zen::XmlElement Class Reference

An XML element. More...

#include <dom.h>

Public Member Functions
template<class String >
String	getNameAs () const
	Retrieve the name of this XML element. More...
template<class T >
bool	getValue (T &value) const
	Get the value of this element as a user type. More...
template<class T >
void	setValue (const T &value)
	Set the value of this element. More...
template<class String , class T >
bool	getAttribute (const String &name, T &value) const
	Retrieve an attribute by name. More...
template<class String , class T >
void	setAttribute (const String &name, const T &value)
	Create or update an XML attribute. More...
template<class String >
void	removeAttribute (const String &name)
	Remove the attribute with the given name. More...
template<class String >
XmlElement &	addChild (const String &name)
	Create a new child element and return a reference to it. More...
template<class String >
const XmlElement *	getChild (const String &name) const
	Retrieve a child element with the given name. More...
template<class String >
XmlElement *	getChild (const String &name)
template<class String >
std::pair< ChildIterConst2, ChildIterConst2 >	getChildren (const String &name) const
	Access all child elements with the given name via STL iterators. More...
template<class String >
std::pair< ChildIter2, ChildIter2 >	getChildren (const String &name)
std::pair< ChildIterConst, ChildIterConst >	getChildren () const
	Access all child elements sequentially via STL iterators. More...
std::pair< ChildIter, ChildIter >	getChildren ()
XmlElement *	parent ()
	Get parent XML element, may be nullptr for root element.
const XmlElement *	parent () const
	Get parent XML element, may be nullptr for root element.

Detailed Description

An XML element.

Member Function Documentation

template<class String >

XmlElement& zen::XmlElement::addChild

(

const String &

name

)

Create a new child element and return a reference to it.

Template Parameters

String

Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...

Parameters

name	The name of the child element to be created.

template<class String , class T >

bool zen::XmlElement::getAttribute	(	const String &	name,
		T &	value
	)		const

Retrieve an attribute by name.

Template Parameters

String	Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
T	String-convertible user data type: e.g. any string class, all built-in arithmetic numbers

Parameters

name	The name of the attribute to retrieve.
value	The value of the attribute converted to T.

Returns

"true" if value was retrieved successfully.

template<class String >

const XmlElement* zen::XmlElement::getChild

(

const String &

name

)

const

Retrieve a child element with the given name.

Template Parameters

String

Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...

Parameters

name	The name of the child element to be retrieved.

Returns

A pointer to the child element or nullptr if none was found.

template<class String >

XmlElement* zen::XmlElement::getChild

(

const String &

name

)

See Also

getChild

template<class String >

std::pair<ChildIterConst2, ChildIterConst2> zen::XmlElement::getChildren

(

const String &

name

)

const

Access all child elements with the given name via STL iterators.

auto iterPair = elem.getChildren("Item");
std::for_each(iterPair.first, iterPair.second,
    [](const XmlElement& child) { ... });

Parameters

name	The name of the child elements to be retrieved.

Returns

A pair of STL begin/end iterators to access the child elements sequentially.

template<class String >

std::pair<ChildIter2, ChildIter2> zen::XmlElement::getChildren

(

const String &

name

)

See Also

getChildren

std::pair<ChildIterConst, ChildIterConst> zen::XmlElement::getChildren

(

)

const

Access all child elements sequentially via STL iterators.

auto iterPair = elem.getChildren();
std::for_each(iterPair.first, iterPair.second,
    [](const XmlElement& child) { ... });

Returns

A pair of STL begin/end iterators to access all child elements sequentially.

std::pair<ChildIter, ChildIter> zen::XmlElement::getChildren

(

)

See Also

getChildren

template<class String >

String zen::XmlElement::getNameAs

(

)

const

Retrieve the name of this XML element.

Template Parameters

String

Arbitrary string class: e.g. std::string, std::wstring, wxString, MyStringClass, ...

Returns

Name of the XML element.

template<class T >

bool zen::XmlElement::getValue

(

T &

value

)

const

Get the value of this element as a user type.

Template Parameters

T	Arbitrary user data type: e.g. any string class, all built-in arithmetic numbers, STL container, ...

Returns

"true" if Xml element was successfully converted to value, cannot fail for string-like types

template<class String >

void zen::XmlElement::removeAttribute

(

const String &

name

)

Remove the attribute with the given name.

Template Parameters

String

Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...

template<class String , class T >

void zen::XmlElement::setAttribute	(	const String &	name,
		const T &	value
	)

Create or update an XML attribute.

Template Parameters

String	Arbitrary string-like type: e.g. std::string, wchar_t*, char[], wchar_t, wxString, MyStringClass, ...
T	String-convertible user data type: e.g. any string-like type, all built-in arithmetic numbers

Parameters

name	The name of the attribute to create or update.
value	The value to set.

template<class T >

void zen::XmlElement::setValue

(

const T &

value

)

Set the value of this element.

Template Parameters

T	Arbitrary user data type: e.g. any string-like type, all built-in arithmetic numbers, STL container, ...