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TiXmlHandle Class Reference

#include <tinyxml.h>

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Detailed Description

A TiXmlHandle is a class that wraps a node pointer with null checks; this is an incredibly useful thing.

Note that TiXmlHandle is not part of the TinyXml 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:

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

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

	TiXmlHandle docHandle( &document );
	TiXmlElement* child2 = docHandle.FirstChild( "Document" ).FirstChild( "Element" ).Child( "Child", 1 ).Element();
	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.

	TiXmlHandle handleCopy = handle;
	

What they should not be used for is iteration:

	int i=0; 
	while ( true )
	{
		TiXmlElement* child = docHandle.FirstChild( "Document" ).FirstChild( "Element" ).Child( "Child", i ).Element();
		if ( !child )
			break;
		// do something
		++i;
	}
	

It seems reasonable, but it is in fact two embedded while loops. The Child method is a linear walk to find the element, so this code would iterate much more than it needs to. Instead, prefer:

	TiXmlElement* child = docHandle.FirstChild( "Document" ).FirstChild( "Element" ).FirstChild( "Child" ).Element();

	for( child; child; child=child->NextSiblingElement() )
	{
		// do something
	}
	

Definition at line 1457 of file tinyxml.h.

Public Member Functions

 TiXmlHandle (TiXmlNode *_node)
 Create a handle from any node (at any depth of the tree.) This can be a null pointer.
 TiXmlHandle (const TiXmlHandle &ref)
 Copy constructor.
TiXmlHandle operator= (const TiXmlHandle &ref)
TiXmlHandle FirstChild () const
 Return a handle to the first child node.
TiXmlHandle FirstChild (const char *value) const
 Return a handle to the first child node with the given name.
TiXmlHandle FirstChildElement () const
 Return a handle to the first child element.
TiXmlHandle FirstChildElement (const char *value) const
 Return a handle to the first child element with the given name.
TiXmlHandle Child (const char *value, int index) const
 Return a handle to the "index" child with the given name.
TiXmlHandle Child (int index) const
 Return a handle to the "index" child.
TiXmlHandle ChildElement (const char *value, int index) const
 Return a handle to the "index" child element with the given name.
TiXmlHandle ChildElement (int index) const
 Return a handle to the "index" child element.
TiXmlNodeNode () const
 Return the handle as a TiXmlNode. This may return null.
TiXmlElementElement () const
 Return the handle as a TiXmlElement. This may return null.
TiXmlTextText () const
 Return the handle as a TiXmlText. This may return null.
TiXmlUnknownUnknown () const
 Return the handle as a TiXmlUnknown. This may return null;.

Private Attributes

TiXmlNodenode


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TiXmlHandle::TiXmlHandle TiXmlNode _node  )  [inline]
 

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

Definition at line 1461 of file tinyxml.h.

Referenced by Child(), ChildElement(), FirstChild(), and FirstChildElement().

TiXmlHandle::TiXmlHandle const TiXmlHandle ref  )  [inline]
 

Copy constructor.

Definition at line 1463 of file tinyxml.h.

References node.


Member Function Documentation

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::Child int  index  )  const
 

Return a handle to the "index" child.

The first child is 0, the second 1, etc.

Definition at line 1727 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChild(), TiXmlNode::NextSibling(), node, and TiXmlHandle().

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::Child const char *  value,
int  index
const
 

Return a handle to the "index" child with the given name.

The first child is 0, the second 1, etc.

Definition at line 1746 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChild(), TiXmlNode::NextSibling(), node, TiXmlHandle(), and value.

Referenced by DMUAccelerometer::DMUAccelerometer(), DMURateGyro::DMURateGyro(), Whorl::Initialize(), MomentumWheel::Initialize(), Magnetometer::Magnetometer(), main(), WhorlHistory::Parse(), WheelHistory::Parse(), triadObserver::Parse(), QuaternionEKFObserver::Parse(), WhorlSim::SetController(), WhorlSim::SetObserver(), WhorlSim::SetOrbitController(), and WhorlSim::SetOrbitObserver().

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::ChildElement int  index  )  const
 

Return a handle to the "index" child element.

The first child element is 0, the second 1, etc. Note that only TiXmlElements are indexed: other types are not counted.

Definition at line 1765 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChildElement(), TiXmlNode::NextSiblingElement(), node, and TiXmlHandle().

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::ChildElement const char *  value,
int  index
const
 

Return a handle to the "index" child element with the given name.

The first child element is 0, the second 1, etc. Note that only TiXmlElements are indexed: other types are not counted.

Definition at line 1784 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChildElement(), TiXmlNode::NextSiblingElement(), node, TiXmlHandle(), and value.

Referenced by main().

TiXmlElement* TiXmlHandle::Element  )  const [inline]
 

Return the handle as a TiXmlElement. This may return null.

Definition at line 1505 of file tinyxml.h.

Referenced by DMUAccelerometer::DMUAccelerometer(), DMURateGyro::DMURateGyro(), Whorl::Initialize(), MomentumWheel::Initialize(), Magnetometer::Magnetometer(), main(), WhorlHistory::Parse(), WheelHistory::Parse(), triadObserver::Parse(), QuaternionEKFObserver::Parse(), WhorlSim::SetController(), WhorlSim::SetObserver(), WhorlSim::SetOrbitController(), WhorlSim::SetOrbitObserver(), and simulatorInertia().

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChild const char *  value  )  const
 

Return a handle to the first child node with the given name.

Definition at line 1691 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChild(), node, TiXmlHandle(), and value.

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChild  )  const
 

Return a handle to the first child node.

Definition at line 1679 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChild(), node, and TiXmlHandle().

Referenced by DMUAccelerometer::DMUAccelerometer(), DMURateGyro::DMURateGyro(), Whorl::Initialize(), MomentumWheel::Initialize(), Magnetometer::Magnetometer(), main(), WhorlHistory::Parse(), WheelHistory::Parse(), triadObserver::Parse(), QuaternionEKFObserver::Parse(), WhorlSim::SetController(), WhorlSim::SetObserver(), WhorlSim::SetOrbitController(), WhorlSim::SetOrbitObserver(), and simulatorInertia().

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChildElement const char *  value  )  const
 

Return a handle to the first child element with the given name.

Definition at line 1715 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChildElement(), node, TiXmlHandle(), and value.

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChildElement  )  const
 

Return a handle to the first child element.

Definition at line 1703 of file tinyxml.cpp.

References TiXmlNode::FirstChildElement(), node, and TiXmlHandle().

Referenced by main().

TiXmlNode* TiXmlHandle::Node  )  const [inline]
 

Return the handle as a TiXmlNode. This may return null.

Definition at line 1503 of file tinyxml.h.

Referenced by main().

TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::operator= const TiXmlHandle ref  )  [inline]
 

Definition at line 1464 of file tinyxml.h.

References node.

TiXmlText* TiXmlHandle::Text  )  const [inline]
 

Return the handle as a TiXmlText. This may return null.

Definition at line 1507 of file tinyxml.h.

Referenced by main().

TiXmlUnknown* TiXmlHandle::Unknown  )  const [inline]
 

Return the handle as a TiXmlUnknown. This may return null;.

Definition at line 1509 of file tinyxml.h.

Referenced by main().


Member Data Documentation

TiXmlNode* TiXmlHandle::node [private]
 

Definition at line 1512 of file tinyxml.h.

Referenced by Child(), ChildElement(), FirstChild(), FirstChildElement(), operator=(), and TiXmlHandle().


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