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/*! \mainpage XMLParser library
 * \section intro_sec Introduction
 *
 * This is a basic XML parser written in ANSI C++ for portability.
 * It works by using recursion and a node tree for breaking
 * down the elements of an XML document.

 * Copyright (c) 2002, Frank Vanden Berghen
 * All rights reserved.
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 *
 * @version     V2.39
 * @author      Frank Vanden Berghen
 *
 * \section tutorial First Tutorial
 * You can follow a simple <a href="../../xmlParser.html">Tutorial</a> to know
 the basics...
 *
 * \section usage General usage: How to include the XMLParser library inside
 your project.
 *
 * The library is composed of two files: <a
 href="../../xmlParser.cpp">xmlParser.cpp</a> and
 * <a href="../../xmlParser.h">xmlParser.h</a>. These are the ONLY 2 files that
 you need when
 * using the library inside your own projects.
 *
 * All the functions of the library are documented inside the comments of the
 file
 * <a href="../../xmlParser.h">xmlParser.h</a>. These comments can be
 transformed in
 * full-fledged HTML documentation using the DOXYGEN software: simply type:
 "doxygen doxy.cfg"
 *
 * By default, the XMLParser library uses (char*) for string representation.To
 use the (wchar_t*)
 * version of the library, you need to define the "_UNICODE" preprocessor
 definition variable
 * (this is usually done inside your project definition file) (This is done
 automatically for you
 * when using Visual Studio).
 *
 * \section example Advanced Tutorial and Many Examples of usage.
 *
 * Some very small introductory examples are described inside the Tutorial file
 * <a href="../../xmlParser.html">xmlParser.html</a>
 *
 * Some additional small examples are also inside the file <a
 href="../../xmlTest.cpp">xmlTest.cpp</a>
 * (for the "char*" version of the library) and inside the file
 * <a href="../../xmlTestUnicode.cpp">xmlTestUnicode.cpp</a> (for the "wchar_t*"
 * version of the library). If you have a question, please review these
 additionnal examples
 * before sending an e-mail to the author.
 *
 * To build the examples:
 * - linux/unix: type "make"
 * - solaris: type "make -f makefile.solaris"
 * - windows: Visual Studio: double-click on xmlParser.dsw
 *   (under Visual Studio .NET, the .dsp and .dsw files will be automatically
 converted to .vcproj and .sln files)
 *
 * In order to build the examples you need some additional files:
 * - linux/unix: makefile
 * - solaris: makefile.solaris
 * - windows: Visual Studio: *.dsp, xmlParser.dsw and also xmlParser.lib and
 xmlParser.dll
 *
 * \section debugging Debugging with the XMLParser library
 *
 * \subsection debugwin Debugging under WINDOWS
 *
 *      Inside Visual C++, the "debug versions" of the memory allocation functions
 are
 *      very slow: Do not forget to compile in "release mode" to get maximum speed.
 *      When I have to debug a software that is using the XMLParser Library, it
 was usually
 *      a nightmare because the library was sooOOOoooo slow in debug mode (because
 of the
 *  slow memory allocations in Debug mode). To solve this
 *      problem, during all the debugging session, I use a very fast DLL version
 of the
 *      XMLParser Library (the DLL is compiled in release mode). Using the DLL
 version of
 *      the XMLParser Library allows me to have lightening XML parsing speed even
 in debug!
 *      Other than that, the DLL version is useless: In the release version of my
 tool,
 *      I always use the normal, ".cpp"-based, XMLParser Library (I simply include
 the
 * <a href="../../xmlParser.cpp">xmlParser.cpp</a> and
 * <a href="../../xmlParser.h">xmlParser.h</a> files into the project).
 *
 *      The file <a href="../../XMLNodeAutoexp.txt">XMLNodeAutoexp.txt</a>
 contains some
 * "tweaks" that improve substancially the display of the content of the XMLNode
 objects
 * inside the Visual Studio Debugger. Believe me, once you have seen inside the
 debugger
 * the "smooth" display of the XMLNode objects, you cannot live without it
 anymore!
 *
 * \subsection debuglinux Debugging under LINUX/UNIX
 *
 *      The speed of the debug version of the XMLParser library is tolerable so no
 extra
 * work.has been done.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

#ifndef __INCLUDE_XML_NODE__
#define __INCLUDE_XML_NODE__

#include <cstdlib>

#ifdef _UNICODE
// If you comment the next "define" line then the library will never "switch to"
// _UNICODE (wchar_t*) mode (16/32 bits per characters).
// This is useful when you get error messages like:
//    'XMLNode::openFileHelper' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char
//    [5]' to 'const wchar_t *'
// The _XMLWIDECHAR preprocessor variable force the XMLParser library into
// either utf16/32-mode (the proprocessor variable
// must be defined) or utf8-mode(the pre-processor variable must be undefined).
#define _XMLWIDECHAR
#endif

#if defined(WIN32) || defined(UNDER_CE) || defined(_WIN32) || \
        defined(WIN64) || defined(__BORLANDC__)
// comment the next line if you are under windows and the compiler is not
// Microsoft Visual Studio (6.0 or .NET) or Borland
#define _XMLWINDOWS
#endif

#ifdef XMLDLLENTRY
#undef XMLDLLENTRY
#endif
#ifdef _USE_XMLPARSER_DLL
#ifdef _DLL_EXPORTS_
#define XMLDLLENTRY __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define XMLDLLENTRY __declspec(dllimport)
#endif
#else
#define XMLDLLENTRY
#endif

// uncomment the next line if you want no support for wchar_t* (no need for the
// <wchar.h> or <tchar.h> libraries anymore to compile)
//#define XML_NO_WIDE_CHAR

// Mod. JLBC
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#define XML_NO_WIDE_CHAR
#define strcasecmp(a, b) stricmp(a, b)
#define strncasecmp(a, b, c) _strnicmp(a, b, c)
#define _timeb timeb
#define _ftime(a) ftime(a)
#define _strnicmp(a, b, c) strnicmp(a, b, c)
#define _errno errno #endif
#endif

#ifdef XML_NO_WIDE_CHAR
#undef _XMLWINDOWS
#undef _XMLWIDECHAR
#endif

#ifdef _XMLWINDOWS
#include <tchar.h>
#else
#define XMLDLLENTRY
#ifndef XML_NO_WIDE_CHAR
#include <wchar.h>  // to have 'wcsrtombs' for ANSI version
// to have 'mbsrtowcs' for WIDECHAR version
#endif
#endif

// Some common types for char set portable code
#ifdef _XMLWIDECHAR
#define _CXML(c) L##c
#define XMLCSTR const wchar_t*
#define XMLSTR wchar_t*
#define XMLCHAR wchar_t
#else
#define _CXML(c) c
#define XMLCSTR const char*
#define XMLSTR char*
#define XMLCHAR char
#endif
#ifndef FALSE
#define FALSE 0
#endif /* FALSE */
#ifndef TRUE
#define TRUE 1
#endif /* TRUE */

/// Enumeration for XML parse errors.
typedef enum XMLError {
        eXMLErrorNone = 0,
        eXMLErrorMissingEndTag,
        eXMLErrorNoXMLTagFound,
        eXMLErrorEmpty,
        eXMLErrorMissingTagName,
        eXMLErrorMissingEndTagName,
        eXMLErrorUnmatchedEndTag,
        eXMLErrorUnmatchedEndClearTag,
        eXMLErrorUnexpectedToken,
        eXMLErrorNoElements,
        eXMLErrorFileNotFound,
        eXMLErrorFirstTagNotFound,
        eXMLErrorUnknownCharacterEntity,
        eXMLErrorCharacterCodeAbove255,
        eXMLErrorCharConversionError,
        eXMLErrorCannotOpenWriteFile,
        eXMLErrorCannotWriteFile,

        eXMLErrorBase64DataSizeIsNotMultipleOf4,
        eXMLErrorBase64DecodeIllegalCharacter,
        eXMLErrorBase64DecodeTruncatedData,
        eXMLErrorBase64DecodeBufferTooSmall
} XMLError;

/// Enumeration used to manage type of data. Use in conjunction with structure
/// XMLNodeContents
typedef enum XMLElementType {
        eNodeChild = 0,
        eNodeAttribute = 1,
        eNodeText = 2,
        eNodeClear = 3,
        eNodeNULL = 4
} XMLElementType;

/// Structure used to obtain error details if the parse fails.
typedef struct XMLResults
{
        enum XMLError error;
        int nLine, nColumn;
} XMLResults;

/// Structure for XML clear (unformatted) node (usually comments)
typedef struct XMLClear
{
        XMLCSTR lpszValue;
        XMLCSTR lpszOpenTag;
        XMLCSTR lpszCloseTag;
} XMLClear;

/// Structure for XML attribute.
typedef struct XMLAttribute
{
        XMLCSTR lpszName;
        XMLCSTR lpszValue;
} XMLAttribute;

/// XMLElementPosition are not interchangeable with simple indexes
typedef int XMLElementPosition;

struct XMLNodeContents;

/** @defgroup XMLParserGeneral The XML parser */

/// Main Class representing a XML node
/**
 * All operations are performed using this class.
 * \note The constructors of the XMLNode class are protected, so use instead one
 * of these four methods to get your first instance of XMLNode:
 * <ul>
 *    <li> XMLNode::parseString </li>
 *    <li> XMLNode::parseFile </li>
 *    <li> XMLNode::openFileHelper </li>
 *    <li> XMLNode::createXMLTopNode (or XMLNode::createXMLTopNode_WOSD)</li>
 * </ul> */
typedef struct XMLDLLENTRY XMLNode
{
   private:
        struct XMLNodeDataTag;

        /// Constructors are protected, so use instead one of: XMLNode::parseString,
        /// XMLNode::parseFile, XMLNode::openFileHelper, XMLNode::createXMLTopNode
        XMLNode(
                struct XMLNodeDataTag* pParent, XMLSTR lpszName, char isDeclaration);
        /// Constructors are protected, so use instead one of: XMLNode::parseString,
        /// XMLNode::parseFile, XMLNode::openFileHelper, XMLNode::createXMLTopNode
        XMLNode(struct XMLNodeDataTag* p);

   public:
        static XMLCSTR
                getVersion();  ///< Return the XMLParser library version number

        /** @defgroup conversions Parsing XML files/strings to an XMLNode structure
         * and Rendering XMLNode's to files/string.
         * @ingroup XMLParserGeneral
         * @{ */

        /// Parse an XML string and return the root of a XMLNode tree representing
        /// the string.
        static XMLNode parseString(
                XMLCSTR lpXMLString, XMLCSTR tag = nullptr,
                XMLResults* pResults = nullptr);
        /**< The "parseString" function parse an XML string and return the root of a
         * XMLNode tree. The "opposite" of this function is
         * the function "createXMLString" that re-creates an XML string from an
         * XMLNode tree. If the XML document is corrupted, the
         * "parseString" method will initialize the "pResults" variable with some
         * information that can be used to trace the error.
         * If you still want to parse the file, you can use the APPROXIMATE_PARSING
         * option as explained inside the note at the
         * beginning of the "xmlParser.cpp" file.
         *
         * @param lpXMLString the XML string to parse
         * @param tag  the name of the first tag inside the XML file. If the tag
         * parameter is omitted, this function returns a node that represents the
         * head of the xml document including the declaration term (<? ... ?>).
         * @param pResults a pointer to a XMLResults variable that will contain some
         * information that can be used to trace the XML parsing error. You can have
         * a user-friendly explanation of the parsing error with the "getError"
         * function.
         */

        /// Parse an XML file and return the root of a XMLNode tree representing the
        /// file.
        static XMLNode parseFile(
                XMLCSTR filename, XMLCSTR tag = nullptr,
                XMLResults* pResults = nullptr);
        /**< The "parseFile" function parse an XML file and return the root of a
         * XMLNode tree. The "opposite" of this function is
         * the function "writeToFile" that re-creates an XML file from an XMLNode
         * tree. If the XML document is corrupted, the
         * "parseFile" method will initialize the "pResults" variable with some
         * information that can be used to trace the error.
         * If you still want to parse the file, you can use the APPROXIMATE_PARSING
         * option as explained inside the note at the
         * beginning of the "xmlParser.cpp" file.
         *
         * @param filename the path to the XML file to parse
         * @param tag the name of the first tag inside the XML file. If the tag
         * parameter is omitted, this function returns a node that represents the
         * head of the xml document including the declaration term (<? ... ?>).
         * @param pResults a pointer to a XMLResults variable that will contain some
         * information that can be used to trace the XML parsing error. You can have
         * a user-friendly explanation of the parsing error with the "getError"
         * function.
         */

        /// Parse an XML file and return the root of a XMLNode tree representing the
        /// file. A very crude error checking is made. An attempt to guess the Char
        /// Encoding used in the file is made.
        static XMLNode openFileHelper(XMLCSTR filename, XMLCSTR tag = nullptr);
        /**< The "openFileHelper" function reports to the screen all the warnings
         * and errors that occurred during parsing of the XML file.
         * This function also tries to guess char Encoding (UTF-8, ASCII or
         * SHIT-JIS) based on the first 200 bytes of the file. Since each
         * application has its own way to report and deal with errors, you should
         * rather use the "parseFile" function to parse XML files
         * and program yourself thereafter an "error reporting" tailored for your
         * needs (instead of using the very crude "error reporting"
         * mechanism included inside the "openFileHelper" function).
         *
         * If the XML document is corrupted, the "openFileHelper" method will:
         *         - display an error message on the console (or inside a messageBox
         * for windows).
         *         - stop execution (exit).
         *
         * I strongly suggest that you write your own "openFileHelper" method
         * tailored to your needs. If you still want to parse
         * the file, you can use the APPROXIMATE_PARSING option as explained inside
         * the note at the beginning of the "xmlParser.cpp" file.
         *
         * @param filename the path of the XML file to parse.
         * @param tag the name of the first tag inside the XML file. If the tag
         * parameter is omitted, this function returns a node that represents the
         * head of the xml document including the declaration term (<? ... ?>).
         */

        static XMLCSTR getError(XMLError error);  ///< this gives you a
        /// user-friendly explanation of
        /// the parsing error

        /// Create an XML string starting from the current XMLNode.
        XMLSTR createXMLString(int nFormat = 1, int* pnSize = nullptr) const;
        /**< The returned string should be free'd using the "freeXMLString"
         * function.
         *
         *   If nFormat==0, no formatting is required otherwise this returns an user
         * friendly XML string from a given element
         *   with appropriate white spaces and carriage returns. if pnSize is given
         * it returns the size in character of the string. */

        /// Save the content of an xmlNode inside a file
        XMLError writeToFile(
                XMLCSTR filename, const char* encoding = nullptr,
                char nFormat = 1) const;
        /**< If nFormat==0, no formatting is required otherwise this returns an user
         * friendly XML string from a given element with appropriate white spaces
         * and carriage returns.
         * If the global parameter "characterEncoding==encoding_UTF8", then the
         * "encoding" parameter is ignored and always set to "utf-8".
         * If the global parameter "characterEncoding==encoding_ShiftJIS", then the
         * "encoding" parameter is ignored and always set to "SHIFT-JIS".
         * If "_XMLWIDECHAR=1", then the "encoding" parameter is ignored and always
         * set to "utf-16".
         * If no "encoding" parameter is given the "ISO-8859-1" encoding is used. */
        /** @} */

        /** @defgroup navigate Navigate the XMLNode structure
         * @ingroup XMLParserGeneral
         * @{ */
        XMLCSTR getName() const;  ///< name of the node
        XMLCSTR getText(int i = 0) const;  ///< return ith text field
        int nText() const;  ///< nbr of text field
        XMLNode getParentNode() const;  ///< return the parent node
        XMLNode getChildNode(int i = 0) const;  ///< return ith child node
        XMLNode getChildNode(XMLCSTR name, int i) const;  ///< return ith child node
        /// with specific name
        ///(return an empty node
        /// if failing). If i==-1,
        /// this returns the last
        /// XMLNode with the given
        /// name.
        XMLNode getChildNode(XMLCSTR name, int* i = nullptr) const;  ///< return
        /// next child
        /// node with
        /// specific
        /// name (return
        /// an empty
        /// node if
        /// failing)
        XMLNode getChildNodeWithAttribute(
                XMLCSTR tagName, XMLCSTR attributeName,
                XMLCSTR attributeValue = nullptr,
                int* i = nullptr) const;  ///< return child node with specific
        /// name/attribute (return an empty node if
        /// failing)
        XMLNode getChildNodeByPath(
                XMLSTR path, char createNodeIfMissing = 0, XMLCHAR sep = '/');
        ///< return the first child node with specific path. WARNING: the value of
        /// the parameter "path" is destroyed!
        XMLNode getChildNodeByPath(
                XMLCSTR path, char createNodeIfMissing = 0, XMLCHAR sep = '/');
        ///< return the first child node with specific path

        int nChildNode(XMLCSTR name)
                const;  ///< return the number of child node with specific name
        int nChildNode() const;  ///< nbr of child node
        XMLAttribute getAttribute(int i = 0) const;  ///< return ith attribute
        XMLCSTR getAttributeName(int i = 0) const;  ///< return ith attribute name
        XMLCSTR getAttributeValue(int i = 0) const;  ///< return ith attribute value
        char isAttributeSet(XMLCSTR name)
                const;  ///< test if an attribute with a specific name is given
        XMLCSTR getAttribute(XMLCSTR name, int i) const;  ///< return ith attribute
        /// content with specific
        /// name (return a nullptr
        /// if failing)
        XMLCSTR getAttribute(XMLCSTR name, int* i = nullptr) const;  ///< return
        /// next
        /// attribute
        /// content with
        /// specific
        /// name (return
        /// a nullptr if
        /// failing)
        int nAttribute() const;  ///< nbr of attribute
        XMLClear getClear(int i = 0) const;  ///< return ith clear field (comments)
        int nClear() const;  ///< nbr of clear field
        XMLNodeContents enumContents(XMLElementPosition i)
                const;  ///< enumerate all the different contents (attribute,child,text,
        /// clear) of the current XMLNode. The order is reflecting the
        /// order of the original file/string. NOTE: 0 <= i < nElement();
        int nElement() const;  ///< nbr of different contents for current node
        char isEmpty() const;  ///< is this node Empty?
        char isDeclaration() const;  ///< is this node a declaration <? .... ?>
        XMLNode deepCopy() const;  ///< deep copy (duplicate/clone) a XMLNode
        static XMLNode emptyNode();  ///< return XMLNode::emptyXMLNode;
        /** @} */

        ~XMLNode();
        XMLNode(const XMLNode& A);  ///< to allow shallow/fast copy:
        XMLNode& operator=(const XMLNode& A);  ///< to allow shallow/fast copy:

        XMLNode() : d(nullptr){};
        static XMLNode emptyXMLNode;
        static XMLClear emptyXMLClear;
        static XMLAttribute emptyXMLAttribute;

        /** @defgroup xmlModify Create or Update the XMLNode structure
         * @ingroup XMLParserGeneral
         *  The functions in this group allows you to create from scratch (or
         * update) a XMLNode structure. Start by creating your top
         *  node with the "createXMLTopNode" function and then add new nodes with
         * the "addChild" function. The parameter 'pos' gives
         *  the position where the childNode, the text or the XMLClearTag will be
         * inserted. The default value (pos=-1) inserts at the
         *  end. The value (pos=0) insert at the beginning (Insertion at the
         * beginning is slower than at the end). <br>
         *
         *  REMARK: 0 <= pos < nChild()+nText()+nClear() <br>
         */

        /** @defgroup creation Creating from scratch a XMLNode structure
         * @ingroup xmlModify
         * @{ */
        static XMLNode createXMLTopNode(
                XMLCSTR lpszName,
                char isDeclaration =
                        FALSE);  ///< Create the top node of an XMLNode structure
        XMLNode addChild(
                XMLCSTR lpszName, char isDeclaration = FALSE,
                XMLElementPosition pos = -1);  ///< Add a new child node
        XMLNode addChild(
                XMLNode nodeToAdd,
                XMLElementPosition pos = -1);  ///< If the "nodeToAdd" has some parents,
        /// it will be detached from it's parents
        /// before being attached to the current
        /// XMLNode
        XMLAttribute* addAttribute(
                XMLCSTR lpszName, XMLCSTR lpszValuev);  ///< Add a new attribute
        XMLCSTR addText(
                XMLCSTR lpszValue,
                XMLElementPosition pos = -1);  ///< Add a new text content
        XMLClear* addClear(
                XMLCSTR lpszValue, XMLCSTR lpszOpen = nullptr,
                XMLCSTR lpszClose = nullptr, XMLElementPosition pos = -1);
        /**< Add a new clear tag
         * @param lpszOpen default value "<![CDATA["
         * @param lpszClose default value "]]>"
         */
        /** @} */

        /** @defgroup xmlUpdate Updating Nodes
         * @ingroup xmlModify
         * Some update functions:
         * @{
         */
        XMLCSTR updateName(XMLCSTR lpszName);  ///< change node's name
        XMLAttribute* updateAttribute(
                XMLAttribute* newAttribute,
                XMLAttribute* oldAttribute);  ///< if the attribute to update is
        /// missing, a new one will be added
        XMLAttribute* updateAttribute(
                XMLCSTR lpszNewValue, XMLCSTR lpszNewName = nullptr,
                int i = 0);  ///< if the attribute to update is missing, a new one will
        /// be added
        XMLAttribute* updateAttribute(
                XMLCSTR lpszNewValue, XMLCSTR lpszNewName,
                XMLCSTR lpszOldName);  ///< set lpszNewName=nullptr if you don't want to
        /// change the name of the attribute if the
        /// attribute to update is missing, a new one will
        /// be added
        XMLCSTR updateText(XMLCSTR lpszNewValue, int i = 0);  ///< if the text to
        /// update is missing,
        /// a new one will be
        /// added
        XMLCSTR updateText(XMLCSTR lpszNewValue, XMLCSTR lpszOldValue);  ///< if the
        /// text to
        /// update
        /// is
        /// missing,
        /// a new
        /// one will
        /// be added
        XMLClear* updateClear(XMLCSTR lpszNewContent, int i = 0);  ///< if the
        /// clearTag to
        /// update is
        /// missing, a new
        /// one will be
        /// added
        XMLClear* updateClear(XMLClear* newP, XMLClear* oldP);  ///< if the clearTag
        /// to update is
        /// missing, a new
        /// one will be added
        XMLClear* updateClear(
                XMLCSTR lpszNewValue, XMLCSTR lpszOldValue);  ///< if the clearTag to
        /// update is missing, a
        /// new one will be added
        /** @} */

        /** @defgroup xmlDelete Deleting Nodes or Attributes
         * @ingroup xmlModify
         * Some deletion functions:
         * @{
         */
        /// The "deleteNodeContent" function forces the deletion of the content of
        /// this XMLNode and the subtree.
        void deleteNodeContent();
        /**< \note The XMLNode instances that are referring to the part of the
         * subtree that has been deleted CANNOT be used anymore!!. Unexpected
         * results will occur if you continue using them. */
        void deleteAttribute(
                int i = 0);  ///< Delete the ith attribute of the current XMLNode
        void deleteAttribute(XMLCSTR lpszName);  ///< Delete the attribute with the
        /// given name (the "strcmp"
        /// function is used to find the
        /// right attribute)
        void deleteAttribute(XMLAttribute* anAttribute);  ///< Delete the attribute
        /// with the name
        ///"anAttribute->lpszName"
        ///(the "strcmp" function
        /// is used to find the
        /// right attribute)
        void deleteText(
                int i = 0);  ///< Delete the Ith text content of the current XMLNode
        void deleteText(XMLCSTR lpszValue);  ///< Delete the text content
        ///"lpszValue" inside the current
        /// XMLNode (direct "pointer-to-pointer"
        /// comparison is used to find the right
        /// text)
        void deleteClear(
                int i = 0);  ///< Delete the Ith clear tag inside the current XMLNode
        void deleteClear(XMLCSTR lpszValue);  ///< Delete the clear tag "lpszValue"
        /// inside the current XMLNode (direct
        ///"pointer-to-pointer" comparison is
        /// used to find the clear tag)
        void deleteClear(XMLClear* p);  ///< Delete the clear tag "p" inside the
        /// current XMLNode (direct
        ///"pointer-to-pointer" comparison on the
        /// lpszName of the clear tag is used to find
        /// the clear tag)
        /** @} */

        /** @defgroup xmlWOSD ???_WOSD functions.
         * @ingroup xmlModify
         *  The strings given as parameters for the "add" and "update" methods that
         * have a name with
         *  the postfix "_WOSD" (that means "WithOut String Duplication")(for
         * example "addText_WOSD")
         *  will be free'd by the XMLNode class. For example, it means that this is
         * incorrect:
         *  \code
         *     xNode.addText_WOSD("foo");
         *     xNode.updateAttribute_WOSD("#newcolor" ,nullptr,"color");
         *  \endcode
         *  In opposition, this is correct:
         *  \code
         *     xNode.addText("foo");
         *     xNode.addText_WOSD(stringDup("foo"));
         *     xNode.updateAttribute("#newcolor" ,nullptr,"color");
         *     xNode.updateAttribute_WOSD(stringDup("#newcolor"),nullptr,"color");
         *  \endcode
         *  Typically, you will never do:
         *  \code
         *     char *b=(char*)malloc(...);
         *     xNode.addText(b);
         *     free(b);
         *  \endcode
         *  ... but rather:
         *  \code
         *     char *b=(char*)malloc(...);
         *     xNode.addText_WOSD(b);
         *  \endcode
         *  ('free(b)' is performed by the XMLNode class)
         * @{ */
        static XMLNode createXMLTopNode_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszName,
                char isDeclaration =
                        FALSE);  ///< Create the top node of an XMLNode structure
        XMLNode addChild_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszName, char isDeclaration = FALSE,
                XMLElementPosition pos = -1);  ///< Add a new child node
        XMLAttribute* addAttribute_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszName, XMLSTR lpszValue);  ///< Add a new attribute
        XMLCSTR addText_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszValue,
                XMLElementPosition pos = -1);  ///< Add a new text content
        XMLClear* addClear_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszValue, XMLCSTR lpszOpen = nullptr,
                XMLCSTR lpszClose = nullptr,
                XMLElementPosition pos = -1);  ///< Add a new clear Tag

        XMLCSTR updateName_WOSD(XMLSTR lpszName);  ///< change node's name
        XMLAttribute* updateAttribute_WOSD(
                XMLAttribute* newAttribute,
                XMLAttribute* oldAttribute);  ///< if the attribute to update is
        /// missing, a new one will be added
        XMLAttribute* updateAttribute_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszNewValue, XMLSTR lpszNewName = nullptr,
                int i = 0);  ///< if the attribute to update is missing, a new one will
        /// be added
        XMLAttribute* updateAttribute_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszNewValue, XMLSTR lpszNewName,
                XMLCSTR lpszOldName);  ///< set lpszNewName=nullptr if you don't want to
        /// change the name of the attribute if the
        /// attribute to update is missing, a new one will
        /// be added
        XMLCSTR updateText_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszNewValue,
                int i =
                        0);  ///< if the text to update is missing, a new one will be added
        XMLCSTR updateText_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszNewValue, XMLCSTR lpszOldValue);  ///< if the text to update
        /// is missing, a new one
        /// will be added
        XMLClear* updateClear_WOSD(XMLSTR lpszNewContent, int i = 0);  ///< if the
        /// clearTag
        /// to update
        /// is
        /// missing, a
        /// new one
        /// will be
        /// added
        XMLClear* updateClear_WOSD(XMLClear* newP, XMLClear* oldP);  ///< if the
        /// clearTag to
        /// update is
        /// missing, a
        /// new one will
        /// be added
        XMLClear* updateClear_WOSD(
                XMLSTR lpszNewValue, XMLCSTR lpszOldValue);  ///< if the clearTag to
        /// update is missing, a new
        /// one will be added
        /** @} */

        /** @defgroup xmlPosition Position helper functions (use in conjunction with
         * the update&add functions
         * @ingroup xmlModify
         * These are some useful functions when you want to insert a childNode, a
         * text or a XMLClearTag in the
         * middle (at a specified position) of a XMLNode tree already constructed.
         * The value returned by these
         * methods is to be used as last parameter (parameter 'pos') of addChild,
         * addText or addClear.
         * @{ */
        XMLElementPosition positionOfText(int i = 0) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfText(XMLCSTR lpszValue) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfClear(int i = 0) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfClear(XMLCSTR lpszValue) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfClear(XMLClear* a) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfChildNode(int i = 0) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfChildNode(XMLNode x) const;
        XMLElementPosition positionOfChildNode(
                XMLCSTR name, int i = 0) const;  ///< return the position of the ith
        /// childNode with the specified name if
        ///(name==nullptr) return the position
        /// of the ith childNode
        /** @} */

        /// Enumeration for XML character encoding.
        typedef enum XMLCharEncoding {
                char_encoding_error = 0,
                char_encoding_UTF8 = 1,
                char_encoding_legacy = 2,
                char_encoding_ShiftJIS = 3,
                char_encoding_GB2312 = 4,
                char_encoding_Big5 = 5,
                char_encoding_GBK = 6  // this is actually the same as Big5
        } XMLCharEncoding;

        /** \addtogroup conversions
         * @{ */

        /// Sets the global options for the conversions
        static char setGlobalOptions(
                XMLCharEncoding characterEncoding = XMLNode::char_encoding_UTF8,
                char guessWideCharChars = 1, char dropWhiteSpace = 1,
                char removeCommentsInMiddleOfText = 1);
        /**< The "setGlobalOptions" function allows you to change four global
         * parameters that affect string & file
         * parsing. First of all, you most-probably will never have to change these
         * 3 global parameters.
         *
         * @param guessWideCharChars If "guessWideCharChars"=1 and if this library
         * is compiled in WideChar mode, then the
         *     XMLNode::parseFile and XMLNode::openFileHelper functions will test if
         * the file contains ASCII
         *     characters. If this is the case, then the file will be loaded and
         * converted in memory to
         *     WideChar before being parsed. If 0, no conversion will be performed.
         *
         * @param guessWideCharChars If "guessWideCharChars"=1 and if this library
         * is compiled in ASCII/UTF8/char* mode, then the
         *     XMLNode::parseFile and XMLNode::openFileHelper functions will test if
         * the file contains WideChar
         *     characters. If this is the case, then the file will be loaded and
         * converted in memory to
         *     ASCII/UTF8/char* before being parsed. If 0, no conversion will be
         * performed.
         *
         * @param characterEncoding This parameter is only meaningful when compiling
         * in char* mode (multibyte character mode).
         *     In wchar_t* (wide char mode), this parameter is ignored. This
         * parameter should be one of the
         *     three currently recognized encodings: XMLNode::encoding_UTF8,
         * XMLNode::encoding_ascii,
         *     XMLNode::encoding_ShiftJIS.
         *
         * @param dropWhiteSpace In most situations, text fields containing only
         * white spaces (and carriage returns)
         *     are useless. Even more, these "empty" text fields are annoying
         * because they increase the
         *     complexity of the user's code for parsing. So, 99% of the time, it's
         * better to drop
         *     the "empty" text fields. However The XML specification indicates that
         * no white spaces
         *     should be lost when parsing the file. So to be perfectly
         * XML-compliant, you should set
         *     dropWhiteSpace=0. A note of caution: if you set "dropWhiteSpace=0",
         * the parser will be
         *     slower and your code will be more complex.
         *
         * @param removeCommentsInMiddleOfText To explain this parameter, let's
         * consider this code:
         * \code
         *        XMLNode x=XMLNode::parseString("<a>foo<!-- hello -->bar<!DOCTYPE
         * world >chu</a>","a");
         * \endcode
         *     If removeCommentsInMiddleOfText=0, then we will have:
         * \code
         *        x.getText(0) -> "foo"
         *        x.getText(1) -> "bar"
         *        x.getText(2) -> "chu"
         *        x.getClear(0) --> "<!-- hello -->"
         *        x.getClear(1) --> "<!DOCTYPE world >"
         * \endcode
         *     If removeCommentsInMiddleOfText=1, then we will have:
         * \code
         *        x.getText(0) -> "foobar"
         *        x.getText(1) -> "chu"
         *        x.getClear(0) --> "<!DOCTYPE world >"
         * \endcode
         *
         * \return "0" when there are no errors. If you try to set an unrecognized
         * encoding then the return value will be "1" to signal an error.
         *
         * \note Sometime, it's useful to set "guessWideCharChars=0" to disable any
         * conversion
         * because the test to detect the file-type (ASCII/UTF8/char* or WideChar)
         * may fail (rarely). */

        /// Guess the character encoding of the string (ascii, utf8 or shift-JIS)
        static XMLCharEncoding guessCharEncoding(
                void* buffer, int bufLen, char useXMLEncodingAttribute = 1);
        /**< The "guessCharEncoding" function try to guess the character encoding.
         * You most-probably will never
         * have to use this function. It then returns the appropriate value of the
         * global parameter
         * "characterEncoding" described in the XMLNode::setGlobalOptions. The guess
         * is based on the content of a buffer of length
         * "bufLen" bytes that contains the first bytes (minimum 25 bytes; 200 bytes
         * is a good value) of the
         * file to be parsed. The XMLNode::openFileHelper function is using this
         * function to automatically compute
         * the value of the "characterEncoding" global parameter. There are several
         * heuristics used to do the
         * guess. One of the heuristic is based on the "encoding" attribute. The
         * original XML specifications
         * forbids to use this attribute to do the guess but you can still use it if
         * you set
         * "useXMLEncodingAttribute" to 1 (this is the default behavior and the
         * behavior of most parsers).
         * If an inconsistency in the encoding is detected, then the return value is
         * "0". */
        /** @} */

   private:
        // these are functions and structures used internally by the XMLNode class
        // (don't bother about them):

        typedef struct XMLNodeDataTag  // to allow shallow copy and
        // "intelligent/smart" pointers (automatic
        // delete):
        {
                XMLCSTR lpszName;  // Element name (=nullptr if root)
                int nChild,  // Number of child nodes
                        nText,  // Number of text fields
                        nClear,  // Number of Clear fields (comments)
                        nAttribute;  // Number of attributes
                char isDeclaration;  // Whether node is an XML declaration - '<?xml ?>'
                struct XMLNodeDataTag*
                        pParent;  // Pointer to parent element (=nullptr if root)
                XMLNode* pChild;  // Array of child nodes
                XMLCSTR* pText;  // Array of text fields
                XMLClear* pClear;  // Array of clear fields
                XMLAttribute* pAttribute;  // Array of attributes
                int* pOrder;  // order of the child_nodes,text_fields,clear_fields
                int ref_count;  // for garbage collection (smart pointers)
        } XMLNodeData;
        XMLNodeData* d;

        char parseClearTag(void* px, void* pa);
        char maybeAddTxT(void* pa, XMLCSTR tokenPStr);
        int ParseXMLElement(void* pXML);
        void* addToOrder(
                int memInc, int* _pos, int nc, void* p, int size, XMLElementType xtype);
        int indexText(XMLCSTR lpszValue) const;
        int indexClear(XMLCSTR lpszValue) const;
        XMLNode addChild_priv(int, XMLSTR, char, int);
        XMLAttribute* addAttribute_priv(int, XMLSTR, XMLSTR);
        XMLCSTR addText_priv(int, XMLSTR, int);
        XMLClear* addClear_priv(int, XMLSTR, XMLCSTR, XMLCSTR, int);
        void emptyTheNode(char force);
        static inline XMLElementPosition findPosition(
                XMLNodeData* d, int index, XMLElementType xtype);
        static int CreateXMLStringR(
                XMLNodeData* pEntry, XMLSTR lpszMarker, int nFormat);
        static int removeOrderElement(XMLNodeData* d, XMLElementType t, int index);
        static void exactMemory(XMLNodeData* d);
        static int detachFromParent(XMLNodeData* d);
} XMLNode;

/// This structure is given by the function XMLNode::enumContents.
typedef struct XMLNodeContents
{
        /// This dictates what's the content of the XMLNodeContent
        enum XMLElementType etype;
        /**< should be an union to access the appropriate data. Compiler does not
         * allow union of object with constructor... too bad. */
        XMLNode child;
        XMLAttribute attrib;
        XMLCSTR text;
        XMLClear clear;

} XMLNodeContents;

/** @defgroup StringAlloc String Allocation/Free functions
 * @ingroup xmlModify
 * @{ */
/// Duplicate (copy in a new allocated buffer) the source string.
XMLDLLENTRY XMLSTR stringDup(XMLCSTR source, int cbData = -1);
/**< This is
 * a very handy function when used with all the "XMLNode::*_WOSD" functions
 * (\link xmlWOSD \endlink).
 * @param cbData If !=0 then cbData is the number of chars to duplicate. New
 * strings allocated with
 * this function should be free'd using the "freeXMLString" function. */

/// to free the string allocated inside the "stringDup" function or the
/// "createXMLString" function.
XMLDLLENTRY void freeXMLString(XMLSTR t);  // {free(t);}
/** @} */

/** @defgroup atoX ato? like functions
 * @ingroup XMLParserGeneral
 * The "xmlto?" functions are equivalents to the atoi, atol, atof functions.
 * The only difference is: If the variable "xmlString" is nullptr, than the
 * return value
 * is "defautValue". These 6 functions are only here as "convenience" functions
 * for the
 * user (they are not used inside the XMLparser). If you don't need them, you
 * can
 * delete them without any trouble.
 *
 * @{ */
XMLDLLENTRY char xmltob(XMLCSTR xmlString, char defautValue = 0);
XMLDLLENTRY int xmltoi(XMLCSTR xmlString, int defautValue = 0);
XMLDLLENTRY long xmltol(XMLCSTR xmlString, long defautValue = 0);
XMLDLLENTRY double xmltof(XMLCSTR xmlString, double defautValue = .0);
XMLDLLENTRY XMLCSTR xmltoa(XMLCSTR xmlString, XMLCSTR defautValue = _CXML(""));
XMLDLLENTRY XMLCHAR
        xmltoc(XMLCSTR xmlString, XMLCHAR defautValue = _CXML('\0'));
/** @} */

/** @defgroup ToXMLStringTool Helper class to create XML files using "printf",
 * "fprintf", "cout",... functions.
 * @ingroup XMLParserGeneral
 * @{ */
/// Helper class to create XML files using "printf", "fprintf", "cout",...
/// functions.
/** The ToXMLStringTool class helps you creating XML files using "printf",
 * "fprintf", "cout",... functions.
 * The "ToXMLStringTool" class is processing strings so that all the characters
 * &,",',<,> are replaced by their XML equivalent:
 * \verbatim &amp;, &quot;, &apos;, &lt;, &gt; \endverbatim
 * Using the "ToXMLStringTool class" and the "fprintf function" is THE most
 * efficient
 * way to produce VERY large XML documents VERY fast.
 * \note If you are creating from scratch an XML file using the provided XMLNode
 * class
 * you must not use the "ToXMLStringTool" class (because the "XMLNode" class
 * does the
 * processing job for you during rendering).*/
typedef struct XMLDLLENTRY ToXMLStringTool
{
   public:
        ToXMLStringTool() : buf(nullptr), buflen(0) {}
        ~ToXMLStringTool();
        void freeBuffer();  ///<call this function when you have finished using this
        /// object to release memory used by the internal buffer.

        XMLSTR toXML(XMLCSTR source);  ///< returns a pointer to an internal buffer
        /// that contains a XML-encoded string based
        /// on the "source" parameter.

        /** The "toXMLUnSafe" function is deprecated because there is a possibility
         * of
         * "destination-buffer-overflow". It converts the string
         * "source" to the string "dest". */
        static XMLSTR toXMLUnSafe(
                XMLSTR dest, XMLCSTR source);  ///< deprecated: use "toXML" instead
        static int lengthXMLString(
                XMLCSTR source);  ///< deprecated: use "toXML" instead

   private:
        XMLSTR buf;
        int buflen;
} ToXMLStringTool;
/** @} */

/** @defgroup XMLParserBase64Tool Helper class to include binary data inside XML
 * strings using "Base64 encoding".
 * @ingroup XMLParserGeneral
 * @{ */
/// Helper class to include binary data inside XML strings using "Base64
/// encoding".
/** The "XMLParserBase64Tool" class allows you to include any binary data
 * (images, sounds,...)
 * into an XML document using "Base64 encoding". This class is completely
 * separated from the rest of the xmlParser library and can be removed without
 * any problem.
 * To include some binary data into an XML file, you must convert the binary
 * data into
 * standard text (using "encode"). To retrieve the original binary data from the
 * b64-encoded text included inside the XML file, use "decode". Alternatively,
 * these
 * functions can also be used to "encrypt/decrypt" some critical data contained
 * inside
 * the XML (it's not a strong encryption at all, but sometimes it can be
 * useful). */
typedef struct XMLDLLENTRY XMLParserBase64Tool
{
   public:
        XMLParserBase64Tool() : buf(nullptr), buflen(0) {}
        ~XMLParserBase64Tool();
        void freeBuffer();  ///< Call this function when you have finished using
        /// this object to release memory used by the internal
        /// buffer.

        /**
         * @param formatted If "formatted"=true, some space will be reserved for a
         * carriage-return every 72 chars. */
        static int encodeLength(int inBufLen, char formatted = 0);  ///< return the
        /// length of the
        /// base64 string
        /// that encodes
        /// a data buffer
        /// of size
        /// inBufLen
        /// bytes.

        /**
         * The "base64Encode" function returns a string containing the base64
         * encoding of "inByteLen" bytes
         * from "inByteBuf". If "formatted" parameter is true, then there will be a
         * carriage-return every 72 chars.
         * The string will be free'd when the XMLParserBase64Tool object is deleted.
         * All returned strings are sharing the same memory space. */
        XMLSTR encode(
                unsigned char* inByteBuf, unsigned int inByteLen,
                char formatted = 0);  ///< returns a pointer to an internal buffer
        /// containing the base64 string containing the
        /// binary data encoded from "inByteBuf"

        /// returns the number of bytes which will be decoded from "inString".
        static unsigned int decodeSize(XMLCSTR inString, XMLError* xe = nullptr);

        /**
         * The "decode" function returns a pointer to a buffer containing the binary
         * data decoded from "inString"
         * The output buffer will be free'd when the XMLParserBase64Tool object is
         * deleted.
         * All output buffer are sharing the same memory space.
         * @param inString If "instring" is malformed, nullptr will be returned */
        unsigned char* decode(
                XMLCSTR inString, int* outByteLen = nullptr,
                XMLError* xe = nullptr);  ///< returns a pointer to an internal buffer
        /// containing the binary data decoded from
        ///"inString"

        /**
         * decodes data from "inString" to "outByteBuf". You need to provide the
         * size (in byte) of "outByteBuf"
         * in "inMaxByteOutBuflen". If "outByteBuf" is not large enough or if data
         * is malformed, then "FALSE"
         * will be returned; otherwise "TRUE". */
        static unsigned char decode(
                XMLCSTR inString, unsigned char* outByteBuf, int inMaxByteOutBuflen,
                XMLError* xe = nullptr);  ///< deprecated.

   private:
        void* buf;
        int buflen;
        void alloc(int newsize);
} XMLParserBase64Tool;
/** @} */

#undef XMLDLLENTRY

#endif