FrontC 4.0.0 · OCaml Package

Provide types and pretty printing for XML.

type attr = string * string

Attribute representation.

type node =

| TEXT of string
(*
Simple text
*)
| COM of string
(*
Commentary
*)
| PI of string * string
(*
Processing instruction
*)
| ELT of string * attr list * node list
(*
Element
*)

Representation of nodes.

type document = {

version : string;
(*
Version, usually 1.0
*)
encoding : string;
(*
Encoding (only current encoding supported now)
*)
standalone : bool;
(*
Standalone attribute
*)
element : node;
(*
Document root element
*)

}

Representation of an XML document.

val new_simple_doc : node -> document

Build a simple document with default initialization.

parameter elt
Main element of the document.

val new_doc : string -> string -> bool -> node -> document

Build a full document.

parameter vers
XML version.

parameter enc
Document encoding.

parameter sa
Stand-alone attribute.

parameter elt
Document element.

val new_attr : string -> string -> attr

Build an attribute.

parameter name
Name of the attribute.

parameter cont
Content of the attribute.

val new_elt : string -> attr list -> node list -> node

Build a new element.

parameter name
Name of the element.

parameter attrs
Attributes.

parameter children
Children nodes.

val new_text : string -> node

Build a new text node.

parameter text
Content of the node.

val add_children : node -> node list -> node

Add children to an element node.

parameter node
Element to add to.

parameter children
Children to add.

returns
Passed element with children added to the end.

val escape_attr : string -> char -> string

Escape the given attribute value for output.

parameter text
Text of the attribute.

parameter quote
Quote character used for the attribute, either '"' or '\''.

val output_attr : Stdlib.out_channel -> (string * string) -> unit

Output an attribute.

parameter out
Output channel.

parameter name
Name of the attribute.

parameter text
Value of the attribute.

val output_node : Stdlib.out_channel -> string -> node -> unit

Output a node on the given channel.

parameter out
Channel to output to.

parameter node
Node to output.

parameter indent
Indentation.

val output_doc : Stdlib.out_channel -> document -> unit

Output an XML document to the given output channel.

parameter out
Output channel.

parameter doc
Document to output.

val output : document -> unit

Output the given XML document on the standard output.

parameter doc
XML document to output.

val output_file : string -> document -> unit

Output the given XML document on the named file.

parameter filename
Path to the file to write to.

parameter doc
XML document to output.

raises Sys_error
In case of error during opening of the file.

package FrontC