1 ;;; xml.el --- XML parser
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Emmanuel Briot <briot@gnat.com>
6 ;; Maintainer: Emmanuel Briot <briot@gnat.com>
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28 ;; This file contains a full XML parser. It parses a file, and returns a list
29 ;; that can be used internally by any other lisp file.
30 ;; See some example in todo.el
34 ;; It does not parse the DTD, if present in the XML file, but knows how to
35 ;; ignore it. The XML file is assumed to be well-formed. In case of error, the
36 ;; parsing stops and the XML file is shown where the parsing stopped.
38 ;; It also knows how to ignore comments, as well as the special ?xml? tag
41 ;; The XML file should have the following format:
42 ;; <node1 attr1="name1" attr2="name2" ...>value
43 ;; <node2 attr3="name3" attr4="name4">value2</node2>
44 ;; <node3 attr5="name5" attr6="name6">value3</node3>
46 ;; Of course, the name of the nodes and attributes can be anything. There can
47 ;; be any number of attributes (or none), as well as any number of children
50 ;; There can be only top level node, but with any number of children below.
54 ;; The functions `xml-parse-file' and `xml-parse-tag' return a list with
55 ;; the following format:
57 ;; xml-list ::= (node node ...)
58 ;; node ::= (tag_name attribute-list . child_node_list)
59 ;; child_node_list ::= child_node child_node ...
60 ;; child_node ::= node | string
61 ;; tag_name ::= string
62 ;; attribute_list ::= (("attribute" . "value") ("attribute" . "value") ...)
66 ;; Some macros are provided to ease the parsing of this list
70 ;;*******************************************************************
72 ;;** Macros to parse the list
74 ;;*******************************************************************
76 (defsubst xml-node-name
(node)
77 "Return the tag associated with NODE.
78 The tag is a lower-case symbol."
81 (defsubst xml-node-attributes
(node)
82 "Return the list of attributes of NODE.
86 (defsubst xml-node-children
(node)
87 "Return the list of children of NODE.
88 This is a list of nodes, and it can be nil."
91 (defun xml-get-children (node child-name
)
92 "Return the children of NODE whose tag is CHILD-NAME.
93 CHILD-NAME should be a lower case symbol."
95 (dolist (child (xml-node-children node
))
97 (if (equal (xml-node-name child
) child-name
)
101 (defun xml-get-attribute (node attribute
)
102 "Get from NODE the value of ATTRIBUTE.
103 An empty string is returned if the attribute was not found."
104 (if (xml-node-attributes node
)
105 (let ((value (assoc attribute
(xml-node-attributes node
))))
111 ;;*******************************************************************
113 ;;** Creating the list
115 ;;*******************************************************************
117 (defun xml-parse-file (file &optional parse-dtd
)
118 "Parse the well-formed XML FILE.
119 If FILE is already edited, this will keep the buffer alive.
120 Returns the top node with all its children.
121 If PARSE-DTD is non-nil, the DTD is parsed rather than skipped."
123 (if (get-file-buffer file
)
125 (set-buffer (get-file-buffer file
))
129 (let ((xml (xml-parse-region (point-min)
135 (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
138 (defun xml-parse-region (beg end
&optional buffer parse-dtd
)
139 "Parse the region from BEG to END in BUFFER.
140 If BUFFER is nil, it defaults to the current buffer.
141 Returns the XML list for the region, or raises an error if the region
142 is not a well-formed XML file.
143 If PARSE-DTD is non-nil, the DTD is parsed rather than skipped,
144 and returned as the first element of the list"
145 (let (xml result dtd
)
150 (while (< (point) end
)
151 (if (search-forward "<" end t
)
156 (setq result
(xml-parse-tag end parse-dtd
))
159 ((listp (car result
))
160 (setq dtd
(car result
))
161 (add-to-list 'xml
(cdr result
)))
163 (add-to-list 'xml result
))))
165 ;; translation of rule [1] of XML specifications
166 (error "XML files can have only one toplevel tag")))
169 (cons dtd
(reverse xml
))
173 (defun xml-parse-tag (end &optional parse-dtd
)
174 "Parse the tag that is just in front of point.
175 The end tag must be found before the position END in the current buffer.
176 If PARSE-DTD is non-nil, the DTD of the document, if any, is parsed and
177 returned as the first element in the list.
179 - a list : the matching node
180 - nil : the point is not looking at a tag.
181 - a cons cell: the first element is the DTD, the second is the node"
183 ;; Processing instructions (like the <?xml version="1.0"?> tag at the
184 ;; beginning of a document)
186 (search-forward "?>" end
)
187 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
189 ;; Character data (CDATA) sections, in which no tag should be interpreted
190 ((looking-at "<!\\[CDATA\\[")
191 (let ((pos (match-end 0)))
192 (unless (search-forward "]]>" end t
)
193 (error "CDATA section does not end anywhere in the document"))
194 (buffer-substring-no-properties pos
(match-beginning 0))))
195 ;; DTD for the document
196 ((looking-at "<!DOCTYPE")
199 (setq dtd
(xml-parse-dtd end
))
201 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
203 (cons dtd
(xml-parse-tag end
))
204 (xml-parse-tag end
))))
207 (search-forward "-->" end
)
213 ((looking-at "<\\([^/> \t\n\r]+\\)")
214 (goto-char (match-end 1))
215 (let* ((case-fold-search nil
) ;; XML is case-sensitive.
216 (node-name (match-string 1))
217 ;; Parse the attribute list.
218 (children (list (xml-parse-attlist end
) (intern node-name
)))
221 ;; is this an empty element ?
222 (if (looking-at "/[ \t\n\r]*>")
225 (nreverse (cons '("") children
)))
227 ;; is this a valid start tag ?
228 (if (eq (char-after) ?
>)
231 ;; Now check that we have the right end-tag. Note that this
232 ;; one might contain spaces after the tag name
233 (while (not (looking-at (concat "</" node-name
"[ \t\n\r]*>")))
237 "XML: invalid syntax -- invalid end tag (expecting "
239 ") at pos " (number-to-string (point)))))
241 (let ((tag (xml-parse-tag end
)))
243 (push tag children
))))
246 (search-forward "<" end
)
248 (let ((string (buffer-substring-no-properties pos
(point)))
251 ;; Clean up the string. As per XML
252 ;; specifications, the XML processor should
253 ;; always pass the whole string to the
254 ;; application. But \r's should be replaced:
255 ;; http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006#sec-line-ends
256 (while (string-match "\r\n?" string pos
)
257 (setq string
(replace-match "\n" t t string
))
258 (setq pos
(1+ (match-beginning 0))))
260 (setq string
(xml-substitute-special string
))
262 (if (stringp (car children
))
263 ;; The two strings were separated by a comment.
264 (cons (concat (car children
) string
)
266 (cons string children
)))))))
267 (goto-char (match-end 0))
269 (error "XML: End tag for %s not found before end of region"
273 ;; This was an invalid start tag
274 (error "XML: Invalid attribute list")
276 (t ;; This is not a tag.
277 (error "XML: Invalid character"))
280 (defun xml-parse-attlist (end)
281 "Return the attribute-list that point is looking at.
282 The search for attributes end at the position END in the current buffer.
283 Leaves the point on the first non-blank character after the tag."
286 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
287 (while (looking-at "\\([a-zA-Z_:][-a-zA-Z0-9._:]*\\)[ \t\n\r]*=[ \t\n\r]*")
288 (setq name
(intern (match-string 1)))
289 (goto-char (match-end 0))
291 ;; See also: http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006#AVNormalize
293 ;; Do we have a string between quotes (or double-quotes),
294 ;; or a simple word ?
295 (if (looking-at "\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"")
296 (setq start-pos
(match-beginning 0))
297 (if (looking-at "'\\([^']*\\)'")
298 (setq start-pos
(match-beginning 0))
299 (error "XML: Attribute values must be given between quotes")))
301 ;; Each attribute must be unique within a given element
302 (if (assoc name attlist
)
303 (error "XML: each attribute must be unique within an element"))
305 ;; Multiple whitespace characters should be replaced with a single one
307 (let ((string (match-string-no-properties 1))
309 (while (string-match "[ \t\n\r]+" string pos
)
310 (setq string
(replace-match " " t nil string
))
311 (setq pos
(1+ (match-beginning 0))))
312 (push (cons name
(xml-substitute-special string
)) attlist
))
314 (goto-char start-pos
)
315 (if (looking-at "\"\\([^\"]*\\)\"")
316 (goto-char (match-end 0))
317 (if (looking-at "'\\([^']*\\)'")
318 (goto-char (match-end 0))))
320 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
322 (error "XML: end of attribute list not found before end of region")))
325 ;;*******************************************************************
327 ;;** The DTD (document type declaration)
328 ;;** The following functions know how to skip or parse the DTD of
331 ;;*******************************************************************
333 (defun xml-skip-dtd (end)
334 "Skip the DTD that point is looking at.
335 The DTD must end before the position END in the current buffer.
336 The point must be just before the starting tag of the DTD.
337 This follows the rule [28] in the XML specifications."
338 (forward-char (length "<!DOCTYPE"))
339 (if (looking-at "[ \t\n\r]*>")
340 (error "XML: invalid DTD (excepting name of the document)"))
344 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[ \t\n\r]") 1))
345 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
346 (if (looking-at "\\[")
347 (re-search-forward "\\][ \t\n\r]*>" end
)
348 (search-forward ">" end
)))
349 (error (error "XML: No end to the DTD"))))
351 (defun xml-parse-dtd (end)
352 "Parse the DTD that point is looking at.
353 The DTD must end before the position END in the current buffer."
354 (forward-char (length "<!DOCTYPE"))
355 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
357 (error "XML: invalid DTD (excepting name of the document)"))
359 ;; Get the name of the document
361 (let ((dtd (list (match-string-no-properties 0) 'dtd
))
362 type element end-pos
)
363 (goto-char (match-end 0))
365 (goto-char (- (re-search-forward "[^ \t\n\r]") 1))
367 ;; External DTDs => don't know how to handle them yet
368 (if (looking-at "SYSTEM")
369 (error "XML: Don't know how to handle external DTDs"))
371 (if (not (= (char-after) ?\
[))
372 (error "XML: Unknown declaration in the DTD"))
374 ;; Parse the rest of the DTD
376 (while (and (not (looking-at "[ \t\n\r]*\\]"))
380 ;; Translation of rule [45] of XML specifications
382 "[ \t\n\r]*<!ELEMENT[ \t\n\r]+\\([a-zA-Z0-9.%;]+\\)[ \t\n\r]+\\([^>]+\\)>")
384 (setq element
(intern (match-string-no-properties 1))
385 type
(match-string-no-properties 2))
386 (setq end-pos
(match-end 0))
388 ;; Translation of rule [46] of XML specifications
390 ((string-match "^EMPTY[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; empty declaration
392 ((string-match "^ANY[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; any type of contents
394 ((string-match "^(\\(.*\\))[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; children ([47])
395 (setq type
(xml-parse-elem-type (match-string-no-properties 1 type
))))
396 ((string-match "^%[^;]+;[ \t\n\r]*$" type
) ;; substitution
399 (error "XML: Invalid element type in the DTD")))
401 ;; rule [45]: the element declaration must be unique
402 (if (assoc element dtd
)
403 (error "XML: elements declaration must be unique in a DTD (<%s>)"
404 (symbol-name element
)))
406 ;; Store the element in the DTD
407 (push (list element type
) dtd
)
412 (error "XML: Invalid DTD item"))
416 ;; Skip the end of the DTD
417 (search-forward ">" end
)
421 (defun xml-parse-elem-type (string)
422 "Convert a STRING for an element type into an elisp structure."
425 (if (string-match "(\\([^)]+\\))\\([+*?]?\\)" string
)
427 (setq elem
(match-string 1 string
)
428 modifier
(match-string 2 string
))
429 (if (string-match "|" elem
)
430 (setq elem
(cons 'choice
431 (mapcar 'xml-parse-elem-type
432 (split-string elem
"|"))))
433 (if (string-match "," elem
)
434 (setq elem
(cons 'seq
435 (mapcar 'xml-parse-elem-type
436 (split-string elem
","))))
438 (if (string-match "[ \t\n\r]*\\([^+*?]+\\)\\([+*?]?\\)" string
)
439 (setq elem
(match-string 1 string
)
440 modifier
(match-string 2 string
))))
442 (if (and (stringp elem
) (string= elem
"#PCDATA"))
446 ((string= modifier
"+")
448 ((string= modifier
"*")
450 ((string= modifier
"?")
455 ;;*******************************************************************
457 ;;** Converting code points to strings
459 ;;*******************************************************************
461 (defun xml-ucs-to-string (codepoint)
462 "Return a string representation of CODEPOINT. If it can't be
463 converted, return '?'."
464 (cond ((boundp 'decode-char
)
465 (char-to-string (decode-char 'ucs codepoint
)))
466 ((and (< codepoint
128)
468 (char-to-string codepoint
))
469 (t "?"))) ; FIXME: There's gotta be a better way to
470 ; designate an unknown character.
472 ;;*******************************************************************
474 ;;** Substituting special XML sequences
476 ;;*******************************************************************
478 (defun xml-substitute-special (string)
479 "Return STRING, after subsituting special XML sequences."
480 (while (string-match "<" string
)
481 (setq string
(replace-match "<" t nil string
)))
482 (while (string-match ">" string
)
483 (setq string
(replace-match ">" t nil string
)))
484 (while (string-match "'" string
)
485 (setq string
(replace-match "'" t nil string
)))
486 (while (string-match """ string
)
487 (setq string
(replace-match "\"" t nil string
)))
488 (while (string-match "&#\\([0-9]+\\);" string
)
489 (setq string
(replace-match (xml-ucs-to-string
491 (match-string-no-properties 1 string
)))
493 (while (string-match "&#x\\([0-9a-fA-F]+\\);" string
)
494 (setq string
(replace-match (xml-ucs-to-string
496 (match-string-no-properties 1 string
)
500 ;; This goes last so it doesn't confuse the matches above.
501 (while (string-match "&" string
)
502 (setq string
(replace-match "&" t nil string
)))
505 ;;*******************************************************************
507 ;;** Printing a tree.
508 ;;** This function is intended mainly for debugging purposes.
510 ;;*******************************************************************
512 (defun xml-debug-print (xml)
514 (xml-debug-print-internal node
"")))
516 (defun xml-debug-print-internal (xml indent-string
)
517 "Outputs the XML tree in the current buffer.
518 The first line indented with INDENT-STRING."
521 (insert indent-string
"<" (symbol-name (xml-node-name tree
)))
523 ;; output the attribute list
524 (setq attlist
(xml-node-attributes tree
))
527 (insert (symbol-name (caar attlist
)) "=\"" (cdar attlist
) "\"")
528 (setq attlist
(cdr attlist
)))
532 (setq tree
(xml-node-children tree
))
534 ;; output the children
539 (xml-debug-print-internal node
(concat indent-string
" ")))
540 ((stringp node
) (insert node
))
542 (error "Invalid XML tree"))))
544 (insert "\n" indent-string
545 "</" (symbol-name (xml-node-name xml
)) ">")))