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<refentry id="blib-BParser">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>BParser</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo>BLIB Library</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>BParser</refname><refpurpose>an XML parser that offers a simplified SAX API</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv><title>Synopsis</title>
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<synopsis>
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struct <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>;
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enum <link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link>;
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<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> (<link linkend="BParserStartFunc">*BParserStartFunc</link>) (<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> state,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *element_name,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> **attribute_names,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> **attribute_values,
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<link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);
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<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> (<link linkend="BParserEndFunc">*BParserEndFunc</link>) (<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> state,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *element_name,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *cdata,
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<link linkend="gsize">gsize</link> cdata_len,
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<link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);
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<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>* <link linkend="b-parser-new">b_parser_new</link> (<link linkend="BParserStartFunc">BParserStartFunc</link> start_element,
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<link linkend="BParserEndFunc">BParserEndFunc</link> end_element,
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<link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data);
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void <link linkend="b-parser-free">b_parser_free</link> (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser);
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<link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> <link linkend="b-parser-parse">b_parser_parse</link> (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *text,
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<link linkend="gssize">gssize</link> text_len,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);
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<link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> <link linkend="b-parser-end-parse">b_parser_end_parse</link> (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);
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<link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> <link linkend="b-parser-parse-io-channel">b_parser_parse_io_channel</link> (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser,
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<link linkend="GIOChannel">GIOChannel</link> *io,
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<link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> recode,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);
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<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> <link linkend="b-parser-get-state">b_parser_get_state</link> (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser);
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<link linkend="gchar">gchar</link>* <link linkend="b-parse-encoding">b_parse_encoding</link> (const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *text,
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<link linkend="gint">gint</link> text_len);
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Details</title>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="BParser"/>struct BParser</title>
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<programlisting>struct BParser;</programlisting>
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<para>
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The <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> struct is private.
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</para></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="BParserState"/>enum BParserState</title>
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<programlisting>typedef enum
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{
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B_PARSER_STATE_UNKNOWN,
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B_PARSER_STATE_TOPLEVEL,
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B_PARSER_STATE_USER = 0x10 /* first user state, use as many as you need */
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} BParserState;
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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An enumeration used to indicate the state of a <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>. Users of
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<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> will want to add their own states; they may use any values
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equal or greater than <literal>B_PARSER_STATE_USER</literal>.
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</para></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="BParserStartFunc"/>BParserStartFunc ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> (*BParserStartFunc) (<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> state,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *element_name,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> **attribute_names,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> **attribute_values,
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<link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);</programlisting>
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<para>
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The function that is called when the parser hits the start of an
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element. Return <literal>B_PARSER_STATE_UNKNOWN</literal> from this function to indicate
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an error which should cause the parser to abort.
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>state</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the current state of the parser
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>element_name</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the name of the element
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>attribute_names</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>a <literal>NULL</literal>-terminated list of attribute names
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>attribute_values</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>a <literal>NULL</literal>-terminated list of attribute values
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>user_data</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the data that was passed to <link linkend="b-parser-new">b_parser_new</link>()
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>error</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the error pointer that was passed to <link linkend="b-parser-new">b_parser_new</link>()
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara>the new state of the parser
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="BParserEndFunc"/>BParserEndFunc ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> (*BParserEndFunc) (<link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> state,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *element_name,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *cdata,
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<link linkend="gsize">gsize</link> cdata_len,
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<link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);</programlisting>
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<para>
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The function that is called when the parser hits the end of an
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element. Return <literal>B_PARSER_STATE_UNKNOWN</literal> from this function to
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indicate an error which should cause the parser to abort.
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>state</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the current state of the parser
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>element_name</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the name of the element
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>cdata</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>pointer to character data that occured between the opening
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and closing tags
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>cdata_len</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the length of <parameter>cdata</parameter> in bytes
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>user_data</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the data that was passed to <link linkend="b-parser-new">b_parser_new</link>()
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>error</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara>the error pointer that was passed to <link linkend="b-parser-new">b_parser_new</link>()
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara>the new state of the parser
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parser-new"/>b_parser_new ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>* b_parser_new (<link linkend="BParserStartFunc">BParserStartFunc</link> start_element,
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<link linkend="BParserEndFunc">BParserEndFunc</link> end_element,
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<link linkend="gpointer">gpointer</link> user_data);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Creates a new <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> suited to parse XML files. The <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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should later be freed using <link linkend="b-parser-free">b_parser_free</link>().</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>start_element</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> the function to call when an element is started
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>end_element</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> the function to call when an element is closed
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>user_data</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> data to pass to the functions above
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara> a newly allocated <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parser-free"/>b_parser_free ()</title>
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<programlisting>void b_parser_free (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Frees the resources allocated for <parameter>parser</parameter>. You must not access
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<parameter>parser</parameter> after calling this function.</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>parser</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parser-parse"/>b_parser_parse ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> b_parser_parse (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser,
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const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *text,
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<link linkend="gssize">gssize</link> text_len,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Let the <parameter>parser</parameter> process a chunk of <parameter>text</parameter>. You need to call
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<link linkend="b-parser-end-parse">b_parser_end_parse</link>() after you passed the last chunk to the <parameter>parser</parameter>.</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>parser</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>text</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> pointer to a text buffer to parse
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>text_len</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> the number of bytes to parse from <parameter>text</parameter>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>error</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> location to store the error occuring, or <literal>NULL</literal> to ignore errors
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara> <literal>TRUE</literal> if parsing was successful, <literal>FALSE</literal> if an error occured
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parser-end-parse"/>b_parser_end_parse ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> b_parser_end_parse (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Finishes the <parameter>parser</parameter>. After calling this function, you must not
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call <link linkend="b-parser-parse">b_parser_parse</link>() on the parser again.</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>parser</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>error</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> location to store the error occuring, or <literal>NULL</literal> to ignore errors
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara> <literal>TRUE</literal> if <parameter>parser</parameter> was successfully finished, <literal>FALSE</literal>
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otherwise
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parser-parse-io-channel"/>b_parser_parse_io_channel ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> b_parser_parse_io_channel (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser,
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<link linkend="GIOChannel">GIOChannel</link> *io,
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<link linkend="gboolean">gboolean</link> recode,
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<link linkend="GError">GError</link> **error);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Reads data from the <link linkend="GIOChannel">GIOChannel</link> <parameter>io</parameter> and passes it to <parameter>parser</parameter>. If
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<parameter>recode</parameter> is TRUE, the data should start with an XML header so this
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function can determine the encoding of the XML data and convert it
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to UTF-8 for you.</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>parser</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>io</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a <link linkend="GIOChannel">GIOChannel</link> to read the text to parse from
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>recode</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> <literal>TRUE</literal> if you want the parser to do automatic encoding conversion
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>error</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> location to store the error occuring, or <literal>NULL</literal> to ignore errors
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara> <literal>TRUE</literal> if parsing was successful, <literal>FALSE</literal> otherwise
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parser-get-state"/>b_parser_get_state ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="BParserState">BParserState</link> b_parser_get_state (<link linkend="BParser">BParser</link> *parser);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Retrieves the current state of <parameter>parser</parameter>.</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>parser</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a <link linkend="BParser">BParser</link>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara> the state of <parameter>parser</parameter>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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<refsect2>
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<title><anchor id="b-parse-encoding"/>b_parse_encoding ()</title>
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<programlisting><link linkend="gchar">gchar</link>* b_parse_encoding (const <link linkend="gchar">gchar</link> *text,
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<link linkend="gint">gint</link> text_len);</programlisting>
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<para>
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Scans the <parameter>text</parameter> for an XML header with encoding specification.</para>
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<para>
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</para><variablelist role="params">
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>text</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> a string to parse, must be at least 20 bytes
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><parameter>text_len</parameter> :</term>
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<listitem><simpara> the maximum number of bytes to parse from <parameter>text</parameter>
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term><emphasis>Returns</emphasis> :</term><listitem><simpara> a copy of the encoding string or <literal>NULL</literal> if none was
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found
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</simpara></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist></refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<link linkend="GMarkupParser">GMarkupParser</link>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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