An XML parser and editor with shades of a Design Pattern

#ifndef DOMWriterFilter_HEADER_GUARD_
#define DOMWriterFilter_HEADER_GUARD_

/*
 * Copyright 2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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/*
 * $Id: DOMWriterFilter.hpp 191054 2005-06-17 02:56:35Z jberry $
 */

/**
 *
 * DOMWriterFilter.hpp: interface for the DOMWriterFilter class.
 *
 * DOMWriterFilter provide applications the ability to examine nodes
 * as they are being serialized.
 *
 * DOMWriterFilter lets the application decide what nodes should be
 * serialized or not.
 *
 * The DOMDocument, DOMDocumentType, DOMNotation, and DOMEntity nodes are not passed
 * to the filter.
 *
 * @since DOM Level 3
 */


#include <xercesc/dom/DOMNodeFilter.hpp>

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN


class CDOM_EXPORT DOMWriterFilter : public DOMNodeFilter {
protected:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Hidden constructors
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Hidden constructors */
    //@{    
    DOMWriterFilter() {};
    //@}

private:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Unimplemented constructors and operators
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Unimplemented constructors and operators */
    //@{
    DOMWriterFilter(const DOMWriterFilter &);
    DOMWriterFilter & operator = (const DOMWriterFilter &);
    //@}


public:
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  All constructors are hidden, just the destructor is available
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Destructor */
    //@{
    /**
     * Destructor
     *
     */
    virtual ~DOMWriterFilter() {};
    //@}

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Virtual DOMWriterFilter interface
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /** @name Functions introduced in DOM Level 3 */
    //@{
	 /**
     * Interface from <code>DOMNodeFilter</code>,
     * to be implemented by implementation (derived class)
     */
    virtual short acceptNode(const DOMNode* node) const = 0;

    /**
     * Tells the DOMWriter what types of nodes to show to the filter.
     * See <code>DOMNodeFilter</code> for definition of the constants.
     * The constant SHOW_ATTRIBUTE is meaningless here, attribute nodes will
     * never be passed to a DOMWriterFilter.
     *
     *  <p><b>"Experimental - subject to change"</b></p>
     *
     * @return The constants of what types of nodes to show.
     * @see   setWhatToShow
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    virtual unsigned long getWhatToShow() const =0;

    /**
     * Set what types of nodes are to be presented.
     * See <code>DOMNodeFilter</code> for definition of the constants.
     *
     *  <p><b>"Experimental - subject to change"</b></p>
     *
     * @param toShow The constants of what types of nodes to show.
     * @see   getWhatToShow
     * @since DOM Level 3
     */
    virtual void          setWhatToShow(unsigned long toShow) =0;
    //@}

private:

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Private data members
    //
    //  fWhatToShow
    //
    //      The whatToShow mask.
    //      Tells the DOMWriter what types of nodes to show to the filter.
    //      See NodeFilter for definition of the constants.
    //      The constants
    //      SHOW_ATTRIBUTE,
    //      SHOW_DOCUMENT,
    //      SHOW_DOCUMENT_TYPE,
    //      SHOW_NOTATION, and
    //      SHOW_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT are meaningless here,
    //      Entity nodes are not passed to the filter.
    //
    //      Those nodes will never be passed to a DOMWriterFilter.
    //
    //   Derived class shall add this data member:
    //
    //   unsigned long fWhatToShow;
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

};

XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END

#endif