REXML::Source

A Source can be searched for patterns, and wraps buffers and other objects and provides consumption of text

Attributes

buffer[R]

The current buffer (what we’re going to read next)

encoding[R]

line[R]

The line number of the last consumed text

Public Class Methods

new(arg, encoding=nil) click to toggle source

Constructor @param arg must be a String, and should be a valid XML document @param encoding if non-null, sets the encoding of the source to this value, overriding all encoding detection

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 41
def initialize(arg, encoding=nil)
  @orig = @buffer = arg
  if encoding
    self.encoding = encoding
  else
    self.encoding = check_encoding( @buffer )
  end
  @line = 0
end

Public Instance Methods

consume( pattern ) click to toggle source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 92
def consume( pattern )
  @buffer = $' if pattern.match( @buffer )
end

current_line() click to toggle source

@return the current line in the source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 122
def current_line
  lines = @orig.split
  res = lines.grep @buffer[0..30]
  res = res[-1] if res.kind_of? Array
  lines.index( res ) if res
end

empty?() click to toggle source

@return true if the Source is exhausted

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 113
def empty?
  @buffer == ""
end

encoding=(enc) click to toggle source

Inherited from Encoding Overridden to support optimized en/decoding

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 54
def encoding=(enc)
  return unless super
  @line_break = encode( '>' )
  if @encoding != 'UTF-8'
    @buffer = decode(@buffer)
    @to_utf = true
  else
    @to_utf = false
    @buffer.force_encoding ::Encoding::UTF_8
  end
end

match(pattern, cons=false) click to toggle source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 106
def match(pattern, cons=false)
  md = pattern.match(@buffer)
  @buffer = $' if cons and md
  return md
end

match_to( char, pattern ) click to toggle source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 96
def match_to( char, pattern )
  return pattern.match(@buffer)
end

match_to_consume( char, pattern ) click to toggle source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 100
def match_to_consume( char, pattern )
  md = pattern.match(@buffer)
  @buffer = $'
  return md
end

position() click to toggle source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 117
def position
  @orig.index( @buffer )
end

read() click to toggle source

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 89
def read
end

scan(pattern, cons=false) click to toggle source

Scans the source for a given pattern. Note, that this is not your usual scan() method. For one thing, the pattern argument has some requirements; for another, the source can be consumed. You can easily confuse this method. Originally, the patterns were easier to construct and this method more robust, because this method generated search regexes on the fly; however, this was computationally expensive and slowed down the entire REXML package considerably, since this is by far the most commonly called method. @param pattern must be a Regexp, and must be in the form of /^s*(#{your pattern, with no groups})(.*)/. The first group will be returned; the second group is used if the consume flag is set. @param consume if true, the pattern returned will be consumed, leaving everything after it in the Source. @return the pattern, if found, or nil if the Source is empty or the pattern is not found.

 
               # File rexml/source.rb, line 82
def scan(pattern, cons=false)
  return nil if @buffer.nil?
  rv = @buffer.scan(pattern)
  @buffer = $' if cons and rv.size>0
  rv
end

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