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21<h1>The XML C library for Gnome</h1>
22<h2>The tree output</h2>
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86<p>The parser returns a tree built during the document analysis. The value
87returned is an <strong>xmlDocPtr</strong> (i.e., a pointer to an
88<strong>xmlDoc</strong> structure). This structure contains information such
89as the file name, the document type, and a <strong>children</strong> pointer
90which is the root of the document (or more exactly the first child under the
91root which is the document). The tree is made of <strong>xmlNode</strong>s,
92chained in double-linked lists of siblings and with a children&lt;-&gt;parent
93relationship. An xmlNode can also carry properties (a chain of xmlAttr
94structures). An attribute may have a value which is a list of TEXT or
95ENTITY_REF nodes.</p>
96<p>Here is an example (erroneous with respect to the XML spec since there
97should be only one ELEMENT under the root):</p>
98<p><img src="structure.gif" alt=" structure.gif "></p>
99<p>In the source package there is a small program (not installed by default)
100called <strong>xmllint</strong> which parses XML files given as argument and
101prints them back as parsed. This is useful for detecting errors both in XML
102code and in the XML parser itself. It has an option <strong>--debug</strong>
103which prints the actual in-memory structure of the document; here is the
104result with the <a href="#example">example</a> given before:</p>
105<pre>DOCUMENT
106version=1.0
107standalone=true
108 ELEMENT EXAMPLE
109 ATTRIBUTE prop1
110 TEXT
111 content=gnome is great
112 ATTRIBUTE prop2
113 ENTITY_REF
114 TEXT
115 content= linux too
116 ELEMENT head
117 ELEMENT title
118 TEXT
119 content=Welcome to Gnome
120 ELEMENT chapter
121 ELEMENT title
122 TEXT
123 content=The Linux adventure
124 ELEMENT p
125 TEXT
126 content=bla bla bla ...
127 ELEMENT image
128 ATTRIBUTE href
129 TEXT
130 content=linus.gif
131 ELEMENT p
132 TEXT
133 content=...</pre>
134<p>This should be useful for learning the internal representation model.</p>
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