xmlregexp

xmlregexp - regular expressions handling

basic API for libxml regular expressions handling used for XML Schemas and validation.

Author(s): Daniel Veillard

Synopsis

typedef struct _xmlRegExecCtxt xmlRegExecCtxt;
typedef xmlRegExecCtxt * xmlRegExecCtxtPtr;
typedef struct _xmlRegexp xmlRegexp;
typedef xmlRegexp * xmlRegexpPtr;
typedef void xmlRegExecCallbacks		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec, 
const xmlChar * token,
void * transdata,
void * inputdata); int xmlRegExecErrInfo (xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
const xmlChar ** string,
int * nbval,
int * nbneg,
xmlChar ** values,
int * terminal); int xmlRegExecNextValues (xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
int * nbval,
int * nbneg,
xmlChar ** values,
int * terminal); int xmlRegExecPushString (xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
const xmlChar * value,
void * data); int xmlRegExecPushString2 (xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
const xmlChar * value,
const xmlChar * value2,
void * data); void xmlRegFreeExecCtxt (xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec); void xmlRegFreeRegexp (xmlRegexpPtr regexp); xmlRegExecCtxtPtr xmlRegNewExecCtxt (xmlRegexpPtr comp,
xmlRegExecCallbacks callback,
void * data); xmlRegexpPtr xmlRegexpCompile (const xmlChar * regexp); int xmlRegexpExec (xmlRegexpPtr comp,
const xmlChar * content); int xmlRegexpIsDeterminist (xmlRegexpPtr comp); void xmlRegexpPrint (FILE * output,
xmlRegexpPtr regexp);

Description

Details

Structure xmlRegExecCtxt

struct _xmlRegExecCtxt {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlRegExecCtxt;


Typedef xmlRegExecCtxtPtr

xmlRegExecCtxt * xmlRegExecCtxtPtr;

A libxml progressive regular expression evaluation context


Structure xmlRegexp

struct _xmlRegexp {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlRegexp;


Typedef xmlRegexpPtr

xmlRegexp * xmlRegexpPtr;

A libxml regular expression, they can actually be far more complex thank the POSIX regex expressions.


Function type xmlRegExecCallbacks

void	xmlRegExecCallbacks		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec, 
const xmlChar * token,
void * transdata,
void * inputdata)

Callback function when doing a transition in the automata

exec: the regular expression context
token: the current token string
transdata: transition data
inputdata: input data

xmlRegExecErrInfo ()

int	xmlRegExecErrInfo		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec, 
const xmlChar ** string,
int * nbval,
int * nbneg,
xmlChar ** values,
int * terminal)

Extract error information from the regexp execution, the parameter @string will be updated with the value pushed and not accepted, the parameter @values must point to an array of @nbval string pointers on return nbval will contain the number of possible strings in that state and the @values array will be updated with them. The string values

exec: a regexp execution context generating an error
string: return value for the error string
nbval: pointer to the number of accepted values IN/OUT
nbneg: return number of negative transitions
values: pointer to the array of acceptable values
terminal: return value if this was a terminal state
Returns: will be freed with the @exec context and don't need to be deallocated. Returns: 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.

xmlRegExecNextValues ()

int	xmlRegExecNextValues		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec, 
int * nbval,
int * nbneg,
xmlChar ** values,
int * terminal)

Extract information from the regexp execution, the parameter @values must point to an array of @nbval string pointers on return nbval will contain the number of possible strings in that state and the @values array will be updated with them. The string values

exec: a regexp execution context
nbval: pointer to the number of accepted values IN/OUT
nbneg: return number of negative transitions
values: pointer to the array of acceptable values
terminal: return value if this was a terminal state
Returns: will be freed with the @exec context and don't need to be deallocated. Returns: 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.

xmlRegExecPushString ()

int	xmlRegExecPushString		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec, 
const xmlChar * value,
void * data)

Push one input token in the execution context

exec: a regexp execution context or NULL to indicate the end
value: a string token input
data: data associated to the token to reuse in callbacks
Returns: 1 if the regexp reached a final state, 0 if non-final, and a negative value in case of error.

xmlRegExecPushString2 ()

int	xmlRegExecPushString2		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec, 
const xmlChar * value,
const xmlChar * value2,
void * data)

Push one input token in the execution context

exec: a regexp execution context or NULL to indicate the end
value: the first string token input
value2: the second string token input
data: data associated to the token to reuse in callbacks
Returns: 1 if the regexp reached a final state, 0 if non-final, and a negative value in case of error.

xmlRegFreeExecCtxt ()

void	xmlRegFreeExecCtxt		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec)

Free the structures associated to a regular expression evaluation context.

exec: a regular expression evaluation context

xmlRegFreeRegexp ()

void	xmlRegFreeRegexp		(xmlRegexpPtr regexp)

Free a regexp

regexp: the regexp

xmlRegNewExecCtxt ()

xmlRegExecCtxtPtr	xmlRegNewExecCtxt	(xmlRegexpPtr comp, 
xmlRegExecCallbacks callback,
void * data)

Build a context used for progressive evaluation of a regexp.

comp: a precompiled regular expression
callback: a callback function used for handling progresses in the automata matching phase
data: the context data associated to the callback in this context
Returns: the new context

xmlRegexpCompile ()

xmlRegexpPtr	xmlRegexpCompile	(const xmlChar * regexp)

Parses a regular expression conforming to XML Schemas Part 2 Datatype Appendix F and builds an automata suitable for testing strings against that regular expression

regexp: a regular expression string
Returns: the compiled expression or NULL in case of error

xmlRegexpExec ()

int	xmlRegexpExec			(xmlRegexpPtr comp, 
const xmlChar * content)

Check if the regular expression generates the value

comp: the compiled regular expression
content: the value to check against the regular expression
Returns: 1 if it matches, 0 if not and a negative value in case of error

xmlRegexpIsDeterminist ()

int	xmlRegexpIsDeterminist		(xmlRegexpPtr comp)

Check if the regular expression is determinist

comp: the compiled regular expression
Returns: 1 if it yes, 0 if not and a negative value in case of error

xmlRegexpPrint ()

void	xmlRegexpPrint			(FILE * output, 
xmlRegexpPtr regexp)

DEPRECATED: Don't use. No-op since 2.14.0.

output: the file for the output debug
regexp: the compiled regexp