Method ParseElement

Core/ElementXML/src/ParseXML.cpp:299–487

* * Parse an XML element and its children. This is the main parsing * function. The lexical analyser contains a references to the input * stream being parsed. The function calls itself recursively to * parse its children. * * @param lex The lexical analyser for this parse. * * @return The element that has just been read from the input stream. * *******************************************

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ElementXMLImpl* ParseXML::ParseElement()
{
    // Check if we're starting with a comment
    while (Have(kComment))
    {
        SetLastComment(GetTokenValue()) ;
        GetNextToken() ;
    }
    
    // We must start with an open tag marker
    MustBe(kOpenTagChar) ;
    
    // For now ignore header tags
    if (Have(kHeaderChar))
    {
        while (!IsError() && !Have(kCloseTagChar))
        {
            GetNextToken() ;
        }
        
        // We must start with an open tag marker
        MustBe(kOpenTagChar) ;
        
        //return NULL ;
    }
    
    // Create the object we'll be returning
    ElementXMLImpl* pElement = new ElementXMLImpl() ;
    
    // Get the tag name
    ParseString tagName ;
    MustBe(kIdentifier, tagName) ;
    
    pElement->SetTagName(tagName.c_str()) ;
    
    if (HasLastComment())
    {
        pElement->SetComment(GetLastComment()) ;
        SetLastComment("") ;
    }
    
    // Used to record whether data is encoded binary
    bool dataIsEncoded = false ;
    
    // Read all of the attributes (if there are any)
    while (!IsError() && Have(kIdentifier))
    {
        ParseString name = GetTokenValue() ;
        
        // Consume the name
        GetNextToken() ;
        
        // Must be followed by "="
        MustBe(kEqualsChar) ;
        
        // Then must be followed by a string containing the value
        ParseString value ;
        MustBe(kQuotedString, value) ;