#include <tinyxml.h>
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 ).ToElement();
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 ).ToElement();
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" ).ToElement();
for( child; child; child=child->NextSiblingElement() )
{
// do something
}
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 |
| TiXmlHandle | Child (int index) const |
| TiXmlHandle | ChildElement (const char *value, int index) const |
| TiXmlHandle | ChildElement (int index) const |
| TiXmlNode * | ToNode () const |
| TiXmlElement * | ToElement () const |
| TiXmlText * | ToText () const |
| TiXmlUnknown * | ToUnknown () const |
| TiXmlNode * | Node () const |
| TiXmlElement * | Element () const |
| TiXmlText * | Text () const |
| TiXmlUnknown * | Unknown () const |
| TiXmlHandle::TiXmlHandle | ( | TiXmlNode * | _node | ) | [inline] |
Create a handle from any node (at any depth of the tree.) This can be a null pointer.
| TiXmlHandle::TiXmlHandle | ( | const TiXmlHandle & | ref | ) | [inline] |
Copy constructor.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::operator= | ( | const TiXmlHandle & | ref | ) | [inline] |
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChild | ( | ) | const |
Return a handle to the first child node.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChild | ( | const char * | value | ) | const |
Return a handle to the first child node with the given name.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChildElement | ( | ) | const |
Return a handle to the first child element.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChildElement | ( | const char * | value | ) | const |
Return a handle to the first child element with the given name.
| 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.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::Child | ( | int | index | ) | const |
Return a handle to the "index" child. The first child is 0, the second 1, etc.
| 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.
| 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.
| TiXmlNode* TiXmlHandle::ToNode | ( | ) | const [inline] |
Return the handle as a TiXmlNode. This may return null.
| TiXmlElement* TiXmlHandle::ToElement | ( | ) | const [inline] |
Return the handle as a TiXmlElement. This may return null.
| TiXmlText* TiXmlHandle::ToText | ( | ) | const [inline] |
Return the handle as a TiXmlText. This may return null.
| TiXmlUnknown* TiXmlHandle::ToUnknown | ( | ) | const [inline] |
Return the handle as a TiXmlUnknown. This may return null.
| TiXmlNode* TiXmlHandle::Node | ( | ) | const [inline] |
| TiXmlElement* TiXmlHandle::Element | ( | ) | const [inline] |
| TiXmlText* TiXmlHandle::Text | ( | ) | const [inline] |
| TiXmlUnknown* TiXmlHandle::Unknown | ( | ) | const [inline] |
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