10.5

3 files changed, 536 insertions, 106 deletions

diff --git a/zenXml/zenxml/cvrt_text.h b/zenXml/zenxml/cvrt_text.h
index c6dab8c2..51b23173 100755
--- a/zenXml/zenxml/cvrt_text.h
+++ b/zenXml/zenxml/cvrt_text.h
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ It is \b not required to call these functions directly. They are implicitly used
 zen::XmlElement::setValue(), zen::XmlElement::getAttribute() and zen::XmlElement::setAttribute().
 \n\n
 Conversions for the following user types are supported by default:
-    - strings - std::string, std::wstring, char*, wchar_t*, char, wchar_t, ect..., all STL-compatible-string-classes
-    - numbers - int, double, float, bool, long, ect..., all built-in numbers
-    - STL containers - std::map, std::set, std::vector, std::list, ect..., all STL-compatible-containers
+    - strings - std::string, std::wstring, char*, wchar_t*, char, wchar_t, etc..., all STL-compatible-string-classes
+    - numbers - int, double, float, bool, long, etc..., all built-in numbers
+    - STL containers - std::map, std::set, std::vector, std::list, etc..., all STL-compatible-containers
     - std::pair
 
 You can add support for additional types via template specialization. \n\n
diff --git a/zenXml/zenxml/parser.h b/zenXml/zenxml/parser.h
index a3975297..a90d163a 100755
--- a/zenXml/zenxml/parser.h
+++ b/zenXml/zenxml/parser.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <cstddef> //ptrdiff_t; req. on Linux
 #include <zen/string_tools.h>
 #include "dom.h"
-#include "error.h"
 
 
 namespace zen
@@ -28,12 +27,13 @@ namespace zen
 \param indent Indentation, default: four space characters
 \return Output byte stream
 */
-std::string serialize(const XmlDoc& doc,
-                      const std::string& lineBreak = "\r\n",
-                      const std::string& indent = "    "); //noexcept
+std::string serializeXml(const XmlDoc& doc,
+                         const std::string& lineBreak = "\r\n",
+                         const std::string& indent    = "    "); //noexcept
+
 
 ///Exception thrown due to an XML parsing error
-struct XmlParsingError : public XmlError
+struct XmlParsingError
 {
     XmlParsingError(size_t rowNo, size_t colNo) : row(rowNo), col(colNo) {}
     ///Input file row where the parsing error occured (zero-based)
@@ -42,14 +42,13 @@ struct XmlParsingError : public XmlError
     const size_t col; //
 };
 
-
 ///Load XML document from a byte stream
 /**
 \param stream Input byte stream
 \returns Output XML document
 \throw XmlParsingError
 */
-XmlDoc parse(const std::string& stream); //throw XmlParsingError
+XmlDoc parseXml(const std::string& stream); //throw XmlParsingError
 
 
 
@@ -71,9 +70,9 @@ XmlDoc parse(const std::string& stream); //throw XmlParsingError
 
 
 //---------------------------- implementation ----------------------------
-//see: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/
+//see: https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/
 
-namespace impl
+namespace xml_impl
 {
 template <class Predicate> inline
 std::string normalize(const std::string& str, Predicate pred) //pred: unary function taking a char, return true if value shall be encoded as hex
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ std::string normalize(const std::string& str, Predicate pred) //pred: unary func
         {
             if (c == '\'')
                 output += "&apos;";
-            else if (c == '\"')
+            else if (c == '"')
                 output += "&quot;";
             else
             {
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ std::string normalize(const std::string& str, Predicate pred) //pred: unary func
 inline
 std::string normalizeName(const std::string& str)
 {
-    const std::string nameFmt = normalize(str, [](char c) { return isWhiteSpace(c) || c == '=' || c == '/' || c == '\'' || c == '\"'; });
+    const std::string nameFmt = normalize(str, [](char c) { return isWhiteSpace(c) || c == '=' || c == '/' || c == '\'' || c == '"'; });
     assert(!nameFmt.empty());
     return nameFmt;
 }
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ std::string normalizeElementValue(const std::string& str)
 inline
 std::string normalizeAttribValue(const std::string& str)
 {
-    return normalize(str, [](char c) { return static_cast<unsigned char>(c) < 32 || c == '\'' || c == '\"'; });
+    return normalize(str, [](char c) { return static_cast<unsigned char>(c) < 32 || c == '\'' || c == '"'; });
 }
 
 
@@ -163,10 +162,12 @@ std::string denormalize(const std::string& str)
             else if (checkEntity(it, str.end(), "&apos;"))
                 output += '\'';
             else if (checkEntity(it, str.end(), "&quot;"))
-                output += '\"';
+                output += '"';
             else if (str.end() - it >= 6 &&
                      it[1] == '#' &&
                      it[2] == 'x' &&
+                     isHexDigit(it[3]) &&
+                     isHexDigit(it[4]) &&
                      it[5] == ';')
             {
                 output += unhexify(it[3], it[4]);
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ void serialize(const XmlElement& element, std::string& stream,
 
     auto attr = element.getAttributes();
     for (auto it = attr.first; it != attr.second; ++it)
-        stream += ' ' + normalizeName(it->name) + "=\"" + normalizeAttribValue(it->value) + '\"';
+        stream += ' ' + normalizeName(it->name) + "=\"" + normalizeAttribValue(it->value) + '"';
 
     auto iterPair = element.getChildren();
     if (iterPair.first != iterPair.second) //structured element
@@ -229,34 +230,30 @@ void serialize(const XmlElement& element, std::string& stream,
             stream += "/>" + lineBreak;
     }
 }
+}
+}
 
-std::string serialize(const XmlDoc& doc,
-                      const std::string& lineBreak,
-                      const std::string& indent)
+inline
+std::string serializeXml(const XmlDoc& doc,
+                         const std::string& lineBreak,
+                         const std::string& indent)
 {
     std::string version = doc.getVersionAs<std::string>();
     if (!version.empty())
-        version = " version=\"" + normalizeAttribValue(version) + '\"';
+        version = " version=\"" + xml_impl::normalizeAttribValue(version) + '"';
 
     std::string encoding = doc.getEncodingAs<std::string>();
     if (!encoding.empty())
-        encoding = " encoding=\"" + normalizeAttribValue(encoding) + '\"';
+        encoding = " encoding=\"" + xml_impl::normalizeAttribValue(encoding) + '"';
 
     std::string standalone = doc.getStandaloneAs<std::string>();
     if (!standalone.empty())
-        standalone = " standalone=\"" + normalizeAttribValue(standalone) + '\"';
+        standalone = " standalone=\"" + xml_impl::normalizeAttribValue(standalone) + '"';
 
     std::string output = "<?xml" + version + encoding + standalone + "?>" + lineBreak;
-    serialize(doc.root(), output, lineBreak, indent, 0);
+    xml_impl::serialize(doc.root(), output, lineBreak, indent, 0);
     return output;
 }
-}
-}
-
-inline
-std::string serialize(const XmlDoc& doc,
-                      const std::string& lineBreak,
-                      const std::string& indent) { return impl::serialize(doc, lineBreak, indent); }
 
 /*
 Grammar for XML parser
@@ -282,7 +279,7 @@ pm-expression:
     element-list-expression
 */
 
-namespace impl
+namespace xml_impl
 {
 struct Token
 {
@@ -310,53 +307,53 @@ struct Token
 class Scanner
 {
 public:
-    Scanner(const std::string& stream) : stream_(stream), pos(stream_.begin())
+    Scanner(const std::string& stream) : stream_(stream), pos_(stream_.begin())
     {
         if (zen::startsWith(stream_, BYTE_ORDER_MARK_UTF8))
-            pos += strLength(BYTE_ORDER_MARK_UTF8);
+            pos_ += strLength(BYTE_ORDER_MARK_UTF8);
     }
 
-    Token nextToken() //throw XmlParsingError
+    Token getNextToken() //throw XmlParsingError
     {
         //skip whitespace
-        pos = std::find_if(pos, stream_.end(), [](char c) { return !zen::isWhiteSpace(c); });
+        pos_ = std::find_if(pos_, stream_.end(), std::not_fn(isWhiteSpace<char>));
 
-        if (pos == stream_.end())
+        if (pos_ == stream_.end())
             return Token::TK_END;
 
         //skip XML comments
-        if (startsWith(xmlCommentBegin))
+        if (startsWith(xmlCommentBegin_))
         {
-            auto it = std::search(pos + xmlCommentBegin.size(), stream_.end(), xmlCommentEnd.begin(), xmlCommentEnd.end());
+            auto it = std::search(pos_ + xmlCommentBegin_.size(), stream_.end(), xmlCommentEnd_.begin(), xmlCommentEnd_.end());
             if (it != stream_.end())
             {
-                pos = it + xmlCommentEnd.size();
-                return nextToken();
+                pos_ = it + xmlCommentEnd_.size();
+                return getNextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
             }
         }
 
-        for (auto it = tokens.begin(); it != tokens.end(); ++it)
+        for (auto it = tokens_.begin(); it != tokens_.end(); ++it)
             if (startsWith(it->first))
             {
-                pos += it->first.size();
+                pos_ += it->first.size();
                 return it->second;
             }
 
-        auto nameEnd = std::find_if(pos, stream_.end(), [](char c)
+        const auto itNameEnd = std::find_if(pos_, stream_.end(), [](char c)
         {
             return c == '<'  ||
                    c == '>'  ||
                    c == '='  ||
                    c == '/'  ||
                    c == '\'' ||
-                   c == '\"' ||
-                   zen::isWhiteSpace(c);
+                   c == '"'  ||
+                   isWhiteSpace(c);
         });
 
-        if (nameEnd != pos)
+        if (itNameEnd != pos_)
         {
-            std::string name(&*pos, nameEnd - pos);
-            pos = nameEnd;
+            std::string name(pos_, itNameEnd);
+            pos_ = itNameEnd;
             return denormalize(name);
         }
 
@@ -366,34 +363,34 @@ public:
 
     std::string extractElementValue()
     {
-        auto it = std::find_if(pos, stream_.end(), [](char c)
+        auto it = std::find_if(pos_, stream_.end(), [](char c)
         {
             return c == '<'  ||
                    c == '>';
         });
-        std::string output(pos, it);
-        pos = it;
+        std::string output(pos_, it);
+        pos_ = it;
         return denormalize(output);
     }
 
     std::string extractAttributeValue()
     {
-        auto it = std::find_if(pos, stream_.end(), [](char c)
+        auto it = std::find_if(pos_, stream_.end(), [](char c)
         {
             return c == '<'  ||
                    c == '>'  ||
                    c == '\'' ||
-                   c == '\"';
+                   c == '"';
         });
-        std::string output(pos, it);
-        pos = it;
+        std::string output(pos_, it);
+        pos_ = it;
         return denormalize(output);
     }
 
     size_t posRow() const //current row beginning with 0
     {
-        const size_t crSum = std::count(stream_.begin(), pos, '\r'); //carriage returns
-        const size_t nlSum = std::count(stream_.begin(), pos, '\n'); //new lines
+        const size_t crSum = std::count(stream_.begin(), pos_, '\r'); //carriage returns
+        const size_t nlSum = std::count(stream_.begin(), pos_, '\n'); //new lines
         assert(crSum == 0 || nlSum == 0 || crSum == nlSum);
         return std::max(crSum, nlSum); //be compatible with Linux/Mac/Win
     }
@@ -401,13 +398,13 @@ public:
     size_t posCol() const //current col beginning with 0
     {
         //seek beginning of line
-        for (auto it = pos; it != stream_.begin(); )
+        for (auto it = pos_; it != stream_.begin(); )
         {
             --it;
             if (*it == '\r' || *it == '\n')
-                return pos - it - 1;
+                return pos_ - it - 1;
         }
-        return pos - stream_.begin();
+        return pos_ - stream_.begin();
     }
 
 private:
@@ -416,13 +413,11 @@ private:
 
     bool startsWith(const std::string& prefix) const
     {
-        if (stream_.end() - pos < static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(prefix.size()))
-            return false;
-        return std::equal(prefix.begin(), prefix.end(), pos);
+        return zen::startsWith(StringRef<const char>(pos_, stream_.end()), prefix);
     }
 
     using TokenList = std::vector<std::pair<std::string, Token::Type>>;
-    const TokenList tokens
+    const TokenList tokens_
     {
         { "<?xml", Token::TK_DECL_BEGIN    },
         { "?>",    Token::TK_DECL_END      },
@@ -435,11 +430,11 @@ private:
         { "\'",    Token::TK_QUOTE         },
     };
 
-    const std::string xmlCommentBegin = "<!--";
-    const std::string xmlCommentEnd   = "-->";
+    const std::string xmlCommentBegin_ = "<!--";
+    const std::string xmlCommentEnd_   = "-->";
 
     const std::string stream_;
-    std::string::const_iterator pos;
+    std::string::const_iterator pos_;
 };
 
 
@@ -448,7 +443,7 @@ class XmlParser
 public:
     XmlParser(const std::string& stream) :
         scn_(stream),
-        tk_(scn_.nextToken()) {}
+        tk_(scn_.getNextToken()) {} //throw XmlParsingError
 
     XmlDoc parse() //throw XmlParsingError
     {
@@ -457,19 +452,19 @@ public:
         //declaration (optional)
         if (token().type == Token::TK_DECL_BEGIN)
         {
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
             while (token().type == Token::TK_NAME)
             {
                 std::string attribName = token().name;
-                nextToken();
+                nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-                consumeToken(Token::TK_EQUAL);
-                expectToken(Token::TK_QUOTE);
+                consumeToken(Token::TK_EQUAL); //throw XmlParsingError
+                expectToken (Token::TK_QUOTE); //
                 std::string attribValue = scn_.extractAttributeValue();
-                nextToken();
+                nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-                consumeToken(Token::TK_QUOTE);
+                consumeToken(Token::TK_QUOTE); //throw XmlParsingError
 
                 if (attribName == "version")
                     doc.setVersion(attribValue);
@@ -478,7 +473,7 @@ public:
                 else if (attribName == "standalone")
                     doc.setStandalone(attribValue);
             }
-            consumeToken(Token::TK_DECL_END);
+            consumeToken(Token::TK_DECL_END); //throw XmlParsingError
         }
 
         XmlElement dummy;
@@ -488,7 +483,7 @@ public:
         if (itPair.first != itPair.second)
             doc.root().swapSubtree(*itPair.first);
 
-        expectToken(Token::TK_END);
+        expectToken(Token::TK_END); //throw XmlParsingError
         return doc;
     }
 
@@ -500,11 +495,11 @@ private:
     {
         while (token().type == Token::TK_LESS)
         {
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-            expectToken(Token::TK_NAME);
+            expectToken(Token::TK_NAME); //throw XmlParsingError
             std::string elementName = token().name;
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
             XmlElement& newElement = parent.addChild(elementName);
 
@@ -512,28 +507,28 @@ private:
 
             if (token().type == Token::TK_SLASH_GREATER) //empty element
             {
-                nextToken();
+                nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
                 continue;
             }
 
-            expectToken(Token::TK_GREATER);
+            expectToken(Token::TK_GREATER); //throw XmlParsingError
             std::string elementValue = scn_.extractElementValue();
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
             //no support for mixed-mode content
-            if (token().type == Token::TK_LESS) //structured element
+            if (token().type == Token::TK_LESS) //structure-element
                 parseChildElements(newElement);
-            else //value element
+            else                                //value-element
                 newElement.setValue(elementValue);
 
-            consumeToken(Token::TK_LESS_SLASH);
+            consumeToken(Token::TK_LESS_SLASH); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-            if (token().type != Token::TK_NAME ||
-                elementName != token().name)
+            expectToken(Token::TK_NAME); //throw XmlParsingError
+            if (token().name != elementName)
                 throw XmlParsingError(scn_.posRow(), scn_.posCol());
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-            consumeToken(Token::TK_GREATER);
+            consumeToken(Token::TK_GREATER); //throw XmlParsingError
         }
     }
 
@@ -542,26 +537,21 @@ private:
         while (token().type == Token::TK_NAME)
         {
             std::string attribName = token().name;
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-            consumeToken(Token::TK_EQUAL);
-            expectToken(Token::TK_QUOTE);
+            consumeToken(Token::TK_EQUAL); //throw XmlParsingError
+            expectToken (Token::TK_QUOTE); //
             std::string attribValue = scn_.extractAttributeValue();
-            nextToken();
+            nextToken(); //throw XmlParsingError
 
-            consumeToken(Token::TK_QUOTE);
+            consumeToken(Token::TK_QUOTE); //throw XmlParsingError
             element.setAttribute(attribName, attribValue);
         }
     }
 
     const Token& token() const { return tk_; }
-    void nextToken() { tk_ = scn_.nextToken(); }
 
-    void consumeToken(Token::Type t) //throw XmlParsingError
-    {
-        expectToken(t); //throw XmlParsingError
-        nextToken();
-    }
+    void nextToken() { tk_ = scn_.getNextToken(); } //throw XmlParsingError
 
     void expectToken(Token::Type t) //throw XmlParsingError
     {
@@ -569,15 +559,21 @@ private:
             throw XmlParsingError(scn_.posRow(), scn_.posCol());
     }
 
+    void consumeToken(Token::Type t) //throw XmlParsingError
+    {
+        expectToken(t); //throw XmlParsingError
+        nextToken();    //
+    }
+
     Scanner scn_;
     Token tk_;
 };
 }
 
 inline
-XmlDoc parse(const std::string& stream) //throw XmlParsingError
+XmlDoc parseXml(const std::string& stream) //throw XmlParsingError
 {
-    return impl::XmlParser(stream).parse();  //throw XmlParsingError
+    return xml_impl::XmlParser(stream).parse(); //throw XmlParsingError
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/zenXml/zenxml/xml.h b/zenXml/zenxml/xml.h
index 9510645a..5eddc462 100755
--- a/zenXml/zenxml/xml.h
+++ b/zenXml/zenxml/xml.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// *****************************************************************************
+// *****************************************************************************
 // * This file is part of the FreeFileSync project. It is distributed under    *
 // * GNU General Public License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0          *
 // * Copyright (C) Zenju (zenju AT freefilesync DOT org) - All Rights Reserved *
@@ -7,10 +7,444 @@
 #ifndef XML_H_349578228034572457454554
 #define XML_H_349578228034572457454554
 
-#include "bind.h"
+#include <set>
+#include <zen/file_io.h>
+#include <zen/file_access.h>
+#include "cvrt_struc.h"
+#include "parser.h"
 
 
 /// The zen::Xml namespace
-namespace zen {}
+namespace zen
+{
+/**
+\file
+\brief Save and load byte streams from files
+*/
+
+///Load XML document from a file
+/**
+Load and parse XML byte stream. Quick-exit if (potentially large) input file is not an XML.
+
+\param filePath Input file path
+\returns The loaded XML document
+\throw FileError
+*/
+namespace
+{
+XmlDoc loadXml(const Zstring& filePath) //throw FileError
+{
+    FileInput fileIn(filePath, nullptr /*notifyUnbufferedIO*/); //throw FileError, ErrorFileLocked
+    const size_t blockSize = fileIn.getBlockSize();
+    const std::string xmlPrefix = "<?xml version=";
+    bool xmlPrefixChecked = false;
+
+    std::string buffer;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        buffer.resize(buffer.size() + blockSize);
+        const size_t bytesRead = fileIn.read(&*(buffer.end() - blockSize), blockSize); //throw FileError, ErrorFileLocked, (X); return "bytesToRead" bytes unless end of stream!
+        buffer.resize(buffer.size() - blockSize + bytesRead); //caveat: unsigned arithmetics
+
+        //quick test whether input is an XML: avoid loading large binary files up front!
+        if (!xmlPrefixChecked && buffer.size() >= xmlPrefix.size() + strLength(BYTE_ORDER_MARK_UTF8))
+        {
+            xmlPrefixChecked = true;
+            if (!startsWith(buffer, xmlPrefix) &&
+                !startsWith(buffer, BYTE_ORDER_MARK_UTF8 + xmlPrefix)) //allow BOM!
+                throw FileError(replaceCpy(_("File %x does not contain a valid configuration."), L"%x", fmtPath(filePath)));
+        }
+
+        if (bytesRead < blockSize) //end of file
+            break;
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        return parseXml(buffer); //throw XmlParsingError
+    }
+    catch (const XmlParsingError& e)
+    {
+        throw FileError(
+            replaceCpy(replaceCpy(replaceCpy(_("Error parsing file %x, row %y, column %z."),
+                                             L"%x", fmtPath(filePath)),
+                                  L"%y", numberTo<std::wstring>(e.row + 1)),
+                       L"%z", numberTo<std::wstring>(e.col + 1)));
+    }
+}
+}
+
+
+///Save XML document to a file
+/**
+Serialize XML to byte stream and save to file.
+
+\param doc The XML document to save
+\param filePath Output file path
+\throw FileError
+*/
+inline
+void saveXml(const XmlDoc& doc, const Zstring& filePath) //throw FileError
+{
+    const std::string stream = serializeXml(doc); //noexcept
+
+    try //only update XML file if there are changes
+    {
+        if (getFileSize(filePath) == stream.size()) //throw FileError
+            if (loadBinContainer<std::string>(filePath, nullptr /*notifyUnbufferedIO*/) == stream) //throw FileError
+                return;
+    }
+    catch (FileError&) {}
+
+    saveBinContainer(filePath, stream, nullptr /*notifyUnbufferedIO*/); //throw FileError
+}
+
+
+///Proxy class to conveniently convert user data into XML structure
+class XmlOut
+{
+public:
+    ///Construct an output proxy for an XML document
+    /**
+      \code
+        zen::XmlDoc doc;
+
+        zen::XmlOut out(doc);
+        out["elem1"]( 1); //
+        out["elem2"]( 2); //write data into XML elements
+        out["elem3"](-3); //
+
+        saveXml(doc, "out.xml"); //throw FileError
+      \endcode
+      Output:
+      \verbatim
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+      <Root>
+          <elem1>1</elem1>
+          <elem2>2</elem2>
+          <elem3>-3</elem3>
+      </Root>
+      \endverbatim
+    */
+    XmlOut(XmlDoc& doc) : ref_(&doc.root()) {}
+    ///Construct an output proxy for a single XML element
+    /**
+      \sa XmlOut(XmlDoc& doc)
+    */
+    XmlOut(XmlElement& element) : ref_(&element) {}
+
+    ///Retrieve a handle to an XML child element for writing
+    /**
+    The child element will be created if it is not yet existing.
+    \tparam String Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
+    \param name The name of the child element
+    */
+    template <class String>
+    XmlOut operator[](const String& name) const
+    {
+        const std::string utf8name = utfTo<std::string>(name);
+        XmlElement* child = ref_->getChild(utf8name);
+        return child ? *child : ref_->addChild(utf8name);
+    }
+
+    ///Write user data to the underlying XML element
+    /**
+    This conversion requires a specialization of zen::writeText() or zen::writeStruc() for type T.
+    \tparam T User type that is converted into an XML element value.
+    */
+    template <class T>
+    void operator()(const T& value) { writeStruc(value, *ref_); }
+
+    ///Write user data to an XML attribute
+    /**
+    This conversion requires a specialization of zen::writeText() for type T.
+      \code
+        zen::XmlDoc doc;
+
+        zen::XmlOut out(doc);
+        out["elem"].attribute("attr1",  1); //
+        out["elem"].attribute("attr2",  2); //write data into XML attributes
+        out["elem"].attribute("attr3", -3); //
+
+        saveXml(doc, "out.xml"); //throw FileError
+      \endcode
+      Output:
+      \verbatim
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+      <Root>
+          <elem attr1="1" attr2="2" attr3="-3"/>
+      </Root>
+      \endverbatim
+
+    \tparam String Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
+    \tparam T String-convertible user data type: e.g. any string-like type, all built-in arithmetic numbers
+    \sa XmlElement::setAttribute()
+    */
+    template <class String, class T>
+    void attribute(const String& name, const T& value) { ref_->setAttribute(name, value); }
+
+    ///Return a reference to the underlying Xml element
+    XmlElement& ref() { return *ref_; }
+
+private:
+    XmlElement* ref_; //always bound!
+};
+
+
+///Proxy class to conveniently convert XML structure to user data
+class XmlIn
+{
+    class ErrorLog;
+
+public:
+    ///Construct an input proxy for an XML document
+    /**
+      \code
+        zen::XmlDoc doc;
+          ... //load document
+        zen::XmlIn in(doc);
+        in["elem1"](value1); //
+        in["elem2"](value2); //read data from XML elements into variables "value1", "value2", "value3"
+        in["elem3"](value3); //
+      \endcode
+    */
+    XmlIn(const XmlDoc& doc) { refList_.push_back(&doc.root()); }
+    ///Construct an input proxy for a single XML element, may be nullptr
+    /**
+      \sa XmlIn(const XmlDoc& doc)
+    */
+    XmlIn(const XmlElement* element) { refList_.push_back(element); }
+    ///Construct an input proxy for a single XML element
+    /**
+      \sa XmlIn(const XmlDoc& doc)
+    */
+    XmlIn(const XmlElement& element) { refList_.push_back(&element); }
+
+    ///Retrieve a handle to an XML child element for reading
+    /**
+    It is \b not an error if the child element does not exist, but only later if a conversion to user data is attempted.
+    \tparam String Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
+    \param name The name of the child element
+    */
+    template <class String>
+    XmlIn operator[](const String& name) const
+    {
+        std::vector<const XmlElement*> childList;
+
+        if (refIndex_ < refList_.size())
+        {
+            auto iterPair = refList_[refIndex_]->getChildren(name);
+            std::for_each(iterPair.first, iterPair.second,
+            [&](const XmlElement& child) { childList.push_back(&child); });
+        }
+
+        return XmlIn(childList, childList.empty() ? getChildNameFormatted(name) : std::string(), log_);
+    }
+
+    ///Refer to next sibling element with the same name
+    /**
+    <b>Example:</b> Loop over all XML child elements named "Item"
+    \verbatim
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    <Root>
+        <Item>1</Item>
+        <Item>3</Item>
+        <Item>5</Item>
+    </Root>
+    \endverbatim
+
+    \code
+    zen::XmlIn in(doc);
+    ...
+    for (zen::XmlIn child = in["Item"]; child; child.next())
+    {
+        ...
+    }
+    \endcode
+    */
+    void next() { ++refIndex_; }
+
+    ///Read user data from the underlying XML element
+    /**
+    This conversion requires a specialization of zen::readText() or zen::readStruc() for type T.
+    \tparam T User type that receives the data
+    \return "true" if data was read successfully
+    */
+    template <class T>
+    bool operator()(T& value) const
+    {
+        if (refIndex_ < refList_.size())
+        {
+            bool success = readStruc(*refList_[refIndex_], value);
+            if (!success)
+                log_->notifyConversionError(getNameFormatted());
+            return success;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            log_->notifyMissingElement(getNameFormatted());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ///Read user data from an XML attribute
+    /**
+    This conversion requires a specialization of zen::readText() for type T.
+
+    \code
+        zen::XmlDoc doc;
+          ... //load document
+        zen::XmlIn in(doc);
+        in["elem"].attribute("attr1", value1); //
+        in["elem"].attribute("attr2", value2); //read data from XML attributes into variables "value1", "value2", "value3"
+        in["elem"].attribute("attr3", value3); //
+    \endcode
+
+    \tparam String Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
+    \tparam T String-convertible user data type: e.g. any string-like type, all built-in arithmetic numbers
+    \returns "true" if the attribute was found and the conversion to the output value was successful.
+    \sa XmlElement::getAttribute()
+    */
+    template <class String, class T>
+    bool attribute(const String& name, T& value) const
+    {
+        if (refIndex_ < refList_.size())
+        {
+            bool success = refList_[refIndex_]->getAttribute(name, value);
+            if (!success)
+                log_->notifyMissingAttribute(getNameFormatted(), utfTo<std::string>(name));
+            return success;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            log_->notifyMissingElement(getNameFormatted());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ///Return a pointer to the underlying Xml element, may be nullptr
+    const XmlElement* get() const { return refIndex_ < refList_.size() ? refList_[refIndex_] : nullptr; }
+
+    ///Test whether the underlying XML element exists
+    /**
+      \code
+         XmlIn in(doc);
+         XmlIn child = in["elem1"];
+         if (child)
+           ...
+      \endcode
+      Use member pointer as implicit conversion to bool (C++ Templates - Vandevoorde/Josuttis; chapter 20)
+    */
+    explicit operator bool() const { return get() != nullptr; }
+
+    ///Notifies errors while mapping the XML to user data
+    /**
+    Error logging is shared by each hiearchy of XmlIn proxy instances that are created from each other. Consequently it doesn't matter which instance you query for errors:
+      \code
+        XmlIn in(doc);
+        XmlIn inItem = in["item1"];
+
+        int value = 0;
+        inItem(value); //let's assume this conversion failed
+
+        assert(in.haveErrors() == inItem.haveErrors());
+        assert(in.getErrorsAs<std::string>() == inItem.getErrorsAs<std::string>());
+      \endcode
+
+      Note that error logging is \b NOT global, but owned by all instances of a hierarchy of XmlIn proxies.
+      Therefore it's safe to use unrelated XmlIn proxies in multiple threads.
+      \n\n
+      However be aware that the chain of connected proxy instances will be broken once you call XmlIn::get() to retrieve the underlying pointer.
+      Errors that occur when working with this pointer are not logged by the original set of related instances.
+    */
+    bool haveErrors() const { return !log_->elementList().empty(); }
+
+    ///Get a list of XML element and attribute names which failed to convert to user data.
+    /**
+      \tparam String Arbitrary string class: e.g. std::string, std::wstring, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
+      \returns A list of XML element and attribute names, empty list if no errors occured.
+    */
+    template <class String>
+    std::vector<String> getErrorsAs() const
+    {
+        std::vector<String> output;
+        const auto& elements = log_->elementList();
+        std::transform(elements.begin(), elements.end(), std::back_inserter(output), [](const std::string& str) { return utfTo<String>(str); });
+        return output;
+    }
+
+private:
+    XmlIn(const std::vector<const XmlElement*>& siblingList, const std::string& elementNameFmt, const std::shared_ptr<ErrorLog>& sharedlog) :
+        refList_(siblingList), formattedName_(elementNameFmt), log_(sharedlog)
+    { assert((!siblingList.empty() && elementNameFmt.empty()) || (siblingList.empty() && !elementNameFmt.empty())); }
+
+    static std::string getNameFormatted(const XmlElement& elem) //"<Root> <Level1> <Level2>"
+    {
+        return (elem.parent() ? getNameFormatted(*elem.parent()) + " " : std::string()) + "<" + elem.getNameAs<std::string>() + ">";
+    }
+
+    std::string getNameFormatted() const
+    {
+        if (refIndex_ < refList_.size())
+        {
+            assert(formattedName_.empty());
+            return getNameFormatted(*refList_[refIndex_]);
+        }
+        else
+            return formattedName_;
+    }
+
+    std::string getChildNameFormatted(const std::string& childName) const
+    {
+        std::string parentName = getNameFormatted();
+        return (parentName.empty() ? std::string() : (parentName + " ")) + "<" + childName + ">";
+    }
+
+    class ErrorLog
+    {
+    public:
+        void notifyConversionError (const std::string& displayName)  { insert(displayName); }
+        void notifyMissingElement  (const std::string& displayName)  { insert(displayName); }
+        void notifyMissingAttribute(const std::string& displayName, const std::string& attribName) { insert(displayName + " @" + attribName); }
+
+        const std::vector<std::string>& elementList() const { return failedElements; }
+
+    private:
+        void insert(const std::string& newVal)
+        {
+            if (usedElements.insert(newVal).second)
+                failedElements.push_back(newVal);
+        }
+
+        std::vector<std::string> failedElements; //unique list of failed elements
+        std::set<std::string>    usedElements;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<const XmlElement*> refList_; //all sibling elements with same name (all pointers bound!)
+    size_t refIndex_ = 0;                    //this sibling's index in refList_
+    std::string formattedName_;              //contains full and formatted element name if (and only if) refList_ is empty
+    std::shared_ptr<ErrorLog> log_{ std::make_shared<ErrorLog>() }; //always bound
+};
+
+
+///Check XML input proxy for errors and map to FileError exception
+/**
+\param xmlInput XML input proxy
+\param filePath Input file path
+\throw FileError
+*/
+inline
+void checkXmlMappingErrors(const XmlIn& xmlInput, const Zstring& filePath) //throw FileError
+{
+    if (xmlInput.haveErrors())
+    {
+        std::wstring msg = _("The following XML elements could not be read:") + L"\n";
+        for (const std::wstring& elem : xmlInput.getErrorsAs<std::wstring>())
+            msg += L"\n" + elem;
+
+        throw FileError(replaceCpy(_("Configuration file %x is incomplete. The missing elements will be set to their default values."), L"%x", fmtPath(filePath)) + L"\n\n" + msg);
+    }
+}
+}
 
 #endif //XML_H_349578228034572457454554