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- lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
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### Parent

Nokogiri::XML::Node

### Methods

- ::new
- ::parse
- ::read_io
- ::read_memory
- ::wrap
- #<<
- #add_child
- #canonicalize
- #clone
- #collect_namespaces
- #create_cdata
- #create_comment
- #create_element
- #create_entity
- #create_text_node
- #decorate
- #decorators
- #document
- #dup
- #encoding
- #encoding=
- #fragment
- #name
- #namespaces
- #remove_namespaces!
- #root
- #root=
- #slop!
- #to_java
- #url
- #validate
- #version

### Files

- CHANGELOG.ja.rdoc
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- C_CODING_STYLE.rdoc
- Manifest.txt
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- README.rdoc

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# Nokogiri::XML::Document

Nokogiri::XML::Document is the main entry point for dealing with XML documents. The Document is created by parsing an XML document. See Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse() for more information on parsing.

For searching a Document, see Nokogiri::XML::Node#css and Nokogiri::XML::Node#xpath

### Constants

NCNAME_CHAR
NCNAME_RE
NCNAME_START_CHAR

  I’m ignoring unicode characters here. See www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#ns-decl for more details.

### Attributes

errors[RW]

A list of Nokogiri::XML::SyntaxError found when parsing a document

### Public Class Methods

new(version = default) click to toggle source

Create a new document with `version` (defaults to “1.0”)

    static VALUE new(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      VALUE version, rest, rb_doc ;

      rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "0*", &rest);
      version = rb_ary_entry(rest, (long)0);
      if (NIL_P(version)) version = rb_str_new2("1.0");

      doc = xmlNewDoc((xmlChar *)StringValuePtr(version));
      rb_doc = Nokogiri_wrap_xml_document(klass, doc);
      rb_obj_call_init(rb_doc, argc, argv);
      return rb_doc ;
    }

parse(string_or_io, url = nil, encoding = nil, options = ParseOptions::DEFAULT_XML, &block) click to toggle source

Parse an XML file.

`string_or_io` may be a String, or any object that responds to read and close such as an IO, or StringIO.

`url` (optional) is the URI where this document is located.

`encoding` (optional) is the encoding that should be used when processing the document.

`options` (optional) is a configuration object that sets options during parsing, such as Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions::RECOVER. See the Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions for more information.

`block` (optional) is passed a configuration object on which parse options may be set.

When parsing untrusted documents, it’s recommended that the `nonet` option be used, as shown in this example code:

    Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse(xml_string) { |config| config.nonet }

Nokogiri.XML() is a convenience method which will call this method.

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 43
    def self.parse string_or_io, url = nil, encoding = nil, options = ParseOptions::DEFAULT_XML, &block
      options = Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions.new(options) if Fixnum === options
      # Give the options to the user
      yield options if block_given?

      return new if empty_doc?(string_or_io)

      doc = if string_or_io.respond_to?(:read)
        url ||= string_or_io.respond_to?(:path) ? string_or_io.path : nil
        read_io(string_or_io, url, encoding, options.to_i)
      else
        # read_memory pukes on empty docs
        read_memory(string_or_io, url, encoding, options.to_i)
      end

      # do xinclude processing
      doc.do_xinclude(options) if options.xinclude?

      return doc
    end

read_io(io, url, encoding, options) click to toggle source

Create a new document from an IO object

    static VALUE read_io( VALUE klass,
                          VALUE io,
                          VALUE url,
                          VALUE encoding,
                          VALUE options )
    {
      const char * c_url    = NIL_P(url)      ? NULL : StringValuePtr(url);
      const char * c_enc    = NIL_P(encoding) ? NULL : StringValuePtr(encoding);
      VALUE error_list      = rb_ary_new();
      VALUE document;
      xmlDocPtr doc;

      xmlResetLastError();
      xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc((void *)error_list, Nokogiri_error_array_pusher);

      doc = xmlReadIO(
          (xmlInputReadCallback)io_read_callback,
          (xmlInputCloseCallback)io_close_callback,
          (void *)io,
          c_url,
          c_enc,
          (int)NUM2INT(options)
      );
      xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(NULL, NULL);

      if(doc == NULL) {
        xmlErrorPtr error;

        xmlFreeDoc(doc);

        error = xmlGetLastError();
        if(error)
          rb_exc_raise(Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error((VALUE)NULL, error));
        else
          rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not parse document");

        return Qnil;
      }

      document = Nokogiri_wrap_xml_document(klass, doc);
      rb_iv_set(document, "@errors", error_list);
      return document;
    }

read_memory(string, url, encoding, options) click to toggle source

Create a new document from a String

    static VALUE read_memory( VALUE klass,
                              VALUE string,
                              VALUE url,
                              VALUE encoding,
                              VALUE options )
    {
      const char * c_buffer = StringValuePtr(string);
      const char * c_url    = NIL_P(url)      ? NULL : StringValuePtr(url);
      const char * c_enc    = NIL_P(encoding) ? NULL : StringValuePtr(encoding);
      int len               = (int)RSTRING_LEN(string);
      VALUE error_list      = rb_ary_new();
      VALUE document;
      xmlDocPtr doc;

      xmlResetLastError();
      xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc((void *)error_list, Nokogiri_error_array_pusher);
      doc = xmlReadMemory(c_buffer, len, c_url, c_enc, (int)NUM2INT(options));
      xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(NULL, NULL);

      if(doc == NULL) {
        xmlErrorPtr error;

        xmlFreeDoc(doc);

        error = xmlGetLastError();
        if(error)
          rb_exc_raise(Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error((VALUE)NULL, error));
        else
          rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not parse document");

        return Qnil;
      }

      document = Nokogiri_wrap_xml_document(klass, doc);
      rb_iv_set(document, "@errors", error_list);
      return document;
    }

wrap(document) click to toggle source

`JRuby` Wraps Java's org.w3c.dom.document and returns Nokogiri::XML::Document

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 250
    def self.wrap document
      raise "JRuby only method" unless Nokogiri.jruby?
      return wrapJavaDocument(document)
    end

### Public Instance Methods

<<(node_or_tags) click to toggle source
Alias for: add_child
add_child(node_or_tags) click to toggle source

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 235
    def add_child node_or_tags
      raise "Document already has a root node" if root
      node_or_tags = coerce(node_or_tags)
      if node_or_tags.is_a?(XML::NodeSet)
        raise "Document cannot have multiple root nodes" if node_or_tags.size > 1
        super(node_or_tags.first)
      else
        super
      end
    end

Also aliased as: <<
canonicalize(mode=XML_C14N_1_0,inclusive_namespaces=nil,with_comments=false) click to toggle source
canonicalize { |obj, parent| ... }

Canonicalize a document and return the results. Takes an optional block that takes two parameters: the `obj` and that node’s `parent`. The `obj` will be either a Nokogiri::XML::Node, or a Nokogiri::XML::Namespace The block must return a non-nil, non-false value if the `obj` passed in should be included in the canonicalized document.

    static VALUE canonicalize(int argc, VALUE* argv, VALUE self)
    {
      VALUE mode;
      VALUE incl_ns;
      VALUE with_comments;
      xmlChar **ns;
      long ns_len, i;

      xmlDocPtr doc;
      xmlOutputBufferPtr buf;
      xmlC14NIsVisibleCallback cb = NULL;
      void * ctx = NULL;

      VALUE rb_cStringIO;
      VALUE io;

      rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "03", &mode, &incl_ns, &with_comments);

      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      rb_cStringIO = rb_const_get_at(rb_cObject, rb_intern("StringIO"));
      io           = rb_class_new_instance(0, 0, rb_cStringIO);
      buf          = xmlAllocOutputBuffer(NULL);

      buf->writecallback = (xmlOutputWriteCallback)io_write_callback;
      buf->closecallback = (xmlOutputCloseCallback)io_close_callback;
      buf->context       = (void *)io;

      if(rb_block_given_p()) {
        cb = block_caller;
        ctx = (void *)rb_block_proc();
      }

      if(NIL_P(incl_ns)){
        ns = NULL;
      }
      else{
        ns_len = RARRAY_LEN(incl_ns);
        ns = calloc((size_t)ns_len+1, sizeof(xmlChar *));
        for (i = 0 ; i < ns_len ; i++) {
          VALUE entry = rb_ary_entry(incl_ns, i);
          const char * ptr = StringValuePtr(entry);
          ns[i] = (xmlChar*) ptr;
        }
      }

      xmlC14NExecute(doc, cb, ctx,
        (int)      (NIL_P(mode)        ? 0 : NUM2INT(mode)),
        ns,
        (int)      (NIL_P(with_comments)        ? 0 : 1),
        buf);

      xmlOutputBufferClose(buf);

      return rb_funcall(io, rb_intern("string"), 0);
    }

clone(p1 = v1) click to toggle source
Alias for: dup
collect_namespaces() click to toggle source

Recursively get all namespaces from this node and its subtree and return them as a hash.

For example, given this document:

    <root xmlns:foo="bar">
      <bar xmlns:hello="world" />
    </root>

This method will return:

    { 'xmlns:foo' => 'bar', 'xmlns:hello' => 'world' }

WARNING: this method will clobber duplicate names in the keys. For example, given this document:

    <root xmlns:foo="bar">
      <bar xmlns:foo="baz" />
    </root>

The hash returned will look like this: { ‘xmlns:foo’ => ‘bar’ }

Non-prefixed default namespaces (as in “xmlns=”) are not included in the hash.

Note that this method does an xpath lookup for nodes with namespaces, and as a result the order may be dependent on the implementation of the underlying XML library.

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 160
    def collect_namespaces
      xpath("//namespace::*").inject({}) do |hash, ns|
        hash[["xmlns",ns.prefix].compact.join(":")] = ns.href if ns.prefix != "xml"
        hash
      end
    end

create_cdata(string, &block) click to toggle source

Create a CDATA Node containing `string`

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 111
    def create_cdata string, &block
      Nokogiri::XML::CDATA.new self, string.to_s, &block
    end

create_comment(string, &block) click to toggle source

Create a Comment Node containing `string`

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 116
    def create_comment string, &block
      Nokogiri::XML::Comment.new self, string.to_s, &block
    end

create_element(name, *args, &block) click to toggle source

Create an element with `name`, and optionally setting the content and attributes.

    doc.create_element "div" # <div></div>
    doc.create_element "div", :class => "container" # <div class='container'></div>
    doc.create_element "div", "contents" # <div>contents</div>
    doc.create_element "div", "contents", :class => "container" # <div class='container'>contents</div>
    doc.create_element "div" { |node| node['class'] = "container" } # <div class='container'></div>

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 81
    def create_element name, *args, &block
      elm = Nokogiri::XML::Element.new(name, self, &block)
      args.each do |arg|
        case arg
        when Hash
          arg.each { |k,v|
            key = k.to_s
            if key =~ NCNAME_RE
              ns_name = key.split(":", 2)[1]
              elm.add_namespace_definition ns_name, v
            else
              elm[k.to_s] = v.to_s
            end
          }
        else
          elm.content = arg
        end
      end
      if ns = elm.namespace_definitions.find { |n| n.prefix.nil? or n.prefix == '' }
        elm.namespace = ns
      end
      elm
    end

create_entity(name, type, external_id, system_id, content) click to toggle source

Create a new entity named `name`.

`type` is an integer representing the type of entity to be created, and it defaults to Nokogiri::XML::EntityDecl::INTERNAL_GENERAL. See the constants on Nokogiri::XML::EntityDecl for more information.

`external_id`, `system_id`, and `content` set the External ID, System ID, and content respectively. All of these parameters are optional.

    static VALUE create_entity(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
    {
      VALUE name;
      VALUE type;
      VALUE external_id;
      VALUE system_id;
      VALUE content;
      xmlEntityPtr ptr;
      xmlDocPtr doc ;

      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "14", &name, &type, &external_id, &system_id,
          &content);

      xmlResetLastError();
      ptr = xmlAddDocEntity(
          doc,
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(name)        ? NULL                        : StringValuePtr(name)),
          (int)      (NIL_P(type)        ? XML_INTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITY : NUM2INT(type)),
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(external_id) ? NULL                        : StringValuePtr(external_id)),
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(system_id)   ? NULL                        : StringValuePtr(system_id)),
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(content)     ? NULL                        : StringValuePtr(content))
        );

      if(NULL == ptr) {
        xmlErrorPtr error = xmlGetLastError();
        if(error)
          rb_exc_raise(Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error((VALUE)NULL, error));
        else
          rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not create entity");

        return Qnil;
      }

      return Nokogiri_wrap_xml_node(cNokogiriXmlEntityDecl, (xmlNodePtr)ptr);
    }

create_text_node(string, &block) click to toggle source

Create a Text Node with `string`

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 106
    def create_text_node string, &block
      Nokogiri::XML::Text.new string.to_s, self, &block
    end

decorate(node) click to toggle source

Apply any decorators to `node`

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 208
    def decorate node
      return unless @decorators
      @decorators.each { |klass,list|
        next unless node.is_a?(klass)
        list.each { |moodule| node.extend(moodule) }
      }
    end

decorators(key) click to toggle source

Get the list of decorators given `key`

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 168
    def decorators key
      @decorators ||= Hash.new
      @decorators[key] ||= []
    end

document() click to toggle source

A reference to `self`

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 126
    def document
      self
    end

dup click to toggle source

Copy this Document. An optional depth may be passed in, but it defaults to a deep copy. 0 is a shallow copy, 1 is a deep copy.

    static VALUE duplicate_node(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc, dup;
      VALUE level;

      if(rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &level) == 0)
        level = INT2NUM((long)1);

      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      dup = xmlCopyDoc(doc, (int)NUM2INT(level));
      if(dup == NULL) return Qnil;

      dup->type = doc->type;
      return Nokogiri_wrap_xml_document(rb_obj_class(self), dup);
    }

Also aliased as: clone
encoding click to toggle source

Get the encoding for this Document

    static VALUE encoding(VALUE self)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      if(!doc->encoding) return Qnil;
      return NOKOGIRI_STR_NEW2(doc->encoding);
    }

encoding= encoding click to toggle source

Set the encoding string for this Document

    static VALUE set_encoding(VALUE self, VALUE encoding)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      if (doc->encoding)
          free((char *) doc->encoding); /* this may produce a gcc cast warning */

      doc->encoding = xmlStrdup((xmlChar *)StringValuePtr(encoding));

      return encoding;
    }

fragment(tags = nil) click to toggle source

Create a Nokogiri::XML::DocumentFragment from `tags` Returns an empty fragment if `tags` is nil.

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 227
    def fragment tags = nil
      DocumentFragment.new(self, tags, self.root)
    end

name() click to toggle source

The name of this document. Always returns “document”

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 121
    def name
      'document'
    end

namespaces() click to toggle source

Get the hash of namespaces on the root Nokogiri::XML::Node

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 220
    def namespaces
      root ? root.namespaces : {}
    end

remove_namespaces! click to toggle source

Remove all namespaces from all nodes in the document.

This could be useful for developers who either don’t understand namespaces or don’t care about them.

The following example shows a use case, and you can decide for yourself whether this is a good thing or not:

    doc = Nokogiri::XML <<-EOXML
       <root>
         <car xmlns:part="http://general-motors.com/">
           <part:tire>Michelin Model XGV</part:tire>
         </car>
         <bicycle xmlns:part="http://schwinn.com/">
           <part:tire>I'm a bicycle tire!</part:tire>
         </bicycle>
       </root>
       EOXML

    doc.xpath("//tire").to_s # => ""
    doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://general-motors.com/").to_s # => "<part:tire>Michelin Model XGV</part:tire>"
    doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://schwinn.com/").to_s # => "<part:tire>I'm a bicycle tire!</part:tire>"

    doc.remove_namespaces!

    doc.xpath("//tire").to_s # => "<tire>Michelin Model XGV</tire><tire>I'm a bicycle tire!</tire>"
    doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://general-motors.com/").to_s # => ""
    doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://schwinn.com/").to_s # => ""

For more information on why this probably is not a good thing in general, please direct your browser to tenderlovemaking.com/2009/04/23/namespaces-in-xml.html

    VALUE remove_namespaces_bang(VALUE self)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc ;
      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      recursively_remove_namespaces_from_node((xmlNodePtr)doc);
      return self;
    }

root click to toggle source

Get the root node for this document.

    static VALUE root(VALUE self)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      xmlNodePtr root;

      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      root = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);

      if(!root) return Qnil;
      return Nokogiri_wrap_xml_node(Qnil, root) ;
    }

root= click to toggle source

Set the root element on this document

    static VALUE set_root(VALUE self, VALUE root)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      xmlNodePtr new_root;
      xmlNodePtr old_root;

      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      old_root = NULL;

      if(NIL_P(root)) {
        old_root = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);

        if(old_root) {
          xmlUnlinkNode(old_root);
          nokogiri_root_node(old_root);
        }

        return root;
      }

      Data_Get_Struct(root, xmlNode, new_root);

      /* If the new root's document is not the same as the current document,
       * then we need to dup the node in to this document. */
      if(new_root->doc != doc) {
        old_root = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
        if (!(new_root = xmlDocCopyNode(new_root, doc, 1))) {
          rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not reparent node (xmlDocCopyNode)");
        }
      }

      xmlDocSetRootElement(doc, new_root);
      if(old_root) nokogiri_root_node(old_root);
      return root;
    }

slop!() click to toggle source

Explore a document with shortcut methods. See Nokogiri::Slop for details.

Note that any nodes that have been instantiated before slop! is called will not be decorated with sloppy behavior. So, if you’re in irb, the preferred idiom is:

    irb> doc = Nokogiri::Slop my_markup

and not

    irb> doc = Nokogiri::HTML my_markup
    ... followed by irb's implicit inspect (and therefore instantiation of every node) ...
    irb> doc.slop!
    ... which does absolutely nothing.

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 197
    def slop!
      unless decorators(XML::Node).include? Nokogiri::Decorators::Slop
        decorators(XML::Node) << Nokogiri::Decorators::Slop
        decorate!
      end

      self
    end

to_java() click to toggle source

`JRuby` Returns Java's org.w3c.dom.document of this Document.

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 258
    def to_java
      raise "JRuby only method" unless Nokogiri.jruby?
      return toJavaDocument()
    end

url click to toggle source

Get the url name for this document.

    static VALUE url(VALUE self)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      if(doc->URL) return NOKOGIRI_STR_NEW2(doc->URL);

      return Qnil;
    }

validate() click to toggle source

Validate this Document against it’s DTD. Returns a list of errors on the document or `nil` when there is no DTD.

    # File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 176
    def validate
      return nil unless internal_subset
      internal_subset.validate self
    end

version click to toggle source

Get the XML version for this Document

    static VALUE version(VALUE self)
    {
      xmlDocPtr doc;
      Data_Get_Struct(self, xmlDoc, doc);

      if(!doc->version) return Qnil;
      return NOKOGIRI_STR_NEW2(doc->version);
    }

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