added docs. basic handles tests
diff --git a/tinyxml2.h b/tinyxml2.h
index 0d58dc3..0acf9d8 100644
--- a/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/tinyxml2.h
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
/**
A XMLHandle is a class that wraps a node pointer with null checks; this is
- an incredibly useful thing. Note that XMLHandle is not part of the TinyXml
+ an incredibly useful thing. Note that XMLHandle is not part of the TinyXML
DOM structure. It is a separate utility class.
Take an example:
@@ -1150,23 +1150,23 @@
easy to write a *lot* of code that looks like:
@verbatim
- TiXmlElement* root = document.FirstChildElement( "Document" );
+ XMLElement* root = document.FirstChildElement( "Document" );
if ( root )
{
- TiXmlElement* element = root->FirstChildElement( "Element" );
+ XMLElement* element = root->FirstChildElement( "Element" );
if ( element )
{
- TiXmlElement* child = element->FirstChildElement( "Child" );
+ XMLElement* child = element->FirstChildElement( "Child" );
if ( child )
{
- TiXmlElement* child2 = child->NextSiblingElement( "Child" );
+ XMLElement* child2 = child->NextSiblingElement( "Child" );
if ( child2 )
{
// Finally do something useful.
@endverbatim
- And that doesn't even cover "else" cases. TiXmlHandle addresses the verbosity
- of such code. A TiXmlHandle checks for null pointers so it is perfectly safe
+ And that doesn't even cover "else" cases. XMLHandle addresses the verbosity
+ of such code. A XMLHandle checks for null pointers so it is perfectly safe
and correct to use:
@verbatim
@@ -1181,33 +1181,49 @@
It is also safe to copy handles - internally they are nothing more than node pointers.
@verbatim
- TiXmlHandle handleCopy = handle;
+ XMLHandle handleCopy = handle;
@endverbatim
+
+ See also XMLConstHandle, which is the same as XMLHandle, but operates on const objects.
*/
class XMLHandle
{
public:
/// Create a handle from any node (at any depth of the tree.) This can be a null pointer.
XMLHandle( XMLNode* _node ) { node = _node; }
+ /// Create a handle from a node.
XMLHandle( XMLNode& _node ) { node = &_node; }
+ /// Copy constructor
XMLHandle( const XMLHandle& ref ) { node = ref.node; }
-
+ /// Assignment
XMLHandle operator=( const XMLHandle& ref ) { node = ref.node; return *this; }
+ /// Get the first child of this handle.
XMLHandle FirstChild() { return XMLHandle( node ? node->FirstChild() : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the first child element of this handle.
XMLHandle FirstChildElement( const char* value=0 ) { return XMLHandle( node ? node->FirstChildElement( value ) : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the last child of this handle.
XMLHandle LastChild() { return XMLHandle( node ? node->LastChild() : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the last child element of this handle.
XMLHandle LastChildElement( const char* _value=0 ) { return XMLHandle( node ? node->LastChildElement( _value ) : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the previous sibling of this handle.
XMLHandle PreviousSibling() { return XMLHandle( node ? node->PreviousSibling() : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the previous sibling element of this handle.
XMLHandle PreviousSiblingElement( const char* _value=0 ) { return XMLHandle( node ? node->PreviousSiblingElement( _value ) : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the next sibling of this handle.
XMLHandle NextSibling() { return XMLHandle( node ? node->NextSibling() : 0 ); }
+ /// Get the next sibling element of this handle.
XMLHandle NextSiblingElement( const char* _value=0 ) { return XMLHandle( node ? node->NextSiblingElement( _value ) : 0 ); }
-
+ /// Safe cast to XMLNode. This can return null.
XMLNode* ToNode() { return node; }
+ /// Safe cast to XMLElement. This can return null.
XMLElement* ToElement() { return ( ( node && node->ToElement() ) ? node->ToElement() : 0 ); }
+ /// Safe cast to XMLText. This can return null.
XMLText* ToText() { return ( ( node && node->ToText() ) ? node->ToText() : 0 ); }
+ /// Safe cast to XMLUnknown. This can return null.
XMLUnknown* ToUnknown() { return ( ( node && node->ToUnknown() ) ? node->ToUnknown() : 0 ); }
+ /// Safe cast to XMLDeclaration. This can return null.
XMLDeclaration* ToDeclaration() { return ( ( node && node->ToDeclaration() ) ? node->ToDeclaration() : 0 ); }
private:
@@ -1216,7 +1232,8 @@
/**
- A variant of the XMLHandle class for working with const XMLNodes and Documents.
+ A variant of the XMLHandle class for working with const XMLNodes and Documents. It is the
+ same in all regards, except for the 'const' qualifiers. See XMLHandle for API.
*/
class XMLConstHandle
{