser and checks its end state.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doFlush();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_flush($res);

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.

GetAttr Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Returns the value of the specified attribute.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doGetAttr($attrname);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_getattr($res, $attrname);

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.

HasXPath Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Determines whether a specific element exists in the document.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doHasXPath($xpath);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_hasxpath($res, $xpath);

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.

LoadDOM Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Loads the DOM from a file.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doLoadDOM($filename);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_loaddom($res, $filename);

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.

LoadSchema Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Load the XML schema.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doLoadSchema($schema);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_loadschema($res, $schema);

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.

Parse Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

This method parses the specified XML data.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doParse();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_parse($res);

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.

PutAttr Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes an XML attribute.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doPutAttr($name, $namespaceuri, $value);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_putattr($res, $name, $namespaceuri, $value);

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.

PutCData Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes an XML CDATA block.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doPutCData($text);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_putcdata($res, $text);

Remarks

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

PutComment Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes an XML comment block.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doPutComment($text);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_putcomment($res, $text);

Remarks

Writes a new XML comment block with the specified text.

PutElement Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes a simple XML element with a value.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doPutElement($name, $namespaceuri, $value);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_putelement($res, $name, $namespaceuri, $value);

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.

PutRaw Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes a raw XML fragment.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doPutRaw($text);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_putraw($res, $text);

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.

PutString Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes text inside an XML element.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doPutString($text);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_putstring($res, $text);

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.

RemoveAttr Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Remove a attribute.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doRemoveAttr($attrname);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_removeattr($res, $attrname);

Remarks

This method removes an attribute at the specified XPath

This functionality is not yet implemented.

RemoveChildren Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Removes the children of the elment as the specified XPath.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doRemoveChildren();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_removechildren($res);

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>

RemoveElement Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Removes the elment as the specified XPath.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doRemoveElement();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_removeelement($res);

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>

Reset Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Resets the parser.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doReset();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_reset($res);

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.

Save Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Closes the class writing stream.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doSave();

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_save($res);

Remarks

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

SaveDOM Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Saves the DOM to a file.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doSaveDOM($filename);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_savedom($res, $filename);

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.

StartElement Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Writes the opening tag of an XML element.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doStartElement($name, $namespaceuri);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_startelement($res, $name, $namespaceuri);

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.

TryXPath Method (IPWorks_XML Class)

Navigates to the specified XPath if it exists.

Object Oriented Interface

public function doTryXPath($xpath);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_do_tryxpath($res, $xpath);

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.

Characters Event (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired for plain text segments of the input stream.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireCharacters($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 1, array($this, 'fireCharacters'));

Parameter List

 'text'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when a comment section is encountered.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireComment($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 2, array($this, 'fireComment'));

Parameter List

 'text'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when an end-element tag is encountered.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireEndElement($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 3, array($this, 'fireEndElement'));

Parameter List

 'namespace'
'element'
'qname'
'isempty'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when leaving the scope of a namespace declaration.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireEndPrefixMapping($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 4, array($this, 'fireEndPrefixMapping'));

Parameter List

 'prefix'

Remarks

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

Error Event (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireError($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 5, array($this, 'fireError'));

Parameter List

 'errorcode'
'description'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired every time an entity needs to be evaluated.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireEvalEntity($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 6, array($this, 'fireEvalEntity'));

Parameter List

 'entity'
'value'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when a section of ignorable whitespace is encountered.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireIgnorableWhitespace($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 7, array($this, 'fireIgnorableWhitespace'));

Parameter List

 'text'

Remarks

The ignorable whitespace section is provided by the Text parameter.

Meta Event (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when a meta section is encountered.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireMeta($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 8, array($this, 'fireMeta'));

Parameter List

 'text'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when a processing instruction section is encountered.

Object Oriented Interface

public function firePI($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 9, array($this, 'firePI'));

Parameter List

 'text'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when a special section is encountered.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireSpecialSection($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 10, array($this, 'fireSpecialSection'));

Parameter List

 'sectionid'
'text'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

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

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireStartElement($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 11, array($this, 'fireStartElement'));

Parameter List

 'namespace'
'element'
'qname'
'isempty'

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 (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fired when entering the scope of a namespace declaration.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireStartPrefixMapping($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 12, array($this, 'fireStartPrefixMapping'));

Parameter List

 'prefix'
'uri'

Remarks

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

XML Event (IPWorks_XML Class)

Fires as XML is written.

Object Oriented Interface

public function fireXML($param);

Procedural Interface

ipworks_xml_register_callback($res, 13, array($this, 'fireXML'));

Parameter List

 'text'

Remarks

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

This functionality is not yet implemented.

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)

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.