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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / html / htmlpars.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: html/htmlpars.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxHtmlTagHandler
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // Licence: wxWindows licence
6 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7
8 enum wxHtmlURLType
9 {
10 wxHTML_URL_PAGE,
11 wxHTML_URL_IMAGE,
12 wxHTML_URL_OTHER
13 };
14
15
16
17 /**
18 @class wxHtmlTagHandler
19
20 @todo describe me
21
22 @library{wxhtml}
23 @category{html}
24
25 @see @ref overview_html_handlers, wxHtmlTag
26 */
27 class wxHtmlTagHandler : public wxObject
28 {
29 public:
30 /**
31 Constructor.
32 */
33 wxHtmlTagHandler();
34
35 /**
36 Returns list of supported tags.
37 The list is in uppercase and tags are delimited by ','.
38 Example: @c "I,B,FONT,P"
39 */
40 virtual wxString GetSupportedTags() = 0;
41
42 /**
43 This is the core method of each handler. It is called each time
44 one of supported tags is detected. @a tag contains all necessary
45 info (see wxHtmlTag for details).
46
47 Example:
48
49 @code
50 bool MyHandler::HandleTag(const wxHtmlTag& tag)
51 {
52 ...
53 // change state of parser (e.g. set bold face)
54 ParseInner(tag);
55 ...
56 // restore original state of parser
57 }
58 @endcode
59
60 You shouldn't call ParseInner() if the tag is not paired with an ending one.
61
62 @return @true if ParseInner() was called, @false otherwise.
63 */
64 virtual bool HandleTag(const wxHtmlTag& tag) = 0;
65
66 /**
67 Assigns @a parser to this handler. Each @b instance of handler
68 is guaranteed to be called only from the one parser.
69 */
70 virtual void SetParser(wxHtmlParser* parser);
71
72 /**
73 Returns the parser associated with this tag handler.
74
75 @since 2.9.5
76 */
77 wxHtmlParser* GetParser() const;
78
79
80 protected:
81
82 /**
83 This method calls parser's wxHtmlParser::DoParsing method
84 for the string between this tag and the paired ending tag:
85 @code
86 ...<A HREF="x.htm">Hello, world!</A>...
87 @endcode
88
89 In this example, a call to ParseInner() (with @a tag pointing to A tag)
90 will parse 'Hello, world!'.
91 */
92 void ParseInner(const wxHtmlTag& tag);
93
94 /**
95 Parses given source as if it was tag's inner code (see
96 wxHtmlParser::GetInnerSource). Unlike ParseInner(), this method lets
97 you specify the source code to parse. This is useful when you need to
98 modify the inner text before parsing.
99 */
100 void ParseInnerSource(const wxString& source);
101
102 /**
103 This attribute is used to access parent parser. It is protected so that
104 it can't be accessed by user but can be accessed from derived classes.
105 */
106 wxHtmlParser* m_Parser;
107 };
108
109
110
111 /**
112 @class wxHtmlParser
113
114 Classes derived from this handle the @b generic parsing of HTML documents: it
115 scans the document and divide it into blocks of tags (where one block consists
116 of beginning and ending tag and of text between these two tags).
117
118 It is independent from wxHtmlWindow and can be used as stand-alone parser.
119
120 It uses system of tag handlers to parse the HTML document. Tag handlers
121 are not statically shared by all instances but are created for each
122 wxHtmlParser instance. The reason is that the handler may contain
123 document-specific temporary data used during parsing (e.g. complicated
124 structures like tables).
125
126 Typically the user calls only the wxHtmlParser::Parse method.
127
128 @library{wxhtml}
129 @category{html}
130
131 @see @ref overview_html_cells, @ref overview_html_handlers, wxHtmlTag
132 */
133 class wxHtmlParser
134 {
135 public:
136 /**
137 Constructor.
138 */
139 wxHtmlParser();
140
141 /**
142 Adds handler to the internal list ( hash table) of handlers.
143 This method should not be called directly by user but rather by derived class'
144 constructor.
145
146 This adds the handler to this @b instance of wxHtmlParser, not to
147 all objects of this class!
148 (Static front-end to AddTagHandler is provided by wxHtmlWinParser).
149
150 All handlers are deleted on object deletion.
151 */
152 virtual void AddTagHandler(wxHtmlTagHandler* handler);
153
154 /**
155 Must be overwritten in derived class.
156
157 This method is called by DoParsing() each time a part of text is parsed.
158 @a txt is NOT only one word, it is substring of input.
159 It is not formatted or preprocessed (so white spaces are unmodified).
160 */
161 virtual void AddWord(const wxString& txt);
162
163 /**
164 Parses the m_Source from @a begin_pos to @a end_pos - 1.
165 */
166 void DoParsing(const const_iterator& begin_pos, const const_iterator& end_pos);
167
168 /**
169 Parses the whole m_Source.
170 */
171 void DoParsing();
172
173 /**
174 This must be called after DoParsing().
175 */
176 virtual void DoneParser();
177
178 /**
179 Returns pointer to the file system. Because each tag handler has
180 reference to it is parent parser it can easily request the file by
181 calling:
182 @code
183 wxFSFile *f = m_Parser -> GetFS() -> OpenFile("image.jpg");
184 @endcode
185 */
186 wxFileSystem* GetFS() const;
187
188 /**
189 Returns product of parsing.
190 Returned value is result of parsing of the document.
191
192 The type of this result depends on internal representation in derived
193 parser (but it must be derived from wxObject!).
194 See wxHtmlWinParser for details.
195 */
196 virtual wxObject* GetProduct() = 0;
197
198 /**
199 Returns pointer to the source being parsed.
200 */
201 const wxString* GetSource();
202
203 /**
204 Setups the parser for parsing the @a source string.
205 (Should be overridden in derived class)
206 */
207 virtual void InitParser(const wxString& source);
208
209 /**
210 Opens given URL and returns @c wxFSFile object that can be used to read data
211 from it. This method may return @NULL in one of two cases: either the URL doesn't
212 point to any valid resource or the URL is blocked by overridden implementation
213 of @e OpenURL in derived class.
214
215 @param type
216 Indicates type of the resource. Is one of:
217 - wxHTML_URL_PAGE: Opening a HTML page.
218 - wxHTML_URL_IMAGE: Opening an image.
219 - wxHTML_URL_OTHER: Opening a resource that doesn't fall into
220 any other category.
221 @param url
222 URL being opened.
223
224 @note
225 Always use this method in tag handlers instead of GetFS()->OpenFile()
226 because it can block the URL and is thus more secure.
227 Default behaviour is to call wxHtmlWindow::OnOpeningURL of the associated
228 wxHtmlWindow object (which may decide to block the URL or redirect it to
229 another one),if there's any, and always open the URL if the parser is not
230 used with wxHtmlWindow.
231 Returned wxFSFile object is not guaranteed to point to url, it might have
232 been redirected!
233 */
234 virtual wxFSFile* OpenURL(wxHtmlURLType type, const wxString& url) const;
235
236 /**
237 Proceeds parsing of the document. This is end-user method. You can simply
238 call it when you need to obtain parsed output (which is parser-specific).
239
240 The method does these things:
241 -# calls InitParser(source)
242 -# calls DoParsing()
243 -# calls GetProduct()
244 -# calls DoneParser()
245 -# returns value returned by GetProduct()
246
247 You shouldn't use InitParser(), DoParsing(), GetProduct() or DoneParser() directly.
248 */
249 wxObject* Parse(const wxString& source);
250
251 /**
252 Restores parser's state before last call to PushTagHandler().
253 */
254 void PopTagHandler();
255
256 /**
257 Forces the handler to handle additional tags
258 (not returned by wxHtmlTagHandler::GetSupportedTags).
259 The handler should already be added to this parser.
260
261 @param handler
262 the handler
263 @param tags
264 List of tags (in same format as GetSupportedTags()'s return value).
265 The parser will redirect these tags to handler (until call to PopTagHandler()).
266
267 Example:
268
269 Imagine you want to parse following pseudo-html structure:
270 @code
271 <myitems>
272 <param name="one" value="1">
273 <param name="two" value="2">
274 </myitems>
275
276 <execute>
277 <param program="text.exe">
278 </execute>
279 @endcode
280
281 It is obvious that you cannot use only one tag handler for \<param\> tag.
282 Instead you must use context-sensitive handlers for \<param\> inside \<myitems\>
283 and \<param\> inside \<execute\>.
284 This is the preferred solution:
285
286 @code
287 TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(MYITEM, "MYITEMS")
288 TAG_HANDLER_PROC(tag)
289 {
290 // ...something...
291
292 m_Parser -> PushTagHandler(this, "PARAM");
293 ParseInner(tag);
294 m_Parser -> PopTagHandler();
295
296 // ...something...
297 }
298 TAG_HANDLER_END(MYITEM)
299 @endcode
300 */
301 void PushTagHandler(wxHtmlTagHandler* handler,
302 const wxString& tags);
303
304 /**
305 Sets the virtual file system that will be used to request additional files.
306 (For example @c IMG tag handler requests wxFSFile with the image data.)
307 */
308 void SetFS(wxFileSystem* fs);
309
310 /**
311 Call this function to interrupt parsing from a tag handler.
312 No more tags will be parsed afterward. This function may only be called
313 from Parse() or any function called by it (i.e. from tag handlers).
314 */
315 virtual void StopParsing();
316
317 protected:
318
319 /**
320 This may (and may not) be overwritten in derived class.
321
322 This method is called each time new tag is about to be added.
323 @a tag contains information about the tag. (See wxHtmlTag for details.)
324
325 Default (wxHtmlParser) behaviour is this: first it finds a handler capable
326 of handling this tag and then it calls handler's HandleTag() method.
327 */
328 virtual void AddTag(const wxHtmlTag& tag);
329 };
330