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+--[==========================================================================[
+ simplexml.lua: Lua simple xml parser wrapper
+--[==========================================================================[
+ Copyright (C) 2010 Antoine Cellerier
+ $Id$
+
+ Authors: Antoine Cellerier <dionoea at videolan dot org>
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+--]==========================================================================]
+
+module("simplexml",package.seeall)
+
+--[[ Returns the xml tree structure
+-- Each node is of one of the following types:
+-- { name (string), attributes (key->value map), children (node array) }
+-- text content (string)
+--]]
+
+local function parsexml(stream)
+ local xml = vlc.xml()
+ local reader = xml:create_reader(stream)
+
+ local tree
+ local parents = {}
+ while reader:read() > 0 do
+ local nodetype = reader:node_type()
+ if nodetype == 'startelem' then
+ local name = reader:name()
+ local node = { name: '', attributes: {}, children: {} }
+ node.name = name
+ while reader:NextAttr() == 0 do
+ node.attributes[reader:Name()] = reader:Value()
+ end
+ if tree then
+ tree.children[#tree.children] = node
+ parents[#parents] = tree
+ tree = node
+ end
+ elseif nodetype == 'endelem' then
+ tree = parents[#parents-1]
+ elseif nodetype == 'text' then
+ node.children[#node.children] = reader:Value()
+ end
+ end
+
+ return tree
+end
+
+function parse_url(url)
+ return parsexml(vlc.stream(url))
+end
+
+function parse_string(str)
+ return parsexml(vlc.memory_stream(str))
+end