1 ;;; xml.el --- XML parser
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Emmanuel Briot <briot@gnat.com>
6 ;; Maintainer: Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>
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24 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
28 ;; This file contains a somewhat incomplete non-validating XML parser. It
29 ;; parses a file, and returns a list that can be used internally by
30 ;; any other lisp libraries.
34 ;; The document type declaration may either be ignored or (optionally)
35 ;; parsed, but currently the parsing will only accept element
36 ;; declarations. The XML file is assumed to be well-formed. In case
37 ;; of error, the parsing stops and the XML file is shown where the
40 ;; It also knows how to ignore comments and processing instructions.
42 ;; The XML file should have the following format:
43 ;; <node1 attr1="name1" attr2="name2" ...>value
44 ;; <node2 attr3="name3" attr4="name4">value2</node2>
45 ;; <node3 attr5="name5" attr6="name6">value3</node3>
47 ;; Of course, the name of the nodes and attributes can be anything. There can
48 ;; be any number of attributes (or none), as well as any number of children
51 ;; There can be only top level node, but with any number of children below.
55 ;; The functions `xml-parse-file' and `xml-parse-tag' return a list with
56 ;; the following format:
58 ;; xml-list ::= (node node ...)
59 ;; node ::= (tag_name attribute-list . child_node_list)
60 ;; child_node_list ::= child_node child_node ...
61 ;; child_node ::= node | string
62 ;; tag_name ::= string
63 ;; attribute_list ::= (("attribute" . "value") ("attribute" . "value") ...)
67 ;; Some macros are provided to ease the parsing of this list.
68 ;; Whitespace is preserved. Fixme: There should be a tree-walker that
73 ;; Note that {buffer-substring,match-string}-no-properties were
74 ;; formerly used in several places, but that removes composition info.
76 ;;*******************************************************************
78 ;;** Macros to parse the list
80 ;;*******************************************************************
82 (defsubst xml-node-name
(node)
83 "Return the tag associated with NODE.
84 The tag is a lower-case symbol."
87 (defsubst xml-node-attributes
(node)
88 "Return the list of attributes of NODE.
92 (defsubst xml-node-children
(node)
93 "Return the list of children of NODE.
94 This is a list of nodes, and it can be nil."
97 (defun xml-get-children (node child-name
)
98 "Return the children of NODE whose tag is CHILD-NAME.
99 CHILD-NAME should be a lower case symbol."
101 (dolist (child (xml-node-children node
))
103 (if (equal (xml-node-name child
) child-name
)
104 (push child match
))))
107 (defun xml-get-attribute (node attribute
)
108 "Get from NODE the value of ATTRIBUTE.
109 An empty string is returned if the attribute was not found."
110 (if (xml-node-attributes node
)
111 (let ((value (assoc attribute
(xml-node-attributes node
))))
117 ;;*******************************************************************
119 ;;** Creating the list
121 ;;*******************************************************************
124 (defun xml-parse-file (file &optional parse-dtd parse-ns
)
125 "Parse the well-formed XML file FILE.
126 If FILE is already visited, use its buffer and don't kill it.
127 Returns the top node with all its children.
128 If PARSE-DTD is non-nil, the DTD is parsed rather than skipped.
129 If PARSE-NS is non-nil, then QNAMES are expanded."
131 (if (get-file-buffer file
)
133 (set-buffer (get-file-buffer file
))
135 (let (auto-mode-alist) ; no need for xml-mode
138 (let ((xml (xml-parse-region (point-min)
141 parse-dtd parse-ns
)))
144 (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
147 ;; Note that this is setup so that we can do whitespace-skipping with
148 ;; `(skip-syntax-forward " ")', inter alia. Previously this was slow
149 ;; compared with `re-search-forward', but that has been fixed. Also
150 ;; note that the standard syntax table contains other characters with
151 ;; whitespace syntax, like NBSP, but they are invalid in contexts in
152 ;; which we might skip whitespace -- specifically, they're not
153 ;; NameChars [XML 4].
155 (defvar xml-syntax-table
156 (let ((table (make-syntax-table)))
157 ;; Get space syntax correct per XML [3].
159 (modify-syntax-entry c
"." table
)) ; all are space in standard table
160 (dolist (c '(?
\t ?
\n ?
\r)) ; these should be space
161 (modify-syntax-entry c
" " table
))
162 ;; For skipping attributes.
163 (modify-syntax-entry ?
\" "\"" table
)
164 (modify-syntax-entry ?
' "\"" table
)
165 ;; Non-alnum name chars should be symbol constituents (`-' and `_'
166 ;; are OK by default).
167 (modify-syntax-entry ?.
"_" table
)
168 (modify-syntax-entry ?
: "_" table
)
170 (dolist (c '(#x00B7
#x02D0
#x02D1
#x0387
#x0640
#x0E46
#x0EC6
#x3005
171 #x3031
#x3032
#x3033
#x3034
#x3035
#x309D
#x309E
#x30FC
173 (modify-syntax-entry (decode-char 'ucs c
) "w" table
))
174 ;; Fixme: rest of [4]
176 "Syntax table used by `xml-parse-region'.")
179 ;; Note that [:alpha:] matches all multibyte chars with word syntax.
181 (defconst xml-name-regexp
"[[:alpha:]_:][[:alnum:]._:-]*"))
183 ;; Fixme: This needs re-writing to deal with the XML grammar properly, i.e.
184 ;; document ::= prolog element Misc*
185 ;; prolog ::= XMLDecl? Misc* (doctypedecl Misc*)?
188 (defun xml-parse-region (beg end
&optional buffer parse-dtd parse-ns
)
189 "Parse the region from BEG to END in BUFFER.
190 If BUFFER is nil, it defaults to the current buffer.
191 Returns the XML list for the region, or raises an error if the region
192 is not well-formed XML.
193 If PARSE-DTD is non-nil, the DTD is parsed rather than skipped,
194 and returned as the first element of the list.
195 If PARSE-NS is non-nil, then QNAMES are expanded."
197 (narrow-to-region beg end
)
198 ;; Use fixed syntax table to ensure regexp char classes and syntax
200 (with-syntax-table (standard-syntax-table)
201 (let ((case-fold-search nil
) ; XML is case-sensitive.
206 (goto-char (point-min))
208 (if (search-forward "<" nil t
)
212 ;; translation of rule [1] of XML specifications
213 (error "XML files can have only one toplevel tag")
214 (setq result
(xml-parse-tag parse-dtd parse-ns
))
217 ((listp (car result
))
218 (setq dtd
(car result
))
219 (if (cdr result
) ; possible leading comment
220 (add-to-list 'xml
(cdr result
))))
222 (add-to-list 'xml result
)))))
223 (goto-char (point-max))))
225 (cons dtd
(nreverse xml
))
229 (defun xml-parse-tag (&optional parse-dtd parse-ns
)
230 "Parse the tag at point.
231 If PARSE-DTD is non-nil, the DTD of the document, if any, is parsed and
232 returned as the first element in the list.
233 If PARSE-NS is non-nil, then QNAMES are expanded.
235 - a list : the matching node
236 - nil : the point is not looking at a tag.
237 - a pair : the first element is the DTD, the second is the node."
238 (let ((xml-ns (if (consp parse-ns
)
242 ;; Default no namespace
244 ;; We need to seed the xmlns namespace
245 (cons "xmlns" "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"))))))
247 ;; Processing instructions (like the <?xml version="1.0"?> tag at the
248 ;; beginning of a document).
250 (search-forward "?>")
251 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
252 (xml-parse-tag parse-dtd xml-ns
))
253 ;; Character data (CDATA) sections, in which no tag should be interpreted
254 ((looking-at "<!\\[CDATA\\[")
255 (let ((pos (match-end 0)))
256 (unless (search-forward "]]>" nil t
)
257 (error "CDATA section does not end anywhere in the document"))
258 (buffer-substring pos
(match-beginning 0))))
259 ;; DTD for the document
260 ((looking-at "<!DOCTYPE")
263 (setq dtd
(xml-parse-dtd))
265 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
267 (cons dtd
(xml-parse-tag nil xml-ns
))
268 (xml-parse-tag nil xml-ns
))))
271 (search-forward "-->")
277 ((looking-at "<\\([^/>[:space:]]+\\)")
278 (goto-char (match-end 1))
279 (let* ((node-name (match-string 1))
280 ;; Parse the attribute list.
281 (children (list (xml-parse-attlist) (intern node-name
)))
284 ;; add the xmlns:* attrs to our cache
288 (let* ((splitup (split-string (symbol-name (car attr
)) ":"))
289 (prefix (nth 0 splitup
))
290 (lname (nth 1 splitup
)))
291 (when (string= "xmlns" prefix
)
292 (setq xml-ns
(append (list (cons (if lname
299 ;; expand element names
300 (let* ((splitup (split-string (symbol-name (cadr children
)) ":"))
301 (lname (or (nth 1 splitup
)
303 (prefix (if (nth 1 splitup
)
306 (setcdr children
(list
308 (cdr (assoc-string prefix xml-ns
))
311 ;; expand attribute names
314 (let* ((splitup (split-string (symbol-name (car attr
)) ":"))
315 (lname (or (nth 1 splitup
)
317 (prefix (if (nth 1 splitup
)
321 (setcar attr
(intern (concat "{"
322 (cdr (assoc-string prefix xml-ns
))
326 ;; is this an empty element ?
327 (if (looking-at "/>")
332 ;; is this a valid start tag ?
333 (if (eq (char-after) ?
>)
336 ;; Now check that we have the right end-tag. Note that this
337 ;; one might contain spaces after the tag name
338 (let ((end (concat "</" node-name
"\\s-*>")))
339 (while (not (looking-at end
))
342 (error "XML: Invalid end tag (expecting %s) at pos %d"
345 (let ((tag (xml-parse-tag nil xml-ns
)))
347 (push tag children
))))
352 (let ((string (buffer-substring pos
(point)))
355 ;; Clean up the string. As per XML
356 ;; specifications, the XML processor should
357 ;; always pass the whole string to the
358 ;; application. But \r's should be replaced:
359 ;; http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006#sec-line-ends
360 (while (string-match "\r\n?" string pos
)
361 (setq string
(replace-match "\n" t t string
))
362 (setq pos
(1+ (match-beginning 0))))
364 (setq string
(xml-substitute-special string
))
366 (if (stringp (car children
))
367 ;; The two strings were separated by a comment.
368 (cons (concat (car children
) string
)
370 (cons string children
))))))))
372 (goto-char (match-end 0))
374 ;; This was an invalid start tag
375 (error "XML: Invalid attribute list")))))
376 (t ;; This is not a tag.
377 (error "XML: Invalid character")))))
379 (defun xml-parse-attlist ()
380 "Return the attribute-list after point.Leave point at the first non-blank character after the tag."
383 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
384 (while (looking-at (eval-when-compile
385 (concat "\\(" xml-name-regexp
"\\)\\s-*=\\s-*")))
386 (setq name
(intern (match-string 1)))
387 (goto-char (match-end 0))
389 ;; See also: http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006#AVNormalize
391 ;; Do we have a string between quotes (or double-quotes),
392 ;; or a simple word ?
393 (if (looking-at "\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"")
394 (setq start-pos
(match-beginning 0))
395 (if (looking-at "'\\([^']*\\)'")
396 (setq start-pos
(match-beginning 0))
397 (error "XML: Attribute values must be given between quotes")))
399 ;; Each attribute must be unique within a given element
400 (if (assoc name attlist
)
401 (error "XML: each attribute must be unique within an element"))
403 ;; Multiple whitespace characters should be replaced with a single one
405 (let ((string (match-string 1))
407 (replace-regexp-in-string "\\s-\\{2,\\}" " " string
)
408 (push (cons name
(xml-substitute-special string
)) attlist
))
410 (goto-char start-pos
)
411 (forward-sexp) ; we have string syntax
413 (skip-syntax-forward " "))
416 ;;*******************************************************************
418 ;;** The DTD (document type declaration)
419 ;;** The following functions know how to skip or parse the DTD of
422 ;;*******************************************************************
424 ;; Fixme: This fails at least if the DTD contains conditional sections.
426 (defun xml-skip-dtd ()
427 "Skip the DTD at point.
428 This follows the rule [28] in the XML specifications."
429 (forward-char (length "<!DOCTYPE"))
430 (if (looking-at "\\s-*>")
431 (error "XML: invalid DTD (excepting name of the document)"))
435 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
436 (if (looking-at "\\[")
437 (re-search-forward "]\\s-*>")
438 (search-forward ">")))
439 (error (error "XML: No end to the DTD"))))
441 (defun xml-parse-dtd ()
442 "Parse the DTD at point."
443 (forward-char (eval-when-compile (length "<!DOCTYPE")))
444 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
446 (error "XML: invalid DTD (excepting name of the document)"))
448 ;; Get the name of the document
449 (looking-at xml-name-regexp
)
450 (let ((dtd (list (match-string 0) 'dtd
))
451 type element end-pos
)
452 (goto-char (match-end 0))
454 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
456 (cond ((looking-at "PUBLIC\\s-+")
457 (goto-char (match-end 0))
458 (unless (or (re-search-forward
459 "\\=\"\\([[:space:][:alnum:]-'()+,./:=?;!*#@$_%]*\\)\""
462 "\\='\\([[:space:][:alnum:]-()+,./:=?;!*#@$_%]*\\)'"
464 (error "XML: missing public id"))
465 (let ((pubid (match-string 1)))
466 (unless (or (re-search-forward "\\='\\([^']*\\)'" nil t
)
467 (re-search-forward "\\=\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"" nil t
))
468 (error "XML: missing system id"))
469 (push (list pubid
(match-string 1) 'public
) dtd
)))
470 ((looking-at "SYSTEM\\s-+")
471 (goto-char (match-end 0))
472 (unless (or (re-search-forward "\\='\\([^']*\\)'" nil t
)
473 (re-search-forward "\\=\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"" nil t
))
474 (error "XML: missing system id"))
475 (push (list (match-string 1) 'system
) dtd
)))
476 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
477 (if (eq ?
> (char-after))
479 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
480 (if (not (eq (char-after) ?\
[))
481 (error "XML: bad DTD")
483 ;; Parse the rest of the DTD
484 ;; Fixme: Deal with ENTITY, ATTLIST, NOTATION, PIs.
485 (while (not (looking-at "\\s-*\\]"))
486 (skip-syntax-forward " ")
489 ;; Translation of rule [45] of XML specifications
491 "<!ELEMENT\\s-+\\([[:alnum:].%;]+\\)\\s-+\\([^>]+\\)>")
493 (setq element
(intern (match-string 1))
494 type
(match-string-no-properties 2))
495 (setq end-pos
(match-end 0))
497 ;; Translation of rule [46] of XML specifications
499 ((string-match "^EMPTY[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; empty declaration
501 ((string-match "^ANY[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; any type of contents
503 ((string-match "^(\\(.*\\))[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; children ([47])
504 (setq type
(xml-parse-elem-type (match-string 1 type
))))
505 ((string-match "^%[^;]+;[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; substitution
508 (error "XML: Invalid element type in the DTD")))
510 ;; rule [45]: the element declaration must be unique
511 (if (assoc element dtd
)
512 (error "XML: element declarations must be unique in a DTD (<%s>)"
513 (symbol-name element
)))
515 ;; Store the element in the DTD
516 (push (list element type
) dtd
)
519 (search-forward "-->"))
522 (error "XML: Invalid DTD item")))
524 ;; Skip the end of the DTD
525 (search-forward ">"))))
529 (defun xml-parse-elem-type (string)
530 "Convert element type STRING into a Lisp structure."
533 (if (string-match "(\\([^)]+\\))\\([+*?]?\\)" string
)
535 (setq elem
(match-string 1 string
)
536 modifier
(match-string 2 string
))
537 (if (string-match "|" elem
)
538 (setq elem
(cons 'choice
539 (mapcar 'xml-parse-elem-type
540 (split-string elem
"|"))))
541 (if (string-match "," elem
)
542 (setq elem
(cons 'seq
543 (mapcar 'xml-parse-elem-type
544 (split-string elem
",")))))))
545 (if (string-match "[ \t\n\r]*\\([^+*?]+\\)\\([+*?]?\\)" string
)
546 (setq elem
(match-string 1 string
)
547 modifier
(match-string 2 string
))))
549 (if (and (stringp elem
) (string= elem
"#PCDATA"))
553 ((string= modifier
"+")
555 ((string= modifier
"*")
557 ((string= modifier
"?")
562 ;;*******************************************************************
564 ;;** Substituting special XML sequences
566 ;;*******************************************************************
569 (defvar str
)) ; dynamic from replace-regexp-in-string
571 ;; Fixme: Take declared entities from the DTD when they're available.
572 (defun xml-substitute-entity (match)
573 "Subroutine of xml-substitute-special."
575 (let ((match1 (match-string 1 str
)))
576 (cond ((string= match1
"lt") "<")
577 ((string= match1
"gt") ">")
578 ((string= match1
"apos") "'")
579 ((string= match1
"quot") "\"")
580 ((string= match1
"amp") "&")
581 ((and (string-match "#\\([0-9]+\\)" match1
)
582 (let ((c (decode-char
584 (string-to-number (match-string 1 match1
)))))
585 (if c
(string c
))))) ; else unrepresentable
586 ((and (string-match "#x\\([[:xdigit:]]+\\)" match1
)
587 (let ((c (decode-char
589 (string-to-number (match-string 1 match1
) 16))))
591 ;; Default to asis. Arguably, unrepresentable code points
592 ;; might be best replaced with U+FFFD.
595 (defun xml-substitute-special (string)
596 "Return STRING, after subsituting entity references."
597 ;; This originally made repeated passes through the string from the
598 ;; beginning, which isn't correct, since then either "&amp;" or
599 ;; "&amp;" won't DTRT.
600 (replace-regexp-in-string "&\\([^;]+\\);"
601 #'xml-substitute-entity string t t
))
603 ;;*******************************************************************
605 ;;** Printing a tree.
606 ;;** This function is intended mainly for debugging purposes.
608 ;;*******************************************************************
610 (defun xml-debug-print (xml)
612 (xml-debug-print-internal node
"")))
614 (defun xml-debug-print-internal (xml indent-string
)
615 "Outputs the XML tree in the current buffer.
616 The first line is indented with INDENT-STRING."
619 (insert indent-string ?
< (symbol-name (xml-node-name tree
)))
621 ;; output the attribute list
622 (setq attlist
(xml-node-attributes tree
))
624 (insert ?\
(symbol-name (caar attlist
)) "=\"" (cdar attlist
) ?
\")
625 (setq attlist
(cdr attlist
)))
629 (setq tree
(xml-node-children tree
))
631 ;; output the children
636 (xml-debug-print-internal node
(concat indent-string
" ")))
637 ((stringp node
) (insert node
))
639 (error "Invalid XML tree"))))
641 (insert ?
\n indent-string
642 ?
< ?
/ (symbol-name (xml-node-name xml
)) ?
>)))