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XMLParser

Inherits: RefCounted < Object

Provides a low-level interface for creating parsers for XML files.

Low-level class for creating parsers for XML files.

Description

Provides a low-level interface for creating parsers for XML files. This class can serve as base to make custom XML parsers.

Methods

Enumerations

enum NodeType:

NodeType NODE_NONE = 0

There’s no node (no file or buffer opened).

NodeType NODE_ELEMENT = 1

Element (tag).

NodeType NODE_ELEMENT_END = 2

End of element.

NodeType NODE_TEXT = 3

Text node.

NodeType NODE_COMMENT = 4

Comment node.

NodeType NODE_CDATA = 5

CDATA content.

NodeType NODE_UNKNOWN = 6

Unknown node.

Method Descriptions

int get_attribute_count ( ) const

Gets the number of attributes in the current element.

String get_attribute_name ( int idx ) const

Gets the name of the attribute specified by the idx index.

String get_attribute_value ( int idx ) const

Gets the value of the attribute specified by the idx index.

int get_current_line ( ) const

Gets the current line in the parsed file, counting from 0.

String get_named_attribute_value ( String name ) const

Gets the value of a certain attribute of the current element by name. This will raise an error if the element has no such attribute.

String get_named_attribute_value_safe ( String name ) const

Gets the value of a certain attribute of the current element by name. This will return an empty String if the attribute is not found.

String get_node_data ( ) const

Gets the contents of a text node. This will raise an error in any other type of node.

String get_node_name ( ) const

Gets the name of the current element node. This will raise an error if the current node type is neither NODE_ELEMENT nor NODE_ELEMENT_END.

int get_node_offset ( ) const

Gets the byte offset of the current node since the beginning of the file or buffer.

NodeType get_node_type ( )

Gets the type of the current node. Compare with NodeType constants.

bool has_attribute ( String name ) const

Check whether the current element has a certain attribute.

bool is_empty ( ) const

Check whether the current element is empty (this only works for completely empty tags, e.g. <element \>).

Error open ( String file )

Opens an XML file for parsing. This returns an error code.

Error open_buffer ( PackedByteArray buffer )

Opens an XML raw buffer for parsing. This returns an error code.

Error read ( )

Reads the next node of the file. This returns an error code.

Error seek ( int position )

Moves the buffer cursor to a certain offset (since the beginning) and read the next node there. This returns an error code.

void skip_section ( )

Skips the current section. If the node contains other elements, they will be ignored and the cursor will go to the closing of the current element.