1xmerl_sax_parser(3) Erlang Module Definition xmerl_sax_parser(3)
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6 xmerl_sax_parser - XML SAX parser API
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9 A SAX parser for XML that sends the events through a callback inter‐
10 face. SAX is the Simple API for XML, originally a Java-only API. SAX
11 was the first widely adopted API for XML in Java, and is a de facto
12 standard where there are versions for several programming language
13 environments other than Java.
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16 option():
17 Options used to customize the behaviour of the parser. Possible
18 options are:
19 {continuation_fun, ContinuationFun}:
21 ContinuationFun is a call back function to decide what to do if
22 the parser runs into EOF before the document is complete.
23 {continuation_state, term()}:
25 State that is accessible in the continuation call back function.
26 {event_fun, EventFun}:
28 EventFun is the call back function for parser events.
29 {event_state, term()}:
31 State that is accessible in the event call back function.
32 {file_type, FileType}:
34 Flag that tells the parser if it's parsing a DTD or a normal XML
35 file (default normal).
36 * FileType = normal | dtd
38 {encoding, Encoding}:
40 Set default character set used (default UTF-8). This character
41 set is used only if not explicitly given by the XML document.
42 * Encoding = utf8 | {utf16,big} | {utf16,little} | latin1 | list
44 skip_external_dtd:
46 Skips the external DTD during parsing.
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49 event():
52 The SAX events that are sent to the user via the callback.
53 startDocument:
55 Receive notification of the beginning of a document. The SAX
56 parser will send this event only once before any other event
57 callbacks.
58 endDocument:
60 Receive notification of the end of a document. The SAX parser
61 will send this event only once, and it will be the last event
62 during the parse.
63 {startPrefixMapping, Prefix, Uri}:
65 Begin the scope of a prefix-URI Namespace mapping. Note that
66 start/endPrefixMapping events are not guaranteed to be properly
67 nested relative to each other: all startPrefixMapping events will
68 occur immediately before the corresponding startElement event,
69 and all endPrefixMapping events will occur immediately after the
70 corresponding endElement event, but their order is not otherwise
71 guaranteed. There will not be start/endPrefixMapping events for
72 the "xml" prefix, since it is predeclared and immutable.
73 * Prefix = string()
75 * Uri = string()
77 {endPrefixMapping, Prefix}:
79 End the scope of a prefix-URI mapping.
80 * Prefix = string()
82 {startElement, Uri, LocalName, QualifiedName, Attributes}:
84 Receive notification of the beginning of an element. The Parser
85 will send this event at the beginning of every element in the XML
86 document; there will be a corresponding endElement event for
87 every startElement event (even when the element is empty). All of
88 the element's content will be reported, in order, before the cor‐
89 responding endElement event.
90 * Uri = string()
92 * LocalName = string()
94 * QualifiedName = {Prefix, LocalName}
96 * Prefix = string()
98 * Attributes = [{Uri, Prefix, AttributeName, Value}]
100 * AttributeName = string()
102 * Value = string()
104 {endElement, Uri, LocalName, QualifiedName}:
106 Receive notification of the end of an element. The SAX parser
107 will send this event at the end of every element in the XML docu‐
108 ment; there will be a corresponding startElement event for every
109 endElement event (even when the element is empty).
110 * Uri = string()
112 * LocalName = string()
114 * QualifiedName = {Prefix, LocalName}
116 * Prefix = string()
118 {characters, string()}:
120 Receive notification of character data.
121 {ignorableWhitespace, string()}:
123 Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
124 {processingInstruction, Target, Data}:
126 Receive notification of a processing instruction. The Parser
127 will send this event once for each processing instruction found:
128 note that processing instructions may occur before or after the
129 main document element.
130 * Target = string()
132 * Data = string()
134 {comment, string()}:
136 Report an XML comment anywhere in the document (both inside and
137 outside of the document element).
138 startCDATA:
140 Report the start of a CDATA section. The contents of the CDATA
141 section will be reported through the regular characters event.
142 endCDATA:
144 Report the end of a CDATA section.
145 {startDTD, Name, PublicId, SystemId}:
147 Report the start of DTD declarations, it's reporting the start
148 of the DOCTYPE declaration. If the document has no DOCTYPE decla‐
149 ration, this event will not be sent.
150 * Name = string()
152 * PublicId = string()
154 * SystemId = string()
156 endDTD:
158 Report the end of DTD declarations, it's reporting the end of
159 the DOCTYPE declaration.
160 {startEntity, SysId}:
162 Report the beginning of some internal and external XML entities.
163 ???
164 {endEntity, SysId}:
166 Report the end of an entity. ???
167 {elementDecl, Name, Model}:
169 Report an element type declaration. The content model will con‐
170 sist of the string "EMPTY", the string "ANY", or a parenthesised
171 group, optionally followed by an occurrence indicator. The model
172 will be normalized so that all parameter entities are fully
173 resolved and all whitespace is removed,and will include the
174 enclosing parentheses. Other normalization (such as removing
175 redundant parentheses or simplifying occurrence indicators) is at
176 the discretion of the parser.
177 * Name = string()
179 * Model = string()
181 {attributeDecl, ElementName, AttributeName, Type, Mode, Value}:
183 Report an attribute type declaration.
184 * ElementName = string()
186 * AttributeName = string()
188 * Type = string()
190 * Mode = string()
192 * Value = string()
194 {internalEntityDecl, Name, Value}:
196 Report an internal entity declaration.
197 * Name = string()
199 * Value = string()
201 {externalEntityDecl, Name, PublicId, SystemId}:
203 Report a parsed external entity declaration.
204 * Name = string()
206 * PublicId = string()
208 * SystemId = string()
210 {unparsedEntityDecl, Name, PublicId, SystemId, Ndata}:
212 Receive notification of an unparsed entity declaration event.
213 * Name = string()
215 * PublicId = string()
217 * SystemId = string()
219 * Ndata = string()
221 {notationDecl, Name, PublicId, SystemId}:
223 Receive notification of a notation declaration event.
224 * Name = string()
226 * PublicId = string()
228 * SystemId = string()
230 unicode_char():
232 Integer representing valid unicode codepoint.
233 unicode_binary():
235 Binary with characters encoded in UTF-8 or UTF-16.
236 latin1_binary():
238 Binary with characters encoded in iso-latin-1.
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241 file(Filename, Options) -> Result
242 Types:
244 Filename = string()
246 Options = [option()]
247 Result = {ok, EventState, Rest} |
248 {Tag, Location, Reason, EndTags, EventState}
249 Rest = unicode_binary() | latin1_binary()
250 Tag = atom() (fatal_error, or user defined tag)
251 Location = {CurrentLocation, EntityName, LineNo}
252 CurrentLocation = string()
253 EntityName = string()
254 LineNo = integer()
255 EventState = term()
256 Reason = term()
257 Parse file containing an XML document. This functions uses a
259 default continuation function to read the file in blocks.
260 stream(Xml, Options) -> Result
262 Types:
264 Xml = unicode_binary() | latin1_binary() | [unicode_char()]
266 Options = [option()]
267 Result = {ok, EventState, Rest} |
268 {Tag, Location, Reason, EndTags, EventState}
269 Rest = unicode_binary() | latin1_binary() | [unicode_char()]
270 Tag = atom() (fatal_error or user defined tag)
271 Location = {CurrentLocation, EntityName, LineNo}
272 CurrentLocation = string()
273 EntityName = string()
274 LineNo = integer()
275 EventState = term()
276 Reason = term()
277 Parse a stream containing an XML document.
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281 The callback interface is based on that the user sends a fun with the
282 correct signature to the parser.
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285 ContinuationFun(State) -> {NewBytes, NewState}
286 Types:
288 State = NewState = term()
290 NewBytes = binary() | list() (should be same as start input
291 in stream/2)
292 This function is called whenever the parser runs out of input
294 data. If the function can't get hold of more input an empty list
295 or binary (depends on start input in stream/2) is returned.
296 Other types of errors is handled through exceptions. Use throw/1
297 to send the following tuple {Tag = atom(), Reason = string()} if
298 the continuation function encounters a fatal error. Tag is an
299 atom that identifies the functional entity that sends the excep‐
300 tion and Reason is a string that describes the problem.
301 EventFun(Event, Location, State) -> NewState
303 Types:
305 Event = event()
307 Location = {CurrentLocation, Entityname, LineNo}
308 CurrentLocation = string()
309 Entityname = string()
310 LineNo = integer()
311 State = NewState = term()
312 This function is called for every event sent by the parser. The
314 error handling is done through exceptions. Use throw/1 to send
315 the following tuple {Tag = atom(), Reason = string()} if the
316 application encounters a fatal error. Tag is an atom that iden‐
317 tifies the functional entity that sends the exception and Reason
318 is a string that describes the problem.
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