Class DXMLNode

Inherits from:

Object

Declared in:

DXML.h

Class Hierarchy

    Object
      |
      +---DXMLNode

Class Description

The DXMLNode class implements methods for storing information from a XML source in a node. The following scheme is used by the class.

       Type              Name           Value      Remarks
       ----------------------------------------------------
       DXML_ELEMENT      Name           NULL
       DXML_ATTRIBUTE    Name           value
       DXML_TEXT         #text          text       1)
       DXML_CDATA        #cdata         text       1)
       DXML_ENTITY_REF                             Not used
       DXML_ENTITY                                 Not used
       DXML_PI           target         value
       DXML_COMMENT      #comment       text       1)
       DXML_DOCUMENT     #document      value      1)
       DXML_DOC_TYPE                               Not used
       DXML_DOC_FRAGMENT                           Not used
       DXML_NOTATION                               Not used
       DXML_NAMESPACE    prefix         uri        2)
       ----------------------------------------------------
       1) Name parameter for set::: method is ignored
       2) Not present in DOM

Last modified:

23-Jul-2006 (DXML.h)

Instance Variables

private int _type

the type of the node DXML_ELEMENT .. DXML_NAMESPACE

private DText *_name

the 'name'of the node

private DText *_value

the value of the node

Method Index

• Constructors
  

  - (DXMLNode *) init

  Initialise an empty xml node

  Returns:

  the object

  - (DXMLNode *) init :(int) type :(const char *) name :(const char *) value

  Initialise a xml node with a type, a name and a value

  Parameters:

  type - the xml node type (DXML_..)
  name - the name of the node
  value - the value of the node (or NULL)
  

  Returns:

  the object

• Copy constructor
  

  - shallowCopy

  Do a shallow copy of the object

  Returns:

  the object

• Deconstructor
  

  - free

  Free the object

  Returns:

  the object

• Member methods
  

  - (const char *) name

  Return the name of the xml node

  Returns:

  the name of the node (or NULL)

  - (int) type

  Return the type of the xml node

  Returns:

  the type (DXML_ELEMENT..DXML_NOTATION)

  - (const char *) value

  Return the value of the xml node

  Returns:

  the value of the node (or NULL)

• Main method
  

  - (DXMLNode *) set :(int) type :(const char *) name :(const char *) value

  Set the xml node (see table for parameters)

  Parameters:

  type - the xml node type (DXML_..)
  name - the name of the node (or NULL)
  value - the value of the node (or NULL)
  

  Returns:

  the object