Method startElement

src/openms/source/FORMAT/HANDLERS/FeatureXMLHandler.cpp:240–700

  }

  void FeatureXMLHandler::startElement(const XMLCh* const /*uri*/, const XMLCh* const /*local_name*/, const XMLCh* const qname, const xercesc::Attributes& attributes)
  {
    static const XMLCh* s_dim = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("dim");
    static const XMLCh* s_name = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("name");
    static const XMLCh* s_version = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("version");
    static const XMLCh* s_value = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("value");
    static const XMLCh* s_type = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("type");
    static const XMLCh* s_completion_time = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("completion_time");
    static const XMLCh* s_document_id = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("document_id");
    static const XMLCh* s_id = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("id");

    // TODO The next line should be removed in OpenMS 1.7 or so!
    static const XMLCh* s_unique_id = xercesc::XMLString::transcode("unique_id");

    String tag = sm_.convert(qname);

    // handle skipping of whole sections
    // IMPORTANT: check parent tags first (i.e. tags higher in the tree), since otherwise sections might be enabled/disabled too early/late
    //            disable_parsing_ is an Int, since subordinates might be chained, thus at SO-level 2, the endelement() would switch on parsing again
    //                                      , even though the end of the parent SO was not reached
    if ((!options_.getLoadSubordinates()) && tag == "subordinate")
    {
      ++disable_parsing_;
    }
    else if ((!options_.getLoadConvexHull()) && tag == "convexhull")
    {
      ++disable_parsing_;
    }
    if (disable_parsing_)
    {
      return;
    }
    // do the actual parsing:
    String parent_tag;
    if (!open_tags_.empty())
    {
      parent_tag = open_tags_.back();
    }
    open_tags_.push_back(tag);

    //for downward compatibility, all tags in the old description must be ignored
    if (in_description_)
    {
      return;
    }
    if (tag == "description")
    {
      in_description_ = true;
    }
    else if (tag == "feature")
    {
      // create new feature at appropriate level
      updateCurrentFeature_(true);
      current_feature_->setUniqueId(attributeAsString_(attributes, s_id));
    }
    else if (tag == "subordinate") // this is not safe towards malformed xml!
    {
      ++subordinate_feature_level_;