xmlserializer/XmlDocSink.h

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#pragma once
#include "XmlDocSource.h"
#include "XmlSerializingContext.h"

/**
  * The CXmlDocSink class defines how to use a CXmlDocSource.
  * The interaction between the xml source and xml sink is defined
  * in the process method of CXmlDocSink. One can subclass CXmlDocSink
  * for different purpose by implementing the doProcess method and then
  * use it with any existing implementation of CXmlDocSource.
  */
class CXmlDocSink
{
public:
    CXmlDocSink();

    /**
      * Method to be called to use an xmlDocSource.
      * Any subclass of XmlDocSink must implement the doProcess
      * method that will define how to use the xmlDocSource.
      *
      * @param[in] xmlDocSource a CXmlDocSource reference
      * @param[in] serializingContext a CXmlSerializing Context reference
      *
      * @return true is there was no error during the processing of xmlDocSource
      */
    bool process(CXmlDocSource& xmlDocSource, CXmlSerializingContext& serializingContext);
    virtual ~CXmlDocSink() {}

private:
    /**
      * Handle for subclasses to process the source.
      * This method will define what to do with the xmlDocSource.
      *
      * @param[in] xmlDocSource a CXmlDocSource reference
      * @param[in] serializingContext a CXmlSerializing Context reference
      *
      * @return true is there was no error during the processing of xmlDocSource
      */
    virtual bool doProcess(CXmlDocSource& xmlDocSource, CXmlSerializingContext& serializingContext) = 0;
};