SimpleSAXParser.h

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#ifndef __SIMPLE_SAX_PARSER_H_
#define __SIMPLE_SAX_PARSER_H_
/*  A simple SAX-like parser. 

    And yes, I know the S in SAX stands for Simple.
        
    Licensed under GPLv3 license.
    
    TODO: incomplete support for entities.
    TODO: no support for DTD nor <?xml> preamble.
 */

#include <string>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>

bool fgettoken(std::istream &in, char **buffer, size_t *maxSize, const char *separators, int *firstChar);

class SimpleSAXParser {
public:
  struct Attribute {
    std::string key;
    std::string value;

    Attribute(const std::string &iKey, const std::string &iValue) : key(iKey), value(iValue) {}

    bool operator<(const Attribute &attribute) const { return this->key < attribute.key; }
  };

  typedef std::vector<Attribute> Attributes;
  class ParserError {
  public:
    ParserError(const std::string &error) : m_error(error) {}

    const char *error() { return m_error.c_str(); }

  private:
    std::string m_error;
  };

  enum PARSER_STATES {
    IN_DOCUMENT,
    IN_BEGIN_TAG,
    IN_DONE,
    IN_BEGIN_ELEMENT,
    IN_ELEMENT_WHITESPACE,
    IN_END_ELEMENT,
    IN_ATTRIBUTE_KEY,
    IN_END_TAG,
    IN_DATA,
    IN_BEGIN_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE,
    IN_STRING,
    IN_END_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE,
    IN_STRING_ENTITY,
    IN_DATA_ENTITY
  };

  SimpleSAXParser(std::istream &f)
      : m_in(f), m_bufferSize(1024), m_buffer(new char[m_bufferSize]), m_nextChar(m_in.get()) {}

  virtual ~SimpleSAXParser();

  void parse(void);

  virtual void startElement(const std::string & /*name*/, Attributes & /*attributes*/) {}
  virtual void endElement(const std::string & /*name*/) {}
  virtual void data(const std::string & /*data*/) {}

  SimpleSAXParser(const SimpleSAXParser &) = delete;                   // stop default
  const SimpleSAXParser &operator=(const SimpleSAXParser &) = delete;  // stop default

private:
  std::string parseEntity(const std::string &entity);
  std::string getToken(const char *delim) {
    fgettoken(m_in, &m_buffer, &m_bufferSize, delim, &m_nextChar);
    return m_buffer;
  }

  std::string getToken(const char delim) {
    char buf[2] = {delim, 0};
    fgettoken(m_in, &m_buffer, &m_bufferSize, buf, &m_nextChar);
    m_nextChar = m_in.get();
    return m_buffer;
  }

  bool skipChar(int c) {
    if (m_nextChar != c)
      return false;
    m_nextChar = m_in.get();
    return true;
  }

  int nextChar(void) { return m_nextChar; }

  std::istream &m_in;
  size_t m_bufferSize;
  char *m_buffer;
  int m_nextChar;
  std::vector<std::string> m_elementTags;
  Attributes m_attributes;
};

// NOTE: put in a .cc if this file is used in more than one place.
#endif  // __SIMPLE_SAX_PARSER_H_