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TiXmlElement Class Reference

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#include <tinyxml.h>

Inheritance diagram for TiXmlElement:

TiXmlNode TiXmlBase List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 TiXmlElement (const char *in_value)
 Construct an element.
 TiXmlElement (const std::string &_value)
 std::string constructor.
const char * Attribute (const char *name) const
 Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists.
const char * Attribute (const char *name, int *i) const
 Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists.
const char * Attribute (const char *name, double *d) const
 Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists.
int QueryIntAttribute (const char *name, int *_value) const
 QueryIntAttribute examines the attribute - it is an alternative to the Attribute() method with richer error checking.
int QueryDoubleAttribute (const char *name, double *_value) const
 QueryDoubleAttribute examines the attribute - see QueryIntAttribute().
int QueryFloatAttribute (const char *name, float *_value) const
 QueryFloatAttribute examines the attribute - see QueryIntAttribute().
void SetAttribute (const char *name, const char *_value)
 Sets an attribute of name to a given value.
void SetAttribute (const std::string &name, const std::string &_value)
 STL std::string form. STL std::string form.
void SetAttribute (const char *name, int value)
 Sets an attribute of name to a given value.
void SetDoubleAttribute (const char *name, double value)
 Sets an attribute of name to a given value.
void RemoveAttribute (const char *name)
 Deletes an attribute with the given name.
void RemoveAttribute (const std::string &name)
 STL std::string form.
const TiXmlAttributeFirstAttribute () const
 Access the first attribute in this element.
const TiXmlAttributeLastAttribute () const
 Access the last attribute in this element.
const char * GetText () const
 Convenience function for easy access to the text inside an element.
virtual TiXmlNodeClone () const
 Creates a new Element and returns it - the returned element is a copy.
virtual void Print (FILE *cfile, int depth) const
 All TinyXml classes can print themselves to a filestream.

Detailed Description

The element is a container class.

It has a value, the element name, and can contain other elements, text, comments, and unknowns. Elements also contain an arbitrary number of attributes.


Member Function Documentation

const char* TiXmlElement::Attribute const char *  name,
double *  d
const
 

Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists.

If the attribute exists and can be converted to an double, the double value will be put in the return 'd', if 'd' is non-null.

const char* TiXmlElement::Attribute const char *  name,
int *  i
const
 

Given an attribute name, Attribute() returns the value for the attribute of that name, or null if none exists.

If the attribute exists and can be converted to an integer, the integer value will be put in the return 'i', if 'i' is non-null.

const char* TiXmlElement::GetText  )  const
 

Convenience function for easy access to the text inside an element.

Although easy and concise, GetText() is limited compared to getting the TiXmlText child and accessing it directly.

If the first child of 'this' is a TiXmlText, the GetText() returs the character string of the Text node, else null is returned.

This is a convenient method for getting the text of simple contained text:

		<foo>This is text</foo>
		const char* str = fooElement->GetText();
		

'str' will be a pointer to "This is text".

Note that this function can be misleading. If the element foo was created from this XML:

		<foo><b>This is text</b></foo> 
		

then the value of str would be null. The first child node isn't a text node, it is another element. From this XML:

		<foo>This is <b>text</b></foo> 
		
GetText() will return "This is ".

WARNING: GetText() accesses a child node - don't become confused with the similarly named TiXmlHandle::Text() and TiXmlNode::ToText() which are safe type casts on the referenced node.

virtual void TiXmlElement::Print FILE *  cfile,
int  depth
const [virtual]
 

All TinyXml classes can print themselves to a filestream.

This is a formatted print, and will insert tabs and newlines.

(For an unformatted stream, use the << operator.)

Implements TiXmlBase.

int TiXmlElement::QueryIntAttribute const char *  name,
int *  _value
const
 

QueryIntAttribute examines the attribute - it is an alternative to the Attribute() method with richer error checking.

If the attribute is an integer, it is stored in 'value' and the call returns TIXML_SUCCESS. If it is not an integer, it returns TIXML_WRONG_TYPE. If the attribute does not exist, then TIXML_NO_ATTRIBUTE is returned.

void TiXmlElement::SetAttribute const char *  name,
int  value
 

Sets an attribute of name to a given value.

The attribute will be created if it does not exist, or changed if it does.

void TiXmlElement::SetAttribute const char *  name,
const char *  _value
 

Sets an attribute of name to a given value.

The attribute will be created if it does not exist, or changed if it does.

void TiXmlElement::SetDoubleAttribute const char *  name,
double  value
 

Sets an attribute of name to a given value.

The attribute will be created if it does not exist, or changed if it does.


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