Method Serialize

xmpsdk/src/XML_Node.cpp:354–420

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void XML_Node::Serialize ( std::string * buffer )
{
	buffer->erase();
	
	if ( this->kind != kRootNode ) {

		SerializeOneNode ( buffer, *this );

	} else {
	
		// Do the outermost level here, in order to add the XML version and namespace declarations.

		*buffer += "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";

		for ( size_t outer = 0, oLimit = this->content.size(); outer < oLimit; ++outer ) {

			const XML_Node & node = *this->content[outer];

			if ( node.kind != kElemNode ) {

				SerializeOneNode ( buffer, node );

			} else {

				XMP_StringPtr namePtr = node.name.c_str();
				if ( XMP_LitNMatch ( namePtr, "_dflt_:", 7 ) ) namePtr += 7;	// Hack for default namespaces.

				*buffer += '<';
				*buffer += namePtr;
				
				NamespaceMap nsMap;
				CollectNamespaceDecls ( &nsMap, node );
				NamespaceMap::iterator nsDecl = nsMap.begin();
				NamespaceMap::iterator nsEnd  = nsMap.end();
				for ( ; nsDecl != nsEnd; ++nsDecl ) {
					const std::string & prefix = nsDecl->first;
					*buffer += " xmlns";
					if ( prefix != "_dflt_" ) { *buffer += ':'; *buffer += prefix; }
					*buffer += "=\"";
					*buffer += nsDecl->second;
					*buffer += '"';
				}

				for ( size_t attr = 0, aLimit = node.attrs.size(); attr < aLimit; ++attr ) {
					SerializeOneNode ( buffer, *node.attrs[attr] );
				}

				if ( node.content.empty() ) {
					*buffer += "/>";
				} else {
					*buffer += '>';
					for ( size_t child = 0, cLimit = node.content.size(); child < cLimit; ++child ) {
						SerializeOneNode ( buffer, *node.content[child] );
					}
					*buffer += "</";
					*buffer += namePtr;
					*buffer += '>';
				}