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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
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<class name= "XMLParser" inherits= "Reference" category= "Core" version= "3.1.2" >
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<brief_description >
Low-level class for creating parsers for XML files.
</brief_description>
<description >
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.
</description>
<tutorials >
</tutorials>
<methods >
<method name= "get_attribute_count" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "int" >
</return>
<description >
Get the amount of attributes in the current element.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_attribute_name" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "String" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "idx" type= "int" >
</argument>
<description >
Get the name of the attribute specified by the index in [code]idx[/code] argument.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_attribute_value" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "String" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "idx" type= "int" >
</argument>
<description >
Get the value of the attribute specified by the index in [code]idx[/code] argument.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_current_line" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "int" >
</return>
<description >
Get the current line in the parsed file (currently not implemented).
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_named_attribute_value" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "String" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "name" type= "String" >
</argument>
<description >
Get the value of a certain attribute of the current element by name. This will raise an error if the element has no such attribute.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_named_attribute_value_safe" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "String" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "name" type= "String" >
</argument>
<description >
Get the value of a certain attribute of the current element by name. This will return an empty [String] if the attribute is not found.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_data" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "String" >
</return>
<description >
Get the contents of a text node. This will raise an error in any other type of node.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_name" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "String" >
</return>
<description >
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Get the name of the current element node. This will raise an error if the current node type is not [constant NODE_ELEMENT] nor [constant NODE_ELEMENT_END]
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</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_offset" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "int" >
</return>
<description >
Get the byte offset of the current node since the beginning of the file or buffer.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "get_node_type" >
<return type= "int" enum= "XMLParser.NodeType" >
</return>
<description >
Get the type of the current node. Compare with [code]NODE_*[/code] constants.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "has_attribute" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "bool" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "name" type= "String" >
</argument>
<description >
Check whether or not the current element has a certain attribute.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "is_empty" qualifiers= "const" >
<return type= "bool" >
</return>
<description >
Check whether the current element is empty (this only works for completely empty tags, e.g. < element \> ).
</description>
</method>
<method name= "open" >
<return type= "int" enum= "Error" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "file" type= "String" >
</argument>
<description >
Open a XML file for parsing. This returns an error code.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "open_buffer" >
<return type= "int" enum= "Error" >
</return>
<argument index= "0" name= "buffer" type= "PoolByteArray" >
</argument>
<description >
Open a XML raw buffer for parsing. This returns an error code.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "read" >
<return type= "int" enum= "Error" >
</return>
<description >
Read the next node of the file. This returns an error code.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "seek" >
<return type= "int" enum= "Error" >
</return>
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<argument index= "0" name= "position" type= "int" >
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</argument>
<description >
Move the buffer cursor to a certain offset (since the beginning) and read the next node there. This returns an error code.
</description>
</method>
<method name= "skip_section" >
<return type= "void" >
</return>
<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)
</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_ELEMENT" value= "1" enum= "NodeType" >
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Element (tag)
</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_ELEMENT_END" value= "2" enum= "NodeType" >
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End of element
</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_TEXT" value= "3" enum= "NodeType" >
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Text node
</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_COMMENT" value= "4" enum= "NodeType" >
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Comment node
</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_CDATA" value= "5" enum= "NodeType" >
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CDATA content
</constant>
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<constant name= "NODE_UNKNOWN" value= "6" enum= "NodeType" >
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Unknown node
</constant>
</constants>
</class>