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A simple STL based XML parser

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16 May 2000 254.4K   4.6K   70  
This is a small non-validating XML parser based purely on STL
#if !defined(XmlUtil_H)
#define XmlUtil_H


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// define tag markers

#define idTagLeft	"<"
#define idTagRight	">"
#define idTagEnd	"</"
#define idTagNoData "/>"


#define idTagLeftLength		1
#define idTagRightLength	1
#define idTagEndLength		2


#include <string>
using namespace std;



//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// XmlUtil
//
// Purpose:		provides xml utility methods

class XmlUtil
{

	// tag helper methods
	static string getStartTag ( string & text )
	{
		string tag = idTagLeft;
		tag += text;
		tag += idTagRight;

		return string(tag);
	}

	// static helper methods
	static string getEndTag ( string & text )
	{
		string tag = idTagEnd;
		tag += text;
		tag += idTagRight;

		return string(tag);
	}

	static string getStartTag ( LPCTSTR text )
	{
		string tag = idTagLeft;
		tag += text;
		tag += idTagRight;

		return string(tag);
	}

	static string getEndTag ( LPCTSTR text )
	{
		string tag = idTagEnd;
		tag += text;
		tag += idTagRight;

		return string(tag);
	}
};


#endif

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