1 Datatypes for XML C APIs
The following table lists all C datatypes and their descriptions.
Table 1-1 Summary of Datatypes for XML C Implementation
Datatype | Purpose |
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Checkword for validating data structures. |
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Error code: |
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The id of property; if |
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Opaque memory context. |
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Property name. |
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Property value type. |
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Value: union of storage for all data types. |
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Opaque stream object. |
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Storage for file handles. |
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Constant used for DOM Range comparisons. |
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Context shared for all documents in an XML session. |
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Specifies input types for |
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Numeric error code returned by many functions. |
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XML Event context. |
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The hash value of an XML tree or sub-tree; also known as a digest. |
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Generic user-defined input stream. |
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Control structure for DOM2 |
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The numeric type code of a node. |
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Generic user-defined output stream. |
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XPointer point location. |
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Controls structure for DOM2 Range. |
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Binding for SOAP connections. |
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SOAP connection object. |
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Context for SOAP operations. |
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Role for a SOAP node. |
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Bit flags used to select which node types to show. |
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This is an enumeration of the known access methods for retrieving data from a URL. |
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This union contains the handle(s) needed to access URL data, be it a stream or |
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This structure contains the sub-parts of a URL. |
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XPointer location datatype. |
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XPointer location set datatype. |
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Type of XSLT object that may be returned. |
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Type of output produced by the XSLT processor. |
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An object of type |
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An object of type |
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Control flags for the XSLT compiler. |
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Type of XSLTVM object. |
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XPath top-level context. |
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XPath expression. |
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XPath object. |
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XMLSchema validator context. |
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XSL top-level context. |
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XSLVM processor run-time object; contents are private and must not be accessed by users. |
oraprop_id
The id of property; if >= 0
it is valid, if < 0
, it is invalid.
Definition
typedef sb2 oraprop_id;
oraprop
Property name.
Definition
typedef struct oraprop { oratext *name_oraprop; oraprop_id id_oraprop; oraprop_t type_oraprop; oraprop_v value_oraprop; } oraprop;
oraprop_t
Property value type.
Definition
typedef enum { ORAPROP_TYPE_BOOLEAN, ORAPROP_TYPE_SIGNED, ORAPROP_TYPE_UNSIGNED, ORAPROP_TYPE_POINTER } oraprop_t;
oraprop_v
Value: union of storage for all data types.
Definition
typedef union oraprop_v { boolean b_oraprop_v; sb4 s_oraprop_v; ub4 u_oraprop_v; void *p_oraprop_v; } oraprop_v;
orastreamhdl
Storage for file handles.
Definition
typedef union orastreamhdl { void *ptr_orastreamhdl; /* generic pointer stream/file/etc */ struct { sb4 fd_orastreamhdl; /* file descriptor(s) [FTP needs all 3!] */ sb4 fd2_orastreamhdl; sb4 fd3_orastreamhdl; } fds_lpihdl; } orastreamhdl;
xmlcmphow
Constant used for DOM Range comparisons.
Definition
typedef enum { XMLDOM_START_TO_START , XMLDOM_START_TO_END , XMLDOM_END_TO_END , XMLDOM_END_TO_START } xmlcmphow;
xmlctx
Context shared for all documents in an XML session. Contains encoding information, low-level memory allocation function pointers, error message language or encoding and optional handler function, and so on. Required to load (parse) documents and create DOM, generate SAX, and so on.
Definition
struct xmlctx; typedef struct xmlctx xmlctx;
xmldfoptype
Operation type, represents one or more operations. Used for passing the diff
to a custom Operation Buildder (OB) in XmlDiff()XmlDiff().
Definition
typedef enum { XMLDF_OP_NONE, /* Should not be set to non-zero for XMLDF_NUM_OP macro below */ XMLDF_OP_UPDATE, XMLDF_OP_RENAME, XMLDF_OP_DELETE, XMLDF_OP_INSERT_BEFORE, XMLDF_OP_APPEND } xmldfoptype;
xmldfsrct
Specifies input types for XmlDiff
operations.
Definition
typedef enum { XMLDF_SRCT_NONE , /* default is DOM */ XMLDF_SRCT_DOM, /* DOM: doc node must be specified */ XMLDF_SRCT_FILE, /* file name must be specified */ XMLDF_SRCT_URL, /* URL in compiler encoding */ XMLDF_SRCT_BUFFER, /* buffer: buffer pointer and length must be specified */ XMLDF_SRCT_FILEP, /* FILE */ XMLDF_SRCT_OSTREAM, /* orastream: stream pointer must be specified */ XMLDF_SRCT_DOMNODE /* DOM node, used with XmlHash() */ } xmldfsrct;
xmlerr
Numeric error code returned by many functions. A zero value indicates success; a nonzero value indicates error.
Definition
typedef enum { XMLERR_OK , /* success return */ XMLERR_NULL_PTR , /* NULL pointer */ XMLERR_NO_MEMORY , /* out of memory */ XMLERR_HASH_DUP , /* duplicate entry in hash table */ XMLERR_INTERNAL , /* internal error */ XMLERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW , /* name/quoted string too long */ XMLERR_BAD_CHILD , /* invalid child for parent */ XMLERR_EOI , /* unexpected EndOfInformation */ XMLERR_BAD_MEMCB , /* invalid memory callbacks */ XMLERR_UNICODE_ALIGN , /* Unicode data misalignment */ XMLERR_NODE_TYPE , /* wrong node type */ XMLERR_UNCLEAN , /* context is not clean */ XMLERR_NESTED_STRINGS , /* internal: nested open str */ XMLERR_PROP_NOT_FOUND , /* property not found */ XMLERR_SAVE_OVERFLOW , /* save output overflowed */ XMLERR_NOT_IMP , /* feature not implemented */ XMLERR_NLS_MISMATCH , /* specify lxglo/lxd or neither*/ XMLERR_NLS_INIT , /* error at NLS initialization */ XMLERR_LEH_INIT , /* error at LEH initialization */ XMLERR_LML_INIT , /* error at LML initialization */ XMLERR_LPU_INIT /* error at LPU initialization */ } xmlerr;
xmlevctx
XML Event context.
Definition
typedef struct { void *ctx_xmlevctx; /* implementation specific context */ xmlevdisp disp_xmlevctx; /* dispatch table */ ub4 checkword_xmlevctx; /* checkword for integrity check */ ub4 flags_xmlevctx; /* mode; default: expand_entity */ struct xmlevctx; /* input xmlevctx; chains the XML Event context */ } xmlevctx;
xmlevtype
The event type for parser pull events.
Definition
typedef enum xmlevtype { XML_EVENT_FATAL_ERROR, /* Fatal Error */ XML_EVENT_BEFORE_START, /* Before Start Document */ XML_EVENT_START_DOCUMENT, /* Indicates Start Document */ XML_EVENT_START_DTD, /* Start DTD */ XML_EVENT_END_DTD, /* End DTD */ XML_EVENT_NOTATION_DECLARATION, /* Notation Decl */ XML_EVENT_PE_DECLARATION, /* PE Decl */ XML_EVENT_UE_DECLARATION, /* US Decl */ XML_EVENT_ELEMENT_DECLARATION, /* Element Decl */ XML_EVENT_ATTLIST_DECLARATION, /* Attribute Decl */ XML_EVENT_START_ELEMENT, /* Start Element */ XML_EVENT_END_ELEMENT, /* End Element */ XML_EVENT_CHARACTERS, /* Characters (text) */ XML_EVENT_CHARACTERS_CONT, /* Characters Continued */ XML_EVENT_PI, /* Processing Instruction */ XML_EVENT_PI_CONT, /* Processing Instruction Continued */ XML_EVENT_COMMENT, /* Comment */ XML_EVENT_COMMENT_CONT, /* Comment Continued */ XML_EVENT_SPACE, /* White Space */ XML_EVENT_SPACE_CONT, /* White Space Continued */ XML_EVENT_ENTITY_REFERENCE, /* Entity Reference */ XML_EVENT_CDATA, /* CDATA */ XML_EVENT_CDATA_CONT, /* CDATA continued */ XML_EVENT_START_ENTITY, /* Start Entity */ XML_EVENT_END_ENTITY, /* End Entity */ XML_EVENT_END_DOCUMENT, /* End Document */ XML_EVENT_ERROR /* Error */ }xmlevtype;
xmlhasht
The hash value of an XML tree or sub-tree; also known as a digest.
If the hash values for two XML trees are equal, the trees are considered equal, to a very high probability; uses the MD5 algorithm.
Definition
struct xmlhasht { ub4 l_xmlhasht; /* lenght of digest in bytes */ ub1 d_xmlhasht[XMLDF_DIGEST_MAX]; /* the digest */ }; typedef struct xmlhasht xmlhasht;
xmlistream
Generic user-defined input stream. The three function pointers are required (but may be stubs). The context pointer is entirely user-defined; point it to whatever state information is required to manage the stream; it will be passed as first argument to the user functions.
Definition
typedef struct xmlistream { XML_STREAM_OPEN_F( (*open_xmlistream), xctx, sctx, path, parts, length); XML_STREAM_READ_F( (*read_xmlistream), xctx, sctx, path, dest, size, nraw, eoi); XML_STREAM_CLOSE_F( (*close_xmlistream), xctx, sctx); void *ctx_xmlistream; /* user's stream context */ } xmlistream;
xmliter
Control structure for DOM 2 NodeIterator
and TreeWalker
.
Definition
struct xmliter { xmlnode *root_xmliter; /* root node of the iteration space */ xmlnode *cur_xmliter; /* current position iterator ref node */ ub4 show_xmliter; /* node filter mask */ void *filt_xmliter; /* node filter function */ boolean attach_xmliter; /* is iterator valid? */ boolean expan_xmliter; /* are external entities expanded? */ boolean before_xmliter; /* iter position before ref node? */ }; typedef struct xmliter xmliter; typedef struct xmliter xmlwalk;
xmlnodetype
The numeric type code of a node. 0
means invalid, 1-13 are the standard numberings from DOM 1.0, and higher numbers are for internal use only.
Definition
typedef enum { XMLDOM_NONE , /* bogus node */ XMLDOM_ELEM , /* element */ XMLDOM_ATTR , /* attribute */ XMLDOM_TEXT , /* char data not escaped by CDATA */ XMLDOM_CDATA , /* char data escaped by CDATA */ XMLDOM_ENTREF , /* entity reference */ XMLDOM_ENTITY , /* entity */ XMLDOM_PI , /* <?processing instructions?> */ XMLDOM_COMMENT , /* <!-- Comments --> */ XMLDOM_DOC , /* Document */ XMLDOM_DTD , /* DTD */ XMLDOM_FRAG , /* Document fragment */ XMLDOM_NOTATION , /* notation */ /* Oracle extensions from here on */ XMLDOM_ELEMDECL , /* DTD element declaration */ XMLDOM_ATTRDECL , /* DTD attribute declaration */ /* Content Particles (nodes in element's Content Model) */ XMLDOM_CPELEM , /* element */ XMLDOM_CPCHOICE , /* choice (a|b) */ XMLDOM_CPSEQ , /* sequence (a,b) */ XMLDOM_CPPCDATA , /* #PCDATA */ XMLDOM_CPSTAR , /* '*' (zero or more) */ XMLDOM_CPPLUS , /* '+' (one or more) */ XMLDOM_CPOPT , /* '?' (optional) */ XMLDOM_CPEND /* end marker */ } xmlnodetype;
xmlostream
Generic user-defined output stream. The three function pointers are required (but may be stubs). The context pointer is entirely user-defined; point it to whatever state information is required to manage the stream; it will be passed as first argument to the user functions.
Definition
typedef struct xmlostream { XML_STREAM_OPEN_F( (*open_xmlostream), xctx, sctx, path, parts, length); XML_STREAM_WRITE_F( (*write_xmlostream), xctx, sctx, path, src, size); XML_STREAM_CLOSE_F( (*close_xmlostream), xctx, sctx); void *ctx_xmlostream; /* user's stream context */ } xmlostream;
xmlrange
Control structure for DOM 2 Range.
Definition
typedef struct xmlrange { xmlnode *startnode_xmlrange; /* start point container */ ub4 startofst_xmlrange; /* start point index */ xmlnode *endnode_xmlrange; /* end point container */ ub4 endofst_xmlrange; /* end point index */ xmlnode *doc_xmlrange; /* document node */ xmlnode *root_xmlrange; /* root node of the range */ boolean collapsed_xmlrange; /* is range collapsed? */ boolean detached_xmlrange; /* range invalid, invalidated?*/ } xmlrange;
xmlsoapbind
Binding for SOAP connections. SOAP does not dictate the binding (transport) used for conveying messages; however the HTTP protocol is well-defined and currently the only choice.
Definition
typedef enum xmlsoapbind { XMLSOAP_BIND_NONE , /* none */ XMLSOAP_BIND_HTTP /* HTTP */ } xmlsoapbind;
xmlsoapcon
SOAP connection object. Each distinct connection requires an instance of this type, which contains binding and endpoint information.
Definition
typedef struct xmlsoapcon xmlsoapcon;
xmlsoapctx
Context for SOAP operations. Only a single context is needed and it can be shared by several SOAP messages.
Definition
typedef struct xmlsoapctx xmlsoapctx;
xmlsoaprole
Role for a SOAP node.
Definition
typedef enum xmlsoaprole { XMLSOAP_ROLE_UNSET, /* not specified */ XMLSOAP_ROLE_NONE, /* "none" */ XMLSOAP_ROLE_NEXT, /* "next" */ XMLSOAP_ROLE_ULT, /* "ultimateReceiver" */ XMLSOAP_ROLE_OTHER /* other - user defined */ } xmlsoaprole;
xmlshowbits
Bit flags used to select which nodes types to show.
Definition
typedef ub4 xmlshowbits; #define XMLDOM_SHOW_ALL ~(ub4)0 #define XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(ntype) ((ub4)1 << (ntype)) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_ELEM XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_ELEM) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_ATTR XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_ATTR) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_TEXT XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_TEXT) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_CDATA XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_CDATA) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_ENTREF XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_ENTREF) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_ENTITY XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_ENTITY) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_PI XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_PI) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_COMMENT XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_COMMENT) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_DOC XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_DOC) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_DTD XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_DTD) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_FRAG XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_FRAG) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_NOTATION XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_NOTATION) #define XMLDOM_SHOW_DOC_TYPE XMLDOM_SHOW_BIT(XMLDOM_DOC_TYPE)
xmlurlacc
This is an enumeration of the known access methods for retrieving data from a URL. Open/read/close functions may be plugged in to override the default behavior.
Definition
typedef enum { XML_ACCESS_NONE , /* not specified */ XML_ACCESS_UNKNOWN , /* specified but unknown */ XML_ACCESS_FILE , /* filesystem access */ XML_ACCESS_HTTP , /* HTTP */ XML_ACCESS_FTP , /* FTP */ XML_ACCESS_GOPHER , /* Gopher */ XML_ACCESS_ORADB , /* Oracle DB */ XML_ACCESS_STREAM /* user-defined stream */ } xmlurlacc;
xmlurlhdl
This union contains the handle(s) needed to access URL data, be it a stream or stdio pointer, file descriptor(s), and so on.
Definition
typedef union xmlurlhdl { void *ptr_xmlurlhdl; /* generic stream/file/... handle */ struct { sb4 fd1_xmlurlhdl; /* file descriptor(s) [FTP needs all 3!] */ sb4 fd2_xmlurlhdl; sb4 fd3_xmlurlhdl; } fds_lpihdl; } xmlurlhdl;
xmlurlpart
This structure contains the sub-parts of a URL. The original URL is parsed and the pieces copies (NULL
-terminated) to a working buffer, then this structure is filled in to point to the parts. Given URL http://user:pwd@baz.com:8080/pub/baz.html;quux=1?huh#fraggy
, the example component part from this URL will be shown.
Definition
typedef struct xmlurlpart { xmlurlacc access_xmlurlpart; /* access method code, XMLACCESS_HTTP */ oratext *accbuf_xmlurlpart; /* access method name: "http" */ oratext *host_xmlurlpart; /* hostname: "baz.com" */ oratext *dir_xmlurlpart; /* directory: "pub" */ oratext *file_xmlurlpart; /* filename: "baz.html" */ oratext *uid_xmlurlpart; /* userid/username: "user" */ oratext *passwd_xmlurlpart; /* password: "pwd" */ oratext *port_xmlurlpart; /* port (as string): "8080" */ oratext *frag_xmlurlpart; /* fragment: "fraggy" */ oratext *query_xmlurlpart; /* query: "huh" */ oratext *param_xmlurlpart; /* parameter: "quux=1" */ ub2 portnum_xmlurlpart; /* port (as number): 8080 */ ub1 abs_xmlurlpart; /* absolute path? TRUE */ } xmlurlpart;
xmlxptrlocset
XPointer location set data type.
Definition
typedef struct xmlxptrlocset xmlxptrlocset;
xmlxslobjtype
Type of XSLT object that may be returned.
Definition
typedef enum xmlxslobjtype { XMLXSL_TYPE_UNKNOWN , /* Not a defined type */ XMLXSL_TYPE_NDSET , /* Node-set */ XMLXSL_TYPE_BOOL , /* Boolean value */ XMLXSL_TYPE_NUM , /* Numeric value (double) */ XMLXSL_TYPE_STR , /* String */ XMLXSL_TYPE_FRAG /* Document Fragment */ } xmlxslobjtype;
xmlxslomethod
Type of output to be produced by the XSLT processor.
Definition
typedef enum xmlxslomethod { XMLXSL_OUTPUT_UNKNOWN , /* Not defined */ XMLXSL_OUTPUT_XML , /* Produce a Document Fragment */ XMLXSL_OUTPUT_STREAM , /* Stream out formatted result */ XMLXSL_OUTPUT_HTML /* Stream out HTML formatted result */ } xmlxslomethod;
xmlxvm
An object of type xmlxvm
is used for XML documents transformation. The contents of xmlxvm
are private and must not be accessed by users.
Definition
struct xmlxvm; typedef struct xmlxvm xmlxvm;
xmlxvmcomp
An object of type xmlxvmcomp
is used for compiling XSL stylesheets. The contents of xmlxvmcomp
are private and must not be accessed by users.
Definition
struct xmlxvmcomp; typedef struct xmlxvmcomp xmlxvmcomp;
xmlxvmflags
Control flags for the XSLT compiler.
-
XMLXVM_DEBUG
forces compiler to insert debug information into the bytecode. -
XMLXVM_STRIPSPACE
forces the same behavior asxsl:strip-space elements="*"
Definition
typedef ub4 xmlxvmflag; #define XMLXVM_NOFLAG #define XMLXVM_DEBUG /* insert debug info into bytecode */ #define XMLXVM_STRIPSPACE /* same as xsl:strip-space elements="*" */
xmlxvmobjtype
Type of XSLTVM object.
Definition
typedef enum xmlxvmobjtype { XMLXVM_TYPE_UNKNOWN , XMLXVM_TYPE_NDSET , XMLXVM_TYPE_BOOL , XMLXVM_TYPE_NUM , XMLXVM_TYPE_STR , XMLXVM_TYPE_FRAG } xmlxvmobjtype;
xsdctx
XML Schema validator context, created by XmlSchemaCreate
and passed to most Schema functions.
Definition
# define XSDCTX_DEFINED struct xsdctx; typedef struct xsdctx xsdctx;