tinyxml2::XMLHandle Class Reference

#include <tinyxml2.h>

Public Member Functions
XMLHandle	FirstChild ()
	Get the first child of this handle. More...
XMLHandle	FirstChildElement (const char *name=0)
	Get the first child element of this handle. More...
XMLHandle	LastChild ()
	Get the last child of this handle. More...
XMLHandle	LastChildElement (const char *name=0)
	Get the last child element of this handle. More...
XMLHandle	NextSibling ()
	Get the next sibling of this handle. More...
XMLHandle	NextSiblingElement (const char *name=0)
	Get the next sibling element of this handle. More...
XMLHandle &	operator= (const XMLHandle &ref)
	Assignment. More...
XMLHandle	PreviousSibling ()
	Get the previous sibling of this handle. More...
XMLHandle	PreviousSiblingElement (const char *name=0)
	Get the previous sibling element of this handle. More...
XMLDeclaration *	ToDeclaration ()
	Safe cast to XMLDeclaration. This can return null. More...
XMLElement *	ToElement ()
	Safe cast to XMLElement. This can return null. More...
XMLNode *	ToNode ()
	Safe cast to XMLNode. This can return null. More...
XMLText *	ToText ()
	Safe cast to XMLText. This can return null. More...
XMLUnknown *	ToUnknown ()
	Safe cast to XMLUnknown. This can return null. More...
	XMLHandle (const XMLHandle &ref)
	Copy constructor. More...
	XMLHandle (XMLNode &node)
	Create a handle from a node. More...
	XMLHandle (XMLNode *node)
	Create a handle from any node (at any depth of the tree.) This can be a null pointer. More...

Private Attributes
XMLNode *	_node

Detailed Description

A XMLHandle is a class that wraps a node pointer with null checks; this is an incredibly useful thing. Note that XMLHandle is not part of the TinyXML-2 DOM structure. It is a separate utility class.

Take an example:

<Document>
  <Element attributeA = "valueA">
    <Child attributeB = "value1" />
    <Child attributeB = "value2" />
  </Element>
</Document>

Assuming you want the value of "attributeB" in the 2nd "Child" element, it's very easy to write a lot of code that looks like:

XMLElement* root = document.FirstChildElement( "Document" );
if ( root )
{
  XMLElement* element = root->FirstChildElement( "Element" );
  if ( element )
  {
    XMLElement* child = element->FirstChildElement( "Child" );
    if ( child )
    {
      XMLElement* child2 = child->NextSiblingElement( "Child" );
      if ( child2 )
      {
        // Finally do something useful.

And that doesn't even cover "else" cases. XMLHandle addresses the verbosity of such code. A XMLHandle checks for null pointers so it is perfectly safe and correct to use:

XMLHandle docHandle( &document );
XMLElement* child2 = docHandle.FirstChildElement( "Document" ).FirstChildElement( "Element"
).FirstChildElement().NextSiblingElement(); if ( child2 )
{
  // do something useful

Which is MUCH more concise and useful.

It is also safe to copy handles - internally they are nothing more than node pointers.

XMLHandle handleCopy = handle;

See also XMLConstHandle, which is the same as XMLHandle, but operates on const objects.

Definition at line 2068 of file tinyxml2.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

XMLHandle() [1/3]

tinyxml2::XMLHandle::XMLHandle ( XMLNode *  node )

inlineexplicit

Create a handle from any node (at any depth of the tree.) This can be a null pointer.

Definition at line 2072 of file tinyxml2.h.

XMLHandle() [2/3]

tinyxml2::XMLHandle::XMLHandle ( XMLNode &  node )

inlineexplicit

Create a handle from a node.

Definition at line 2077 of file tinyxml2.h.

XMLHandle() [3/3]

tinyxml2::XMLHandle::XMLHandle ( const XMLHandle &  ref )

inline

Copy constructor.

Definition at line 2082 of file tinyxml2.h.

Member Function Documentation

FirstChild()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::FirstChild ( )

inline

Get the first child of this handle.

Definition at line 2094 of file tinyxml2.h.

FirstChildElement()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::FirstChildElement ( const char *  name = 0 )

inline

Get the first child element of this handle.

Definition at line 2096 of file tinyxml2.h.

LastChild()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::LastChild ( )

inline

Get the last child of this handle.

Definition at line 2101 of file tinyxml2.h.

LastChildElement()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::LastChildElement ( const char *  name = 0 )

inline

Get the last child element of this handle.

Definition at line 2103 of file tinyxml2.h.

NextSibling()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::NextSibling ( )

inline

Get the next sibling of this handle.

Definition at line 2115 of file tinyxml2.h.

NextSiblingElement()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::NextSiblingElement ( const char *  name = 0 )

inline

Get the next sibling element of this handle.

Definition at line 2117 of file tinyxml2.h.

operator=()

XMLHandle& tinyxml2::XMLHandle::operator= ( const XMLHandle &  ref )

inline

Assignment.

Definition at line 2087 of file tinyxml2.h.

PreviousSibling()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::PreviousSibling ( )

inline

Get the previous sibling of this handle.

Definition at line 2108 of file tinyxml2.h.

PreviousSiblingElement()

XMLHandle tinyxml2::XMLHandle::PreviousSiblingElement ( const char *  name = 0 )

inline

Get the previous sibling element of this handle.

Definition at line 2110 of file tinyxml2.h.

ToDeclaration()

XMLDeclaration* tinyxml2::XMLHandle::ToDeclaration ( )

inline

Safe cast to XMLDeclaration. This can return null.

Definition at line 2131 of file tinyxml2.h.

ToElement()

XMLElement* tinyxml2::XMLHandle::ToElement ( )

inline

Safe cast to XMLElement. This can return null.

Definition at line 2125 of file tinyxml2.h.

ToNode()

XMLNode* tinyxml2::XMLHandle::ToNode ( )

inline

Safe cast to XMLNode. This can return null.

Definition at line 2123 of file tinyxml2.h.

ToText()

XMLText* tinyxml2::XMLHandle::ToText ( )

inline

Safe cast to XMLText. This can return null.

Definition at line 2127 of file tinyxml2.h.

ToUnknown()

XMLUnknown* tinyxml2::XMLHandle::ToUnknown ( )

inline

Safe cast to XMLUnknown. This can return null.

Definition at line 2129 of file tinyxml2.h.

Member Data Documentation

_node

XMLNode* tinyxml2::XMLHandle::_node

private

Definition at line 2134 of file tinyxml2.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• tinyxml2.h