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Parser Schemas– Easy and Powerful parsing of XML-based languages

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An article on parsing XML files according to the specified schema.
/***********************************************************************\
 * Comnicate.CodeDom.Xml.ParserSchemas                                 *
 * Parses xml-based languages according to a user defined schema.      *
 * Copyright � 2005 Tomas Deml (as Comnicate!)                         *
 *                  tomasdeml@msn.com                                  *
 *                                                                     *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or       *
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public          *
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either        *
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.  *
 *                                                                     *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,     *
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of      *
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU   *
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.                     *
\***********************************************************************/

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.XPath;
using Comnicate.CodeDom.Xml.ParserSchemas.Rules.Evaluated;
using Comnicate.CodeDom.Xml.ParserSchemas.Rules.Evaluation;

namespace Comnicate.CodeDom.Xml.ParserSchemas.Rules
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the abstract class for all evaluable rules.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of an instance representing an evaluated rule. It must be a subclass of the <see cref="EvaluatedRule"/> class.</typeparam>
    public abstract class EvaluableRule<T> : Rule, IEvaluableRule where T : EvaluatedRule
    {
        #region .ctors
        // All these .ctors must be internal to avoid unwanted inheritance. Only children 'ParentalRule' and 'NonParentalRule' are intended for inheritance.

        internal EvaluableRule(string nodeName) : base(nodeName) { }

        internal EvaluableRule(string nodeName, Uri namespaceUri) : base(nodeName, namespaceUri) { }

        internal EvaluableRule(string nodeName, NodeValueOptions options) : base(nodeName, options) { }

        internal EvaluableRule(string nodeName, Uri namespaceUri, NodeValueOptions options)
            : base(nodeName, namespaceUri, options) { }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the information about the type of the node navigator that can be matched by this rule.
        /// </summary>
        public abstract XPathNodeType MatchingNodeType { get; }

        #endregion

        #region Events

        /// <summary>
        /// Occurs after the rule is evaluated.
        /// </summary>
        public event EventHandler<EvaluationEventArgs<EvaluatedRule>> OnRuleEvaluated;

        /// <summary>
        /// Occurs before the rule is evaluated.
        /// </summary>
        public event EventHandler<EvaluationEventArgs<Rule>> OnRuleEvaluation;
        
        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Parses the node navigator the XPathNavigator instance is pointed to, according to the rule.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="nodeNavigator">XPathNavigator instance pointing to the node navigator to parse.</param>
        /// <returns>Evaluated rule.</returns>
        public abstract T Evaluate(XPathNavigator nodeNavigator);

        /// <summary>
        /// Parses the node navigator the XPathNavigator instance is pointed to, according to the rule.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="nodeNavigator">XPathNavigator instance pointing to the node navigator to parse.</param>
        /// <returns>Evaluated rule.</returns>
        EvaluatedRule IEvaluableRule.Evaluate(XPathNavigator nodeNavigator)
        {
            return this.Evaluate(nodeNavigator);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Inspects the node navigator the XPathNavigator instance is pointed to and say if this rule can match the node.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="nodeNavigator">XPathNavigator pointing to the node.</param>
        /// <returns>True if the node can be parsed by this rule; False if it cannot be parsed with this rule.</returns>
        public override bool IsMatch(XPathNavigator nodeNavigator)
        {
            return (base.IsMatch(nodeNavigator) && nodeNavigator.NodeType == this.MatchingNodeType);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns text representation of the rule.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Text representation of the rule.</returns>
        public override string ToString()
        {
            // Prefix
            string prefix = String.Empty;

            // Assign prefix depending on the type the rule matches
            switch (this.MatchingNodeType)
            {
                case XPathNodeType.Attribute:
                    prefix = "@";
                    break;
                case XPathNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
                    prefix = "?";
                    break;
            }

            // No namespace specified...
            if (this.NamespaceUri == null)
                return String.Format("{0}{1}", prefix, this.NodeName);
            else
                return String.Format("{0}:{1}{2}", this.NamespaceUri, prefix, this.NodeName);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Raises the <see cref="OnRuleEvaluated"/> event.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="eventData">Evaluated rule.</param>
        void IEvaluableRule.RaiseRuleEvaluatedEvent(EvaluatedRule eventData)
        {
            // Any subscribers?
            if (this.OnRuleEvaluated != null && eventData != null)
            {
                // Copy rule cookie
                eventData.ruleCookie = this.ruleCookie;

                // Fire the event
                this.OnRuleEvaluated(this, new EvaluationEventArgs<EvaluatedRule>(eventData));
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Raises the <see cref="OnRuleEvaluation"/> event.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="eventData">Evaluated rule.</param>
        void IEvaluableRule.RaiseRuleEvaluationEvent(EvaluatedRule eventData)
        {
            // Any subscribers?
            if (this.OnRuleEvaluation != null && eventData != null)
            {
                // Copy rule cookie
                eventData.ruleCookie = this.ruleCookie;

                // Fire the event
                this.OnRuleEvaluation(this, new EvaluationEventArgs<Rule>(eventData));
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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I'm a C# kind of guy, fan of .NET.

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