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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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<class name= "XMLParser" inherits= "Reference" version= "3.5" >
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<brief_description >
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Low-level class for creating parsers for [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML]XML[/url] files.
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</brief_description>
<description >
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This class can serve as base to make custom XML parsers. Since XML is a very flexible standard, this interface is low-level so it can be applied to any possible schema.
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</description>
<tutorials >
</tutorials>
<methods >
<method name= "get_attribute_count" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "int" />
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<description >
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Gets the amount of attributes in the current element.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_attribute_name" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "String" />
<argument index= "0" name= "idx" type= "int" />
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<description >
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Gets the name of the attribute specified by the index in [code]idx[/code] argument.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_attribute_value" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "String" />
<argument index= "0" name= "idx" type= "int" />
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<description >
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Gets the value of the attribute specified by the index in [code]idx[/code] argument.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_current_line" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "int" />
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<description >
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Gets the current line in the parsed file (currently not implemented).
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_named_attribute_value" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "String" />
<argument index= "0" name= "name" type= "String" />
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<description >
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Gets the value of a certain attribute of the current element by name. This will raise an error if the element has no such attribute.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_named_attribute_value_safe" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "String" />
<argument index= "0" name= "name" type= "String" />
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<description >
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Gets the value of a certain attribute of the current element by name. This will return an empty [String] if the attribute is not found.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_data" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "String" />
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<description >
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Gets the contents of a text node. This will raise an error in any other type of node.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_name" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "String" />
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<description >
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Gets the name of the current element node. This will raise an error if the current node type is neither [constant NODE_ELEMENT] nor [constant NODE_ELEMENT_END].
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_offset" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "int" />
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<description >
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Gets the byte offset of the current node since the beginning of the file or buffer.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_type" >
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<return type= "int" enum= "XMLParser.NodeType" />
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<description >
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Gets the type of the current node. Compare with [enum NodeType] constants.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "has_attribute" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "bool" />
<argument index= "0" name= "name" type= "String" />
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<description >
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Check whether the current element has a certain attribute.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "is_empty" qualifiers= "const" >
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<return type= "bool" />
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<description >
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Check whether the current element is empty (this only works for completely empty tags, e.g. [code]< element \> [/code]).
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "open" >
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<return type= "int" enum= "Error" />
<argument index= "0" name= "file" type= "String" />
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<description >
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Opens an XML file for parsing. This returns an error code.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "open_buffer" >
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<return type= "int" enum= "Error" />
<argument index= "0" name= "buffer" type= "PoolByteArray" />
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<description >
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Opens an XML raw buffer for parsing. This returns an error code.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "read" >
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<return type= "int" enum= "Error" />
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<description >
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Reads the next node of the file. This returns an error code.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "seek" >
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<return type= "int" enum= "Error" />
<argument index= "0" name= "position" type= "int" />
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<description >
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Moves the buffer cursor to a certain offset (since the beginning) and read the next node there. This returns an error code.
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "skip_section" >
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<return type= "void" />
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<description >
Skips the current section. If the node contains other elements, they will be ignored and the cursor will go to the closing of the current element.
</description>
</method>
</methods>
<constants >
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<constant name= "NODE_NONE" value= "0" enum= "NodeType" >
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There's no node (no file or buffer opened).
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</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_ELEMENT" value= "1" enum= "NodeType" >
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Element (tag).
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</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_ELEMENT_END" value= "2" enum= "NodeType" >
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End of element.
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</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_TEXT" value= "3" enum= "NodeType" >
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Text node.
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</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_COMMENT" value= "4" enum= "NodeType" >
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Comment node.
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</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_CDATA" value= "5" enum= "NodeType" >
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CDATA content.
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</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_UNKNOWN" value= "6" enum= "NodeType" >
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Unknown node.
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</constant>
</constants>
</class>