Struct xml::ParserConfig [−] [src]

pub struct ParserConfig {
    pub trim_whitespace: bool,
    pub whitespace_to_characters: bool,
    pub cdata_to_characters: bool,
    pub ignore_comments: bool,
    pub coalesce_characters: bool,
    pub extra_entities: HashMap<String, String>,
    pub ignore_end_of_stream: bool,
}

Parser configuration structure.

This structure contains various configuration options which affect behavior of the parser.

Fields

trim_whitespace: bool

Whether or not should whitespace in textual events be removed. Default is false.

When true, all standalone whitespace will be removed (this means no Whitespace events will ve emitted), and leading and trailing whitespace from Character events will be deleted. If after trimming Characters event will be empty, it will also be omitted from output stream. This is possible, however, only if whitespace_to_characters or cdata_to_characters options are set.

This option does not affect CDATA events, unless cdata_to_characters option is also set. In that case CDATA content will also be trimmed.

whitespace_to_characters: bool

Whether or not should whitespace be converted to characters. Default is false.

If true, instead of Whitespace events Characters events with the same content will be emitted. If trim_whitespace is also true, these events will be trimmed to nothing and, consequently, not emitted.

cdata_to_characters: bool

Whether or not should CDATA be converted to characters. Default is false.

If true, instead of CData events Characters events with the same content will be emitted. If trim_whitespace is also true, these events will be trimmed. If corresponding CDATA contained nothing but whitespace, this event will be omitted from the stream.

ignore_comments: bool

Whether or not should comments be omitted. Default is true.

If true, Comment events will not be emitted at all.

coalesce_characters: bool

Whether or not should sequential Characters events be merged. Default is true.

If true, multiple sequential Characters events will be merged into a single event, that is, their data will be concatenated.

Multiple sequential Characters events are only possible if either cdata_to_characters or ignore_comments are set. Otherwise character events will always be separated by other events.

extra_entities: HashMap<String, String>

A map of extra entities recognized by the parser. Default is an empty map.

By default the XML parser recognizes the entities defined in the XML spec. Sometimes, however, it is convenient to make the parser recognize additional entities which are also not available through the DTD definitions (especially given that at the moment DTD parsing is not supported).

ignore_end_of_stream: bool

Whether or not the parser should ignore the end of stream. Default is false.

By default the parser will either error out when it encounters a premature end of stream or complete normally if the end of stream was expected. If you want to continue reading from a stream whose input is supplied progressively, you can set this option to true. In this case the parser will allow you to invoke the next() method even if a supposed end of stream has happened.

Note that support for this functionality is incomplete; for example, the parser will fail if the premature end of stream happens inside PCDATA. Therefore, use this option at your own risk.

Methods

`impl ParserConfig`
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`fn new() -> ParserConfig`

Returns a new config with default values.

You can tweak default values using builder-like pattern:

use xml::reader::ParserConfig;

let config = ParserConfig::new()
    .trim_whitespace(true)
    .ignore_comments(true)
    .coalesce_characters(false);

`fn create_reader<R: Read>(self, source: R) -> EventReader<R>`

Creates an XML reader with this configuration.

This is a convenience method for configuring and creating a reader at the same time:

use xml::reader::ParserConfig;

let mut source: &[u8] = b"...";

let reader = ParserConfig::new()
    .trim_whitespace(true)
    .ignore_comments(true)
    .coalesce_characters(false)
    .create_reader(&mut source);

This method is exactly equivalent to calling EventReader::new_with_config() with this configuration object.

`fn add_entity<S: Into<String>, T: Into<String>>( self, entity: S, value: T ) -> ParserConfig`

Adds a new entity mapping and returns an updated config object.

This is a convenience method for adding external entities mappings to the XML parser. An example:

use xml::reader::ParserConfig;

let mut source: &[u8] = b"...";

let reader = ParserConfig::new()
    .add_entity("nbsp", " ")
    .add_entity("copy", "©")
    .add_entity("reg", "®")
    .create_reader(&mut source);