dom Class Referenceabstract

Inherited by csvdom, inidom, jsondom, propdom, and xmldom.

## Public Member Functions

| dom ()
| dom (bool stringcacheenabled)
virtual | ~dom ()
virtual bool | parseFile (const char *filename)=0
virtual bool | parseString (const char *string)=0
virtual domnode * | getRootNode () const
virtual domnode * | getNullNode () const
virtual void | createRootNode ()
virtual bool | writeFile (const char *filename, mode_t perms) const
virtual bool | write (output *out) const
virtual bool | write (output *out, bool indent) const
bool | stringCacheEnabled ()

## Detailed Description

The dom class implements a minimal DOM-style parser.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## dom() [1/2]

dom::dom | ( |  | ) |

Creates a new instance of the dom class.

## dom() [2/2]

dom::dom | ( | bool | stringcacheenabled | ) |

Creates a new instance of the dom class, allowing the user to enable or disable the "string cache" for this instance.

By default, as each domnode is added to the dom tree, tag and attribute names and values are stored in a string cache and pointers into the cache are assigned to each node. Reference counters are kept and the string is removed from the cache when no more nodes are using it. If the data is highly repetitive this conserves memory at the cost of speed.

If the string cache is disabled then memory is allocated in each domnode for names and values and freed when the domnode is freed. This is faster but uses much more memory.

## ~dom()

virtual dom::~dom | ( |  | ) |

virtual

Deletes this instance of the dom class.

## Member Function Documentation

## createRootNode()

virtual void dom::createRootNode | ( |  | ) |

virtual

Creates a new root node. This is useful for building a tree from scratch.

Reimplemented in xmldom, propdom, jsondom, inidom, and csvdom.

## getNullNode()

virtual domnode* dom::getNullNode | ( |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns the null node of the DOM tree.

## getRootNode()

virtual domnode* dom::getRootNode | ( |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns the root node of the DOM tree.

## parseFile()

virtual bool dom::parseFile | ( | const char * | filename | ) |

pure virtual

Parses file "filename" and generates a DOM tree.

Implemented in xmldom, propdom, jsondom, inidom, and csvdom.

## parseString()

virtual bool dom::parseString | ( | const char * | string | ) |

pure virtual

Parses string "string" and generates a DOM tree.

Implemented in xmldom, propdom, jsondom, inidom, and csvdom.

## stringCacheEnabled()

bool dom::stringCacheEnabled | ( |  | ) |

Returns true if the string cache is enabled and false if it is disabled.

## write() [1/2]

virtual bool dom::write | ( | output * | out | ) | const

virtual

Writes the current DOM tree to "out".

Reimplemented in propdom, jsondom, and inidom.

## write() [2/2]

virtual bool dom::write | ( | output * | out,
|  | bool | indent
| ) |  | const

virtual

Writes the current DOM tree to "out".

If "indent" is true, then the output is automatically indented. If "indent" is false, then the tree is output as-is.

Reimplemented in csvdom.

## writeFile()

virtual bool dom::writeFile | ( | const char * | filename,
|  | mode_t | perms
| ) |  | const

virtual

Writes the current DOM tree to "filename" and sets permissions of the file to "perms".