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| author | xi <xi@18f92427-320e-0410-9341-c67f048884a3> | 2008-01-04 03:33:04 +0000 |
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| committer | xi <xi@18f92427-320e-0410-9341-c67f048884a3> | 2008-01-04 03:33:04 +0000 |
| commit | 80dc45b6360138db8c3a2c75648d24de03c7d778 (patch) | |
| tree | 53278611715a1105321672b46f43a02ad0a0e507 | |
| parent | 3c947364518c8d42fe4914fa7017b6ef8dabfb53 (diff) | |
| download | libyaml-80dc45b6360138db8c3a2c75648d24de03c7d778.tar.gz | |
Drop doxygen support, add more API documentation, API changes.
git-svn-id: http://svn.pyyaml.org/libyaml/trunk@266 18f92427-320e-0410-9341-c67f048884a3
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doxygen.cfg | 222 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/Makefile.am | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/yaml.h | 2871 |
4 files changed, 2084 insertions, 1034 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ LibYAML - A C library for parsing and emitting YAML. -The project is in an early stage of development. - To build and install the library, run: $ ./configure $ make @@ -13,7 +11,10 @@ $ ./configure $ make # make install -For more information, check the LibYAML homepage: +For the API reference, check the file 'include/yaml.h'. Examples on how to use +LibYAML could be found in the 'tests' directory. + +Check the LibYAML homepage for more information: 'http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML'. Post your questions and opinions to the YAML-Core mailing list: @@ -25,5 +26,6 @@ Submit bug reports and feature requests to the LibYAML bug tracker: LibYAML is written by Kirill Simonov <xi@resolvent.net>. It is released under the MIT license. See the file LICENSE for more details. -This project is developed for Python Software Foundation as a part of -Google Summer of Code under the mentorship of Clark Evans. +The initial version of this project was developed for Python Software +Foundation under the mentorshipf of Clark Evans as a part of Google Summer of +Code 2006. diff --git a/doc/doxygen.cfg b/doc/doxygen.cfg deleted file mode 100644 index a58bb17..0000000 --- a/doc/doxygen.cfg +++ /dev/null @@ -1,222 +0,0 @@ -# Doxyfile 1.4.4 - -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Project related configuration options -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -PROJECT_NAME = $(PACKAGE) -PROJECT_NUMBER = $(VERSION) -OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = $(top_builddir)/doc/ -CREATE_SUBDIRS = NO -OUTPUT_LANGUAGE = English -USE_WINDOWS_ENCODING = NO -BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC = YES -REPEAT_BRIEF = YES -ABBREVIATE_BRIEF = -ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC = NO -INLINE_INHERITED_MEMB = NO -FULL_PATH_NAMES = YES -STRIP_FROM_PATH = -STRIP_FROM_INC_PATH = -SHORT_NAMES = NO -JAVADOC_AUTOBRIEF = YES -MULTILINE_CPP_IS_BRIEF = NO -DETAILS_AT_TOP = NO -INHERIT_DOCS = YES -DISTRIBUTE_GROUP_DOC = NO -SEPARATE_MEMBER_PAGES = NO -TAB_SIZE = 8 -ALIASES = -OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_FOR_C = YES -OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_JAVA = NO -SUBGROUPING = YES -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Build related configuration options -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -EXTRACT_ALL = NO -EXTRACT_PRIVATE = NO -EXTRACT_STATIC = NO -EXTRACT_LOCAL_CLASSES = NO -EXTRACT_LOCAL_METHODS = NO -HIDE_UNDOC_MEMBERS = NO -HIDE_UNDOC_CLASSES = NO -HIDE_FRIEND_COMPOUNDS = NO -HIDE_IN_BODY_DOCS = NO -INTERNAL_DOCS = NO -CASE_SENSE_NAMES = YES -HIDE_SCOPE_NAMES = NO -SHOW_INCLUDE_FILES = YES -INLINE_INFO = YES -SORT_MEMBER_DOCS = NO -SORT_BRIEF_DOCS = NO -SORT_BY_SCOPE_NAME = NO -GENERATE_TODOLIST = YES -GENERATE_TESTLIST = YES -GENERATE_BUGLIST = YES -GENERATE_DEPRECATEDLIST= YES -ENABLED_SECTIONS = -MAX_INITIALIZER_LINES = 30 -SHOW_USED_FILES = YES -SHOW_DIRECTORIES = YES -FILE_VERSION_FILTER = -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to warning and progress messages -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -QUIET = NO -WARNINGS = YES -WARN_IF_UNDOCUMENTED = YES -WARN_IF_DOC_ERROR = YES -WARN_NO_PARAMDOC = NO -WARN_FORMAT = "$file:$line: $text" -WARN_LOGFILE = -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the input files -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -INPUT = $(top_srcdir)/include/ -FILE_PATTERNS = *.h -RECURSIVE = YES -EXCLUDE = -EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS = NO -EXCLUDE_PATTERNS = -EXAMPLE_PATH = -EXAMPLE_PATTERNS = -EXAMPLE_RECURSIVE = NO -IMAGE_PATH = -INPUT_FILTER = -FILTER_PATTERNS = -FILTER_SOURCE_FILES = NO -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to source browsing -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -SOURCE_BROWSER = NO -INLINE_SOURCES = NO -STRIP_CODE_COMMENTS = YES -REFERENCED_BY_RELATION = NO -REFERENCES_RELATION = NO -USE_HTAGS = NO -VERBATIM_HEADERS = NO -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the alphabetical class index -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ALPHABETICAL_INDEX = NO -COLS_IN_ALPHA_INDEX = 5 -IGNORE_PREFIX = -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the HTML output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_HTML = YES -HTML_OUTPUT = html -HTML_FILE_EXTENSION = .html -HTML_HEADER = -HTML_FOOTER = -HTML_STYLESHEET = -HTML_ALIGN_MEMBERS = YES -GENERATE_HTMLHELP = NO -CHM_FILE = -HHC_LOCATION = -GENERATE_CHI = NO -BINARY_TOC = NO -TOC_EXPAND = NO -DISABLE_INDEX = NO -ENUM_VALUES_PER_LINE = 1 -GENERATE_TREEVIEW = NO -TREEVIEW_WIDTH = 250 -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the LaTeX output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_LATEX = NO -LATEX_OUTPUT = latex -LATEX_CMD_NAME = latex -MAKEINDEX_CMD_NAME = makeindex -COMPACT_LATEX = NO -PAPER_TYPE = a4wide -EXTRA_PACKAGES = -LATEX_HEADER = -PDF_HYPERLINKS = NO -USE_PDFLATEX = NO -LATEX_BATCHMODE = NO -LATEX_HIDE_INDICES = NO -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the RTF output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_RTF = NO -RTF_OUTPUT = rtf -COMPACT_RTF = NO -RTF_HYPERLINKS = NO -RTF_STYLESHEET_FILE = -RTF_EXTENSIONS_FILE = -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the man page output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_MAN = NO -MAN_OUTPUT = man -MAN_EXTENSION = .3 -MAN_LINKS = NO -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the XML output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_XML = NO -XML_OUTPUT = xml -XML_SCHEMA = -XML_DTD = -XML_PROGRAMLISTING = YES -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options for the AutoGen Definitions output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_AUTOGEN_DEF = NO -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# configuration options related to the Perl module output -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GENERATE_PERLMOD = NO -PERLMOD_LATEX = NO -PERLMOD_PRETTY = YES -PERLMOD_MAKEVAR_PREFIX = -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Configuration options related to the preprocessor -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ENABLE_PREPROCESSING = YES -MACRO_EXPANSION = YES -EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF = YES -SEARCH_INCLUDES = YES -INCLUDE_PATH = -INCLUDE_FILE_PATTERNS = -PREDEFINED = "YAML_DECLARE(type)=type" -EXPAND_AS_DEFINED = -SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS = YES -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Configuration::additions related to external references -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -TAGFILES = -GENERATE_TAGFILE = -ALLEXTERNALS = NO -EXTERNAL_GROUPS = YES -PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Configuration options related to the dot tool -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -CLASS_DIAGRAMS = NO -HIDE_UNDOC_RELATIONS = YES -HAVE_DOT = NO -CLASS_GRAPH = YES -COLLABORATION_GRAPH = YES -GROUP_GRAPHS = YES -UML_LOOK = NO -TEMPLATE_RELATIONS = NO -INCLUDE_GRAPH = YES -INCLUDED_BY_GRAPH = YES -CALL_GRAPH = NO -GRAPHICAL_HIERARCHY = YES -DIRECTORY_GRAPH = YES -DOT_IMAGE_FORMAT = png -DOT_PATH = -DOTFILE_DIRS = -MAX_DOT_GRAPH_WIDTH = 1024 -MAX_DOT_GRAPH_HEIGHT = 1024 -MAX_DOT_GRAPH_DEPTH = 0 -DOT_TRANSPARENT = NO -DOT_MULTI_TARGETS = NO -GENERATE_LEGEND = YES -DOT_CLEANUP = YES -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -# Configuration::additions related to the search engine -#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -SEARCHENGINE = NO diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am index 3c7323c..0c2978a 100644 --- a/include/Makefile.am +++ b/include/Makefile.am @@ -1,17 +1,4 @@ INCLUDES = yaml.h -DOXYGEN_CFG = $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen.cfg nobase_include_HEADERS = $(INCLUDES) -if DOXYGEN - -html: $(INCLUDES) $(DOXYGEN_CFG) - PACKAGE=$(PACKAGE) VERSION=$(VERSION) top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) top_builddir=$(top_builddir) doxygen $(DOXYGEN_CFG) - -endif - -distclean-local: - -rm -rf $(top_builddir)/doc/html - -dist-hook: html - cp -a $(top_builddir)/doc/html $(top_distdir)/doc diff --git a/include/yaml.h b/include/yaml.h index 68f4cbc..582d822 100644 --- a/include/yaml.h +++ b/include/yaml.h @@ -1,13 +1,26 @@ -/** - * @file yaml.h - * @brief Public interface for libyaml. - * - * Include the header file with the code: - * @code - * #include <yaml.h> - * @endcode +/***************************************************************************** + * Public Interface for LibYAML + * + * Copyright (c) 2006 Kirill Simonov + * + * LibYAML is free software; you can use, modify and/or redistribute it under + * the terms of the MIT license; see the file LICENCE for more details. + *****************************************************************************/ + +/* + * General guidelines. + * + * Naming conventions: all functions exported by LibYAML starts with the `yaml_` prefix; + * types starts with `yaml_` and ends with `_t`; macros and enumerations starts + * with `YAML_`. + * + * FIXME: Calling conventions. + * FIXME: Memory allocation. + * FIXME: Errors and exceptions. + * FIXME: And so on, and so forth. */ + #ifndef YAML_H #define YAML_H @@ -19,12 +32,24 @@ extern "C" { #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> -/** - * @defgroup export Export Definitions - * @{ - */ +/***************************************************************************** + * Export Definitions + *****************************************************************************/ -/** The public API declaration. */ +/* + * Public API declarations. + * + * The following definitions are relevant only for the Win32 platform. If you + * are building LibYAML as a static library or linking your application against + * LibYAML compiled as a static library, define the macro + * `YAML_DECLARE_STATIC`. If you are building LibYAML as a dynamic library + * (DLL), you need to define `YAML_DECLARE_EXPORT`. You don't need to define + * any macros in case you are linking your application against LibYAML compiled + * as DLL. + * + * There is no need to define any macros if you use LibYAML on non-Win32 + * platform. + */ #ifdef WIN32 # if defined(YAML_DECLARE_STATIC) @@ -38,159 +63,177 @@ extern "C" { # define YAML_DECLARE(type) type #endif -/** @} */ +/***************************************************************************** + * Version Information + *****************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup version Version Information - * @{ +/* + * The major, minor and patch version numbers of LibYAML. */ -/** The major version number. */ #define YAML_VERSION_MAJOR 0 - -/** The minor version number. */ #define YAML_VERSION_MINOR 2 - -/** The patch version number. */ #define YAML_VERSION_PATCH 0 -/** The version string generator macro. */ -#define YAML_VERSION_STRING_GENERATOR(major,minor,patch) \ - (#major "." #minor "." #patch) +/* + * The version of LibYAML as a string. + */ -/** The version string. */ -#define YAML_VERSION_STRING \ - YAML_VERSION_STRING_GENERATOR(YAML_VERSION_MAJOR,YAML_VERSION_MINOR,YAML_VERSION_PATCH) +#define YAML_VERSION_STRING "0.2.0" -/** +/* * Get the library version numbers at runtime. * - * @param[out] major Major version number. - * @param[out] minor Minor version number. - * @param[out] patch Patch version number. + * Arguments: + * + * - `major`: a pointer to store the major version number. + * + * - `minor`: a pointer to store the minor version number. + * + * - `patch`: a pointer to store the patch version number. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_get_version(int *major, int *minor, int *patch); -/** +/* * Get the library version as a string at runtime. * - * @returns The function returns the pointer to a static string of the form - * @c "X.Y.Z", where @c X is the major version number, @c Y is the minor version - * number, and @c Z is the patch version number. + * Returns: the version of LibYAML as a static string. */ YAML_DECLARE(const char *) yaml_get_version_string(void); -/** @} */ +/***************************************************************************** + * Error Handling + *****************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup styles Error Handling - * @{ +/* + * The type of the error. + * + * The YAML parser and emitter reports any error details using the + * `yaml_error_t` structure. The error type shows what subsystem generated the + * error and what additional information about the error is available. */ -/** Many bad things could happen with the parser and the emitter. */ typedef enum yaml_error_type_e { - /** No error is produced. */ + /* No error was produced. */ YAML_NO_ERROR, - /** Cannot allocate or reallocate a block of memory. */ + /* Cannot allocate or reallocate a block of memory. */ YAML_MEMORY_ERROR, - /** Cannot read from the input stream. */ + /* Cannot read from the input stream. */ YAML_READER_ERROR, - /** Cannot decode the input stream. */ + /* Cannot decode a character in the input stream. */ YAML_DECODER_ERROR, - /** Cannot scan a YAML token. */ + /* Cannot scan a YAML token. */ YAML_SCANNER_ERROR, - /** Cannot parse a YAML production. */ + /* Cannot parse a YAML event. */ YAML_PARSER_ERROR, - /** Cannot compose a YAML document. */ + /* Cannot compose a YAML document. */ YAML_COMPOSER_ERROR, - /** Cannot write into the output stream. */ + /* Cannot write into the output stream. */ YAML_WRITER_ERROR, - /** Cannot emit a YAML event. */ + /* Cannot emit a YAML event. */ YAML_EMITTER_ERROR, - /** Cannot serialize a YAML document. */ + /* Cannot serialize a YAML document. */ YAML_SERIALIZER_ERROR, - /** Cannot resolve an implicit tag. */ + /* Cannot resolve an implicit YAML node tag. */ YAML_RESOLVER_ERROR } yaml_error_type_t; -/** The pointer position. */ +/* + * Position in the input stream. + * + * Marks are used to indicate the position of YAML tokens, events and documents + * in the input stream as well as to point to the place where a parser error has + * occured. + */ + typedef struct yaml_mark_s { - /** The character number (starting from zero). */ + /* The number of the character in the input stream (starting from zero). */ size_t index; - - /** The mark line (starting from zero). */ + /* The line in the input stream (starting from zero). */ size_t line; - - /** The mark column (starting from zero). */ + /* The column in the input stream (starting from zero). */ size_t column; } yaml_mark_t; -/** The error details. */ +/* + * Error details. + * + * The structure gives detailed information on any problem that occured during + * parsing or emitting. + */ + typedef struct yaml_error_s { - /** The error type. */ + /* The error type. */ yaml_error_type_t type; - /** The detailed error information. */ + /* The specific information for each error type. */ union { - /** - * A problem while reading the stream (@c YAML_READER_ERROR or - * @c YAML_DECODER_ERROR). + /* + * A problem occured while reading the input stream (relevant for + * `YAML_READER_ERROR` and `YAML_DECODER_ERROR`). */ struct { - /** The problem description. */ + /* The problem description. */ const char *problem; - /** The stream offset. */ + /* The position in the input stream, in bytes. */ size_t offset; - /** The problematic octet or character (@c -1 if not applicable). */ + /* The problematic octet or character (`-1` if not applicable). */ int value; } reading; - /** - * A problem while loading the stream (@c YAML_SCANNER_ERROR, - * @c YAML_PARSER_ERROR, or @c YAML_COMPOSER_ERROR). + /* + * A problem occured while loading YAML data from the input stream + * (relevant for `YAML_SCANNER_ERROR`, `YAML_PARSER_ERROR`, and + * `YAML_COMPOSER_ERROR`). */ struct { - /** The context in which the problem occured - * (@c NULL if not applicable). - */ + /* The description of the context in which the problem occured + (`NULL` if not applicable). */ const char *context; - /** The context mark (if @c problem_mark is not @c NULL). **/ + /* The context mark (if `context` is not `NULL`). */ yaml_mark_t context_mark; - /** The problem description. */ + /* The problem description. */ const char *problem; - /** The problem mark. */ + /* The problem mark. */ yaml_mark_t problem_mark; } loading; - /** A problem while writing into the stream (@c YAML_WRITER_ERROR). */ + /* + * A problem occured while writing into the output stream (relevant for + * `YAML_WRITER_ERROR`). + */ struct { - /** The problem description. */ + /* The problem description. */ const char *problem; - /** The stream offset. */ + /* The position in the output stream, in bytes. */ size_t offset; } writing; - /** A problem while dumping into the stream (@c YAML_EMITTER_ERROR and - * @c YAML_SERIALIZER_ERROR). + /* + * A problem while dumping YAML data into the output stream (relevant + * for `YAML_EMITTER_ERROR` and `YAML_SERIALIZER_ERROR`). */ struct { - /** The problem description. */ + /* The problem description. */ const char *problem; } dumping; - /** A problem while resolving an implicit tag (@c YAML_RESOLVER_ERROR). */ + /* + * A problem occured while resolving an implicit YAML node tag + * (relevant for `YAML_RESOLVER_ERROR`). + */ struct { - /** The problem description. */ + /* The problem description. */ const char *problem; } resolving; @@ -198,835 +241,1299 @@ typedef struct yaml_error_s { } yaml_error_t; -/** - * Create an error message. +/* + * Generate an error message. + * + * Given an instance of the `yaml_error_t` structure and a buffer, the function + * fills the buffer with a message describing the error. The generated message + * follows the pattern: `"Error type: error details"`. If the buffer is not + * large enough to hold the whole message, the function fails. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `error`: an error object obtained using `yaml_parser_get_error()` or + * `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. + * + * - `buffer`: a pointer to a character buffer to be filled with a generated + * error message. * - * @param[in] error An error object. - * @param[out] buffer model A token to copy. + * - `capacity`: the size of the buffer. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. The function may - * fail if the buffer is not large enough to contain the whole message. + * Returns: `1` if the function succeeded, `0` on error. The function may fail + * if the provided buffer is not large enough to hold the whole buffer, in + * which case an application may increase the size of the buffer and call the + * function again. If the function fails, the content of the buffer is + * undefined. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_error_message(yaml_error_t *error, char *buffer, size_t capacity); -/** @} */ +/****************************************************************************** + * Basic Types + ******************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup basic Basic Types - * @{ +/* + * The character type (UTF-8 octet). + * + * Usage of the string type `(yaml_char_t *)` in the LibYAML API indicates that + * the string is encoded in UTF-8. */ -/** The character type (UTF-8 octet). */ typedef unsigned char yaml_char_t; -/** The version directive data. */ +/* + * The version directive information. + * + * Note that LibYAML only supports YAML 1.1. + */ + typedef struct yaml_version_directive_s { - /** The major version number. */ + /* The major version number. */ int major; - /** The minor version number. */ + /* The minor version number. */ int minor; } yaml_version_directive_t; -/** The tag directive data. */ +/* + * The tag directive information. + */ + typedef struct yaml_tag_directive_s { - /** The tag handle. */ + /* The tag handle. */ yaml_char_t *handle; - /** The tag prefix. */ + /* The tag prefix. */ yaml_char_t *prefix; } yaml_tag_directive_t; -/** The stream encoding. */ +/* + * The stream encoding. + * + * An application may explicitly specify the encoding in the input stream or + * let the parser to detect the input stream encoding from a BOM mark. If the + * stream does not start with a BOM mark, UTF-8 is assumed. + * + * An application may specify the encoding of the output stream or let the + * emitter to choose a suitable encoding, in which case, UTF-8 is used. + */ + typedef enum yaml_encoding_e { - /** Let the parser choose the encoding. */ + /* The default/autodetected encoding. */ YAML_ANY_ENCODING, - /** The default UTF-8 encoding. */ + /* The UTF-8 encoding. */ YAML_UTF8_ENCODING, - /** The UTF-16-LE encoding with BOM. */ + /* The UTF-16-LE encoding. */ YAML_UTF16LE_ENCODING, - /** The UTF-16-BE encoding with BOM. */ + /* The UTF-16-BE encoding. */ YAML_UTF16BE_ENCODING } yaml_encoding_t; -/** Line break types. */ +/* + * Line break types. + * + * An application may specify the line break type the emitter should use or + * leave it to the emitter discretion. In the latter case, LN (Unix style) is + * used. + */ + typedef enum yaml_break_e { - /** Let the parser choose the break type. */ + /* Let the parser choose the break type. */ YAML_ANY_BREAK, - /** Use CR for line breaks (Mac style). */ + /* Use CR for line breaks (Mac style). */ YAML_CR_BREAK, - /** Use LN for line breaks (Unix style). */ + /* Use LN for line breaks (Unix style). */ YAML_LN_BREAK, - /** Use CR LN for line breaks (DOS style). */ + /* Use CR LN for line breaks (DOS style). */ YAML_CRLN_BREAK } yaml_break_t; -/** @} */ +/****************************************************************************** + * Node Styles + ******************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup styles Node Styles - * @{ +/* + * Scalar styles. + * + * There are two groups of scalar types in YAML: flow and block. Flow scalars + * are divided into three styles: plain, single-quoted, and double-quoted; + * block scalars are divided into two styles: literal and folded. + * + * The parser reports the style in which a scalar node is represented, however + * it is a purely presentation details that must not be used in interpreting + * the node content. + * + * An application may suggest a preferred node style or leave it completely + * to the emitter discretion. Note that the emitter may ignore any stylistic + * suggestions. */ -/** Scalar styles. */ typedef enum yaml_scalar_style_e { - /** Let the emitter choose the style. */ + /* Let the emitter choose the style. */ YAML_ANY_SCALAR_STYLE, - /** The plain scalar style. */ + /* The plain flow scalar style. */ YAML_PLAIN_SCALAR_STYLE, - /** The single-quoted scalar style. */ + /* The single-quoted flow scalar style. */ YAML_SINGLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE, - /** The double-quoted scalar style. */ + /* The double-quoted flow scalar style. */ YAML_DOUBLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE, - /** The literal scalar style. */ + /* The literal block scalar style. */ YAML_LITERAL_SCALAR_STYLE, - /** The folded scalar style. */ + /* The folded block scalar style. */ YAML_FOLDED_SCALAR_STYLE } yaml_scalar_style_t; -/** Sequence styles. */ +/* + * Sequence styles. + * + * YAML supports two sequence styles: flow and block. + * + * The parser reports the style of a sequence node, but this information should + * not be used in interpreting the sequence content. + * + * An application may suggest a preferred sequence style or leave it completely + * to the emitter discretion. Note that the emitter may ignore any stylistic + * hints. + */ typedef enum yaml_sequence_style_e { - /** Let the emitter choose the style. */ + /* Let the emitter choose the style. */ YAML_ANY_SEQUENCE_STYLE, - /** The block sequence style. */ - YAML_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_STYLE, - /** The flow sequence style. */ + /* The flow sequence style. */ YAML_FLOW_SEQUENCE_STYLE + /* The block sequence style. */ + YAML_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_STYLE, } yaml_sequence_style_t; -/** Mapping styles. */ +/* + * Mapping styles. + * + * YAML supports two mapping styles: flow and block. + * + * The parser reports the style of a mapping node, but this information should + * not be used in interpreting the mapping content. + * + * An application may suggest a preferred mapping style or leave it completely + * to the emitter discretion. Note that the emitter may ignore any stylistic + * hints. + */ + typedef enum yaml_mapping_style_e { - /** Let the emitter choose the style. */ + /* Let the emitter choose the style. */ YAML_ANY_MAPPING_STYLE, - /** The block mapping style. */ + /* The block mapping style. */ YAML_BLOCK_MAPPING_STYLE, - /** The flow mapping style. */ + /* The flow mapping style. */ YAML_FLOW_MAPPING_STYLE -/* YAML_FLOW_SET_MAPPING_STYLE */ } yaml_mapping_style_t; -/** @} */ +/****************************************************************************** + * Tokens + ******************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup tokens Tokens - * @{ +/* + * Token types. + * + * The LibYAML scanner generates the following types of tokens: + * + * - STREAM-START: indicates the beginning of the stream. + * + * - STREAM-END: indicates the end of the stream. + * + * - VERSION-DIRECTIVE: describes the `%YAML` directive. + * + * - TAG-DIRECTIVE: describes the `%TAG` directive. + * + * - DOCUMENT-START: the indicator `---`. + * + * - DOCUMENT-END: the indicator `...`. + * + * - BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START: indentation increase indicating the beginning of a + * block sequence node. + * + * - BLOCK-MAPPING-START: indentation increase indicating the beginning of a + * block mapping node. + * + * - BLOCK-END: indentation decrease indicating the end of a block collection + * node. + * + * - FLOW-SEQUENCE-START: the indicator `[`. + * + * - FLOW-SEQUENCE-END: the indicator `]`. + * + * - FLOW-MAPPING-START: the indicator `{`. + * + * - FLOW-MAPPING-END: the indicator `}`. + * + * - BLOCK-ENTRY: the beginning of an item of a block sequence. + * + * - FLOW-ENTRY: the beginning of an item of a flow sequence. + * + * - KEY: the beginning of a simple key, or the indicator `?`. + * + * - VALUE: the indicator `:`. + * + * - ALIAS: an alias of a node. + * + * - ANCHOR: a node anchor. + * + * - TAG: a node tag. + * + * - SCALAR: the content of a scalar node. */ -/** Token types. */ typedef enum yaml_token_type_e { - /** An empty token. */ + /* An empty unitialized token. */ YAML_NO_TOKEN, - /** A STREAM-START token. */ + /* A STREAM-START token. */ YAML_STREAM_START_TOKEN, - /** A STREAM-END token. */ + /* A STREAM-END token. */ YAML_STREAM_END_TOKEN, - /** A VERSION-DIRECTIVE token. */ + /* A VERSION-DIRECTIVE token. */ YAML_VERSION_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN, - /** A TAG-DIRECTIVE token. */ + /* A TAG-DIRECTIVE token. */ YAML_TAG_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN, - /** A DOCUMENT-START token. */ + /* A DOCUMENT-START token. */ YAML_DOCUMENT_START_TOKEN, - /** A DOCUMENT-END token. */ + /* A DOCUMENT-END token. */ YAML_DOCUMENT_END_TOKEN, - /** A BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START token. */ + /* A BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START token. */ YAML_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_START_TOKEN, - /** A BLOCK-SEQUENCE-END token. */ + /* A BLOCK-SEQUENCE-END token. */ YAML_BLOCK_MAPPING_START_TOKEN, - /** A BLOCK-END token. */ + /* A BLOCK-END token. */ YAML_BLOCK_END_TOKEN, - /** A FLOW-SEQUENCE-START token. */ + /* A FLOW-SEQUENCE-START token. */ YAML_FLOW_SEQUENCE_START_TOKEN, - /** A FLOW-SEQUENCE-END token. */ + /* A FLOW-SEQUENCE-END token. */ YAML_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END_TOKEN, - /** A FLOW-MAPPING-START token. */ + /* A FLOW-MAPPING-START token. */ YAML_FLOW_MAPPING_START_TOKEN, - /** A FLOW-MAPPING-END token. */ + /* A FLOW-MAPPING-END token. */ YAML_FLOW_MAPPING_END_TOKEN, - /** A BLOCK-ENTRY token. */ + /* A BLOCK-ENTRY token. */ YAML_BLOCK_ENTRY_TOKEN, - /** A FLOW-ENTRY token. */ + /* A FLOW-ENTRY token. */ YAML_FLOW_ENTRY_TOKEN, - /** A KEY token. */ + /* A KEY token. */ YAML_KEY_TOKEN, - /** A VALUE token. */ + /* A VALUE token. */ YAML_VALUE_TOKEN, - /** An ALIAS token. */ + /* An ALIAS token. */ YAML_ALIAS_TOKEN, - /** An ANCHOR token. */ + /* An ANCHOR token. */ YAML_ANCHOR_TOKEN, - /** A TAG token. */ + /* A TAG token. */ YAML_TAG_TOKEN, - /** A SCALAR token. */ + /* A SCALAR token. */ YAML_SCALAR_TOKEN } yaml_token_type_t; -/** The token structure. */ +/* + * The token object. + * + * Typically the token API is too low-level to be used directly by + * applications. A possible user of the token API is a syntax highlighting + * application. + */ + typedef struct yaml_token_s { - /** The token type. */ + /* The token type. */ yaml_token_type_t type; - /** The token data. */ + /* The token data. */ union { - /** The stream start (for @c YAML_STREAM_START_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with a STREAM-START token. */ struct { - /** The stream encoding. */ + /* The stream encoding. */ yaml_encoding_t encoding; } stream_start; - /** The version directive (for @c YAML_VERSION_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with a VERSION-DIRECTIVE token. */ struct { - /** The major version number. */ + /* The major version number. */ int major; - /** The minor version number. */ + /* The minor version number. */ int minor; } version_directive; - /** The tag directive (for @c YAML_TAG_DIRECTIVE_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with a TAG-DIRECTIVE token. */ struct { - /** The tag handle. */ + /* The tag handle. */ yaml_char_t *handle; - /** The tag prefix. */ + /* The tag prefix. */ yaml_char_t *prefix; } tag_directive; - /** The alias (for @c YAML_ALIAS_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with an ALIAS token. */ struct { - /** The alias value. */ + /* The alias value. */ yaml_char_t *value; } alias; - /** The anchor (for @c YAML_ANCHOR_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with an ANCHOR token. */ struct { - /** The anchor value. */ + /* The anchor value. */ yaml_char_t *value; } anchor; - /** The tag (for @c YAML_TAG_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with a TAG token. */ struct { - /** The tag handle. */ + /* The tag handle. */ yaml_char_t *handle; - /** The tag suffix. */ + /* The tag suffix. */ yaml_char_t *suffix; } tag; - /** The scalar value (for @c YAML_SCALAR_TOKEN). */ + /* Extra data associated with a SCALAR token. */ struct { - /** The scalar value. */ + /* The scalar value. */ yaml_char_t *value; - /** The length of the scalar value. */ + /* The length of the scalar value. */ size_t length; - /** The scalar style. */ + /* The scalar style. */ yaml_scalar_style_t style; } scalar; } data; - /** The beginning of the token. */ + /* The beginning of the token. */ yaml_mark_t start_mark; - /** The end of the token. */ + /* The end of the token. */ yaml_mark_t end_mark; } yaml_token_t; -/** +/* * Allocate a new empty token object. * - * @returns a new token object or @c NULL on error. + * A token object allocated using this function must be deleted with + * `yaml_token_delete()`. + * + * Returns: a new empty token object or `NULL` on error. The function may fail + * if it cannot allocate memory for a new token object. */ YAML_DECLARE(yaml_token_t *) yaml_token_new(void); -/** - * Delete and deallocate a token object. +/* + * Deallocate a token object and free the associated data. + * + * A token object must be previously allocated with `yaml_token_new()`. * - * @param[in,out] token A token object. + * Arguments: + * + * - `token`: a token object to be deallocated. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_token_delete(yaml_token_t *token); -/** +/* * Duplicate a token object. * - * @param[in,out] token An empty token object. - * @param[in] model A token to copy. + * This function creates a deep copy of an existing token object. It accepts + * two token objects: an empty token and a model token. The latter is supposed + * to be initialized with `yaml_parser_parse_token()`. The function assigns + * the type of the model to the empty token as well as duplicates and copies + * the internal state associated with the model token. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `token`: an empty token object. + * + * - `model`: a token to be copied. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the state of the model token. In that case, + * the token remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_token_duplicate(yaml_token_t *token, const yaml_token_t *model); -/** - * Free any memory allocated for a token object. +/* + * Clear the token state. + * + * This function clears the type and the internal state of a token object + * freeing any associated data. After applying this function to a token, it + * becomes empty. It is supposed that the token was previously initialized + * using `yaml_parser_parse_token()` or `yaml_token_duplicate()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] token A token object. + * - `token`: a token object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) -yaml_token_destroy(yaml_token_t *token); +yaml_token_clear(yaml_token_t *token); -/** @} */ +/****************************************************************************** + * Events + ******************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup events Events - * @{ +/* + * Event types. + * + * The LibYAML parser generates, while the LibYAML emitter accepts, YAML events + * of the following types: + * + * - STREAM-START: indicates the beginning of the stream. + * + * - STREAM-END: indicates the end of the stream. + * + * - DOCUMENT-START: indicates the beginning of the document. + * + * - DOCUMENT-END: indicates the end of the document. + * + * - ALIAS: an alias to an already produced node. + * + * - SCALAR: a scalar node. + * + * - SEQUENCE-START: indicates the beginning of a sequence node. + * + * - SEQUENCE-END: indicates the end of a sequence node. + * + * - MAPPING-START: indicates the beginning of a mapping node. + * + * - MAPPING-END: indicates the end of a mapping node. + * + * A valid sequence of events obeys the grammar: + * + * stream ::= STREAM-START document* STREAM-END + * document ::= DOCUMENT-START node DOCUMENT-END + * node ::= ALIAS | SCALAR | sequence | mapping + * sequence ::= SEQUENCE-START node* SEQUENCE-END + * mapping ::= MAPPING-START (node node)* MAPPING-END */ -/** Event types. */ typedef enum yaml_event_type_e { - /** An empty event. */ + /* An empty unitialized event. */ YAML_NO_EVENT, - /** A STREAM-START event. */ + /* A STREAM-START event. */ YAML_STREAM_START_EVENT, - /** A STREAM-END event. */ + /* A STREAM-END event. */ YAML_STREAM_END_EVENT, - /** A DOCUMENT-START event. */ + /* A DOCUMENT-START event. */ YAML_DOCUMENT_START_EVENT, - /** A DOCUMENT-END event. */ + /* A DOCUMENT-END event. */ YAML_DOCUMENT_END_EVENT, - /** An ALIAS event. */ + /* An ALIAS event. */ YAML_ALIAS_EVENT, - /** A SCALAR event. */ + /* A SCALAR event. */ YAML_SCALAR_EVENT, - /** A SEQUENCE-START event. */ + /* A SEQUENCE-START event. */ YAML_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT, - /** A SEQUENCE-END event. */ + /* A SEQUENCE-END event. */ YAML_SEQUENCE_END_EVENT, - /** A MAPPING-START event. */ + /* A MAPPING-START event. */ YAML_MAPPING_START_EVENT, - /** A MAPPING-END event. */ + /* A MAPPING-END event. */ YAML_MAPPING_END_EVENT } yaml_event_type_t; -/** The event structure. */ +/* + * The event object. + * + * The event-level API of LibYAML should be used for streaming applications. + */ + typedef struct yaml_event_s { - /** The event type. */ + /* The event type. */ yaml_event_type_t type; - /** The event data. */ + /* The event data. */ union { - /** The stream parameters (for @c YAML_STREAM_START_EVENT). */ + /* The stream parameters (for `YAML_STREAM_START_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** The document encoding. */ + /* The document encoding. */ yaml_encoding_t encoding; } stream_start; - /** The document parameters (for @c YAML_DOCUMENT_START_EVENT). */ + /* The document parameters (for `YAML_DOCUMENT_START_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** The version directive. */ + /* The version directive or `NULL` if not present. */ yaml_version_directive_t *version_directive; - /** The list of tag directives. */ + /* The list of tag directives. */ struct { - /** The beginning of the list. */ + /* The beginning of the list or `NULL`. */ yaml_tag_directive_t *list; - /** The length of the list. */ + /* The length of the list. */ size_t length; - /** The capacity of the list. */ + /* The capacity of the list (used internally). */ size_t capacity; } tag_directives; - /** Is the document indicator implicit? */ + /* Set if the document indicator is omitted. */ int is_implicit; } document_start; - /** The document end parameters (for @c YAML_DOCUMENT_END_EVENT). */ + /* The document end parameters (for `YAML_DOCUMENT_END_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** Is the document end indicator implicit? */ + /* Set if the document end indicator is omitted. */ int is_implicit; } document_end; - /** The alias parameters (for @c YAML_ALIAS_EVENT). */ + /* The alias parameters (for `YAML_ALIAS_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** The anchor. */ + /* The anchor. */ yaml_char_t *anchor; } alias; - /** The scalar parameters (for @c YAML_SCALAR_EVENT). */ + /* The scalar parameters (for `YAML_SCALAR_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** The anchor. */ + /* The node anchor or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *anchor; - /** The tag. */ + /* The node tag or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *tag; - /** The scalar value. */ + /* The scalar value. */ yaml_char_t *value; - /** The length of the scalar value. */ + /* The length of the scalar value (in bytes). */ size_t length; - /** Is the tag optional for the plain style? */ - int is_plain_implicit; - /** Is the tag optional for any non-plain style? */ - int is_quoted_implicit; - /** The scalar style. */ + /* Set if the tag is optional for the plain style. */ + int is_plain_nonspecific; + /* Set if the tag is optional for any non-plain style. */ + int is_quoted_nonspecific; + /* The scalar style. */ yaml_scalar_style_t style; } scalar; - /** The sequence parameters (for @c YAML_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT). */ + /* The sequence parameters (for `YAML_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** The anchor. */ + /* The node anchor or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *anchor; - /** The tag. */ + /* The node tag or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *tag; - /** Is the tag optional? */ - int is_implicit; - /** The sequence style. */ + /* Set if the tag is optional. */ + int is_nonspecific; + /* The sequence style. */ yaml_sequence_style_t style; } sequence_start; - /** The mapping parameters (for @c YAML_MAPPING_START_EVENT). */ + /* The mapping parameters (for `YAML_MAPPING_START_EVENT`). */ struct { - /** The anchor. */ + /* The node anchor or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *anchor; - /** The tag. */ + /* The node tag or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *tag; - /** Is the tag optional? */ - int is_implicit; - /** The mapping style. */ + /* Set if the tag is optional. */ + int is_nonspecific; + /* The mapping style. */ yaml_mapping_style_t style; } mapping_start; } data; - /** The beginning of the event. */ + /* The beginning of the event. */ yaml_mark_t start_mark; - /** The end of the event. */ + /* The end of the event. */ yaml_mark_t end_mark; } yaml_event_t; -/** +/* * Allocate a new empty event object. * - * @returns a new event object or @c NULL on error. + * An event object allocated using this function must be deleted with + * `yaml_event_delete()`. + * + * Returns: a new empty event object or `NULL` on error. The function may fail + * if it cannot allocate memory for a new event object. */ YAML_DECLARE(yaml_event_t *) yaml_event_new(void); -/** - * Delete and deallocate an event object. +/* + * Deallocate an event object and free the associated data. + * + * An event object must be previously allocated with `yaml_event_new()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] event An event object. + * - `event`: an event object to be deallocated. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_event_delete(yaml_event_t *event); -/** - * Duplicate a event object. +/* + * Duplicate an event object. + * + * This function creates a deep copy of an existing event object. It accepts + * two objects: an empty event and a model event. The model event is supposed + * to be initialized either with `yaml_parser_parse_event()` or using one of + * the functions `yaml_event_create_*()`. The function assigns the type of the + * model to the empty event and copies the internal state associated with the + * model event. * - * @param[in,out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] model An event to copy. + * Arguments: * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `event`: an empty event object. + * + * - `model`: an event to be copied. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the state of the model event. In that case, + * the event remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_duplicate(yaml_event_t *event, const yaml_event_t *model); -/** +/* + * Clear the event state. + * + * This function clears the type and the internal state of an event object + * freeing any associated data. After applying this function to an event, it + * becomes empty. It is supposed that the event was previously initialized + * using `yaml_parser_parse_event()` or `yaml_event_duplicate()`. Note that + * the function `yaml_emitter_emit_event()` also clears the given event. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an event object. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(void) +yaml_event_clear(yaml_event_t *event); + +/* * Create a STREAM-START event. * - * This function never fails. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] encoding The stream encoding. + * - `encoding`: the stream encoding. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1`. The function never fails. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_stream_start(yaml_event_t *event, yaml_encoding_t encoding); -/** +/* * Create a STREAM-END event. * - * This function never fails. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. + * - `event`: an empty event object. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1`. The function never fails. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_stream_end(yaml_event_t *event); -/** - * Create the DOCUMENT-START event. +/* + * Create a DOCUMENT-START event. + * + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. + * + * - `version_directive`: a structure specifying the content of the `%YAML` + * directive or `NULL` if the directive could be omitted. Note that LibYAML + * supports YAML 1.1 only. The function does not check if the supplied + * version equals to 1.1, but the emitter will fail to emit the event if it + * is not so. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] version_directive The %YAML directive value or - * @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag_directives_list The beginning of the %TAG - * directives list or @c NULL. The - * list ends with @c (NULL,NULL). - * @param[in] is_implicit Set if the document start - * indicator is optional. This - * parameter is stylistic and may be - * ignored by the parser. + * - `tag_directives_list`: a pointer to a list specifying the content of the + * `%TAG` directives associated with the document or `NULL` if the document + * does not contain `%TAG` directives. The content of a tag directive is a + * pair (handle, prefix) of non-empty NUL-terminated UTF-8 strings. The tag + * handle is one of `!`, `!!` or a sequence of alphanumeric characters, `_` + * and `-` surrounded by `!`. The tag prefix is a prefix of any valid tag, + * that is, it is a non-empty prefix of either a global tag (a valid URI) or + * a local tag (an arbitrary string starting with `!`). The function does + * not check if the given directive values satisfy these requirements, but + * the emitter will fail to emit the event if they are not met. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `tag_directives_length`: the length of `tag_directives_list`; `0` if + * `tag_directives_list` is `NULL`. + * + * - `is_implicit`: `1` if the document indicator `---` is omitted, `0` + * otherwise. Note that this attribute is only a stylistic hint and could be + * ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the event parameters. In this case, the + * event remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_document_start(yaml_event_t *event, const yaml_version_directive_t *version_directive, - const yaml_tag_directive_t *tag_directives, + const yaml_tag_directive_t *tag_directives_list, + size_t tag_directives_length, int is_implicit); -/** - * Create the DOCUMENT-END event. +/* + * Create a DOCUMENT-END event. + * + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] is_implicit Set if the document end indicator is optional. - * This parameter is stylistic and may be ignored - * by the parser. + * Arguments: * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `event`: an empty event object. + * + * - `is_implicit`: `1` if the document end indicator `...` is omitted, `0` + * otherwise. Note that this attribute is only a stylistic hint and could be + * ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1`. The function never fails. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_document_end(yaml_event_t *event, int is_implicit); -/** - * Create an ALIAS event. +/* + * Create an ANCHOR event. + * + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] anchor The anchor value. + * - `event`: an empty event object. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `anchor`: the anchor value. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. The function does not check if this requirement is satisfied, but if + * it is not so, the emitter will fail to emit the generated event. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating `anchor`. In this case, the event remains + * empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_alias(yaml_event_t *event, const yaml_char_t *anchor); -/** +/* * Create a SCALAR event. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] anchor The scalar anchor or @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag The scalar tag or @c NULL. If - * latter, one of the - * @a is_plain_implicit and - * @a is_quoted_implicit flags must - * be set. - * @param[in] value The scalar value. - * @param[in] length The length of the scalar value. - * @param[in] is_plain_implicit Set if the tag may be omitted for - * the plain style. - * @param[in] is_quoted_implicit Set if the tag may be omitted for - * any non-plain style. - * @param[in] style The scalar style. This attribute - * may be ignored by the emitter. - * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. + * + * - `anchor`: the anchor value or `NULL`. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. + * + * - `tag`: the tag value or `NULL`. The tag should be a non-empty UTF-8 + * NUL-terminated string. The tag could be global (a valid URI) or local (an + * arbitrary string starting with `!`). If `NULL` is provided, at least one + * of the flags `is_plain_nonspecific` and `is_quoted_nonspecific` must be + * set. The function does not check whether these requirements are + * satisfied, but the emitter will fail to emit the event if it is not so. + * + * - `value`: the value of the scalar node. The value should be a UTF-8 + * string. It could contain any valid UTF-8 character including NUL. The + * function does not check if `value` is a valid UTF-8 string, but the + * emitter will fail to emit the event if it is not so. + * + * - `length`: the length of the scalar value (in bytes) or `-1`. If `length` + * is set to `-1`, the `value` is assumed to be NUL-terminated. + * + * - `is_plain_nonspecific`: `1` if the node tag could be omitted while + * emitting the node provided that the the plain style is used for + * representing the node value; `0` otherwise. That this flag is set assumes + * that the tag could be correctly determined by the parser using the node + * position and content. + * + * - `is_quoted_nonspecific`: `1` if the node tag could be omitted while + * emitting the node provided that the node value is represented using any + * non-plain style; `0` otherwise. That this flag is set assumes that the + * tag could be correctly determined by the parser using the node position + * and content. + * + * - `style`: the node style. Note that this attribute only serves as a hint + * and may be ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the given string buffers. In this case, the + * event remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_scalar(yaml_event_t *event, const yaml_char_t *anchor, const yaml_char_t *tag, - const yaml_char_t *value, size_t length, - int is_plain_implicit, int is_quoted_implicit, + const yaml_char_t *value, int length, + int is_plain_nonspecific, int is_quoted_nonspecific, yaml_scalar_style_t style); -/** +/* * Create a SEQUENCE-START event. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] anchor The sequence anchor or @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag The sequence tag or @c NULL. If latter, the - * @a is_implicit flag must be set. - * @param[in] is_implicit Set if the tag may be omitted. - * @param[in] style The sequence style. This attribute may be - * ignored by the parser. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `anchor`: the anchor value or `NULL`. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. The function does not check if this requirement is satisfied, but if + * it is not so, the emitter will fail to emit the generated event. + * + * - `tag`: the tag value or `NULL`. The tag should be a non-empty UTF-8 + * NUL-terminated string. The tag could be global (a valid URI) or local (an + * arbitrary string starting with `!`). If `NULL` is provided, the flag + * `is_nonspecific` must be set. The function does not check whether these + * requirements are satisfied, but if it is not so, the emitter will fail to + * emit the generated event. + * + * - `is_nonspecific`: `1` if the node tag could be omitted while + * emitting the node; `0` otherwise. This flag should only be set if the + * node tag could be correctly determined by the parser using the node + * position in the document graph. + * + * - `style`: the node style. Note that this attribute only serves as a hint + * and may be ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the given string buffers. In this case, the + * event remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_sequence_start(yaml_event_t *event, const yaml_char_t *anchor, const yaml_char_t *tag, - int is_implicit, yaml_sequence_style_t style); + int is_nonspecific, yaml_sequence_style_t style); -/** +/* * Create a SEQUENCE-END event. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. + * + * Returns: `1`. This function never fails. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_sequence_end(yaml_event_t *event); -/** +/* * Create a MAPPING-START event. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. - * @param[in] anchor The mapping anchor or @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag The mapping tag or @c NULL. If latter, the - * @a is_implicit flag must be set. - * @param[in] is_implicit Set if the tag may be omitted. - * @param[in] style The mapping style. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `anchor`: the anchor value or `NULL`. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. The function does not check if this requirement is satisfied, but if + * it is not so, the emitter will fail to emit the generated event. + * + * - `tag`: the tag value or `NULL`. The tag should be a non-empty UTF-8 + * NUL-terminated string. The tag could be global (a valid URI) or local (an + * arbitrary string starting with `!`). If `NULL` is provided, the flag + * `is_nonspecific` must be set. The function does not check whether these + * requirements are satisfied, but if it is not so, the emitter will fail to + * emit the generated event. + * + * - `is_nonspecific`: `1` if the node tag could be omitted while + * emitting the node; `0` otherwise. This flag should only be set if the + * node tag could be correctly determined by the parser using the node + * position in the document graph. + * + * - `style`: the node style. Note that this attribute only serves as a hint + * and may be ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the given string buffers. In this case, the + * event remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_mapping_start(yaml_event_t *event, const yaml_char_t *anchor, const yaml_char_t *tag, - int is_implicit, yaml_mapping_style_t style); + int is_nonspecific, yaml_mapping_style_t style); -/** +/* * Create a MAPPING-END event. * - * @param[out] event An empty event object. + * This function initializes an empty event object allocated with + * `yaml_event_new()`. The initialized event could be fed to + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Arguments: + * + * - `event`: an empty event object. + * + * Returns: `1`. This function never fails. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_event_create_mapping_end(yaml_event_t *event); -/** - * Free any memory allocated for an event object. - * - * @param[in,out] event An event object. - */ - -YAML_DECLARE(void) -yaml_event_destroy(yaml_event_t *event); +/****************************************************************************** + * Documents and Nodes + ******************************************************************************/ -/** @} */ - -/** - * @defgroup nodes Nodes - * @{ +/* + * Well-known scalar tags. */ -/** The tag @c !!null with the only possible value: @c null. */ #define YAML_NULL_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:null") -/** The tag @c !!bool with the values: @c true and @c falce. */ #define YAML_BOOL_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:bool") -/** The tag @c !!str for string values. */ #define YAML_STR_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:str") -/** The tag @c !!int for integer values. */ #define YAML_INT_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:int") -/** The tag @c !!float for float values. */ #define YAML_FLOAT_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:float") -/** The tag @c !!seq is used to denote sequences. */ +/* + * Basic collection tags. + */ + #define YAML_SEQ_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:seq") -/** The tag @c !!map is used to denote mapping. */ #define YAML_MAP_TAG ((const yaml_char_t *) "tag:yaml.org,2002:map") -/** The default scalar tag is @c !!str. */ +/* + * The default tags for nodes lacking an explicit tag. + */ + #define YAML_DEFAULT_SCALAR_TAG YAML_STR_TAG -/** The default sequence tag is @c !!seq. */ #define YAML_DEFAULT_SEQUENCE_TAG YAML_SEQ_TAG -/** The default mapping tag is @c !!map. */ #define YAML_DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG YAML_MAP_TAG -/** Node types. */ +/* + * Document types. + * + * There are no different document types in LibYAML: the document type field is + * only used to distinguish between newly allocated documents and those that + * are initialized with `yaml_parser_parse_document()` or + * `yaml_document_create()`. + */ + +typedef enum yaml_document_type_e { + /* An empty uninitialized document. */ + YAML_NO_DOCUMENT. + + /* A YAML document. */ + YAML_DOCUMENT +} yaml_document_type_t; + +/* + * Node types. + * + * YAML recognizes three kinds of nodes: scalar, sequence and mapping. + */ + typedef enum yaml_node_type_e { - /** An empty node. */ + /* An empty node. */ YAML_NO_NODE, - /** A scalar node. */ + /* A scalar node. */ YAML_SCALAR_NODE, - /** A sequence node. */ + /* A sequence node. */ YAML_SEQUENCE_NODE, - /** A mapping node. */ + /* A mapping node. */ YAML_MAPPING_NODE } yaml_node_type_t; -/** Arc types. */ +/* + * Arc types. + * + * Arcs are used to specify the path from the root node to a given node in the + * document graph. There are three kinds of arcs: an item in a sequence node, + * a key in a mapping node, and a value in a mapping node. + */ + typedef enum yaml_arc_type_e { - /** An empty arc. */ + /* An empty arc. */ YAML_NO_ARC, - /** An item of a sequence. */ + /* An item of a sequence. */ YAML_SEQUENCE_ITEM_ARC, - /** A key of a mapping. */ + /* A key of a mapping. */ YAML_MAPPING_KEY_ARC, - /** A value of a mapping. */ + /* A value of a mapping. */ YAML_MAPPING_VALUE_ARC } yaml_arc_type_t; -/** The forward definition of a document node structure. */ -typedef struct yaml_node_s yaml_node_t; +/* + * An element of a sequence node. + */ -/** An element of a sequence node. */ typedef int yaml_node_item_t; -/** An element of a mapping node. */ +/* + * An element of a mapping node. + */ + typedef struct yaml_node_pair_s { - /** The key of the element. */ + /* A key in a mapping. */ int key; - /** The value of the element. */ + /* A value in a mapping. */ int value; } yaml_node_pair_t; -/** An element of a path in a YAML document. */ +/* + * A path element. + * + * An arc is an element of a path from the root node to some other node in a + * YAML document. An arc consists of a collection node and information on how + * it is connected to the next node in the path. If the arc type is a sequence + * item, then the collection node is a sequence and the arc refers to the index + * in this sequence. If the arc type is a mapping key, then the collection + * node is a mapping. If the arc type is a mapping value, then the collection + * node is a mapping and the arc refers to the key associated to the value. + */ + typedef struct yaml_arc_s { - /** The arc type. */ + + /* The arc type. */ yaml_arc_type_t type; - /** The collection node. */ - int node; - /** A pointer in the collection node. */ - int item; + + /* The tag of the collection node. */ + yaml_char_t *tag; + + /* The connection information. */ + union { + + /* The sequence item data (for `YAML_SEQUENCE_ITEM_ARC`). */ + struct { + /* The index of the item in the sequence (starting from `0`). */ + int index; + } item; + + /* The mapping value data (for `YAML_MAPPING_VALUE_ARC`). */ + struct { + /* The key associated with the value. */ + struct { + /* The key node type. */ + yaml_node_type_t type; + /* The key node tag. */ + yaml_char_t *tag; + /* The key node details. */ + union { + /* The scalar data (for a scalar key). */ + struct { + /* The scalar value. */ + yaml_char_t *value; + /* The scalar length. */ + size_t length; + } scalar; + } data; + } key; + } value; + } data; } yaml_arc_t; -/** The node structure. */ +/* + * The node object. + * + * A node object represents a node in a YAML document graph. Node objects are + * created using the family of functions `yaml_document_add_*()`. Links + * between nodes are created using the functions `yaml_document_append_*()`. A + * node object is destroyed when the document containing it is destroyed. + */ + struct yaml_node_s { - /** The node type. */ + /* The node type. */ yaml_node_type_t type; - /** The node anchor. */ + /* The node anchor or `NULL`. */ yaml_char_t *anchor; - /** The node tag. */ + /* The node tag. */ yaml_char_t *tag; - /** The node data. */ + /* The node data. */ union { - /** The scalar parameters (for @c YAML_SCALAR_NODE). */ + /* The scalar parameters (for `YAML_SCALAR_NODE`). */ struct { - /** The scalar value. */ + /* The scalar value. */ yaml_char_t *value; - /** The length of the scalar value. */ + /* The length of the scalar value. */ size_t length; - /** The scalar style. */ + /* The scalar style. */ yaml_scalar_style_t style; } scalar; - /** The sequence parameters (for @c YAML_SEQUENCE_NODE). */ + /* The sequence parameters (for `YAML_SEQUENCE_NODE`). */ struct { - /** The list of sequence items. */ + /* The list of sequence items. */ struct { - /** The beginning of the list. */ + /* The pointer to the beginning of the list. */ yaml_node_item_t *list; - /** The length of the list. */ + /* The length of the list. */ size_t length; - /** The capacity of the list. */ + /* The capacity of the list (used internally). */ size_t capacity; } items; - /** The sequence style. */ + /* The sequence style. */ yaml_sequence_style_t style; } sequence; - /** The mapping parameters (for @c YAML_MAPPING_NODE). */ + /* The mapping parameters (for `YAML_MAPPING_NODE`). */ struct { - /** The list of mapping pairs (key, value). */ + /* The list of mapping pairs (key, value). */ struct { - /** The beginning of the list. */ + /** The pointer to the beginning of the list. */ yaml_node_pair_t *list; - /** The length of the list. */ + /* The length of the list. */ size_t length; - /** The capacity of the list. */ + /* The capacity of the list (used internally). */ size_t capacity; } pairs; - /** The mapping style. */ + /* The mapping style. */ yaml_mapping_style_t style; } mapping; } data; - /** The beginning of the node. */ + /* The beginning of the node. */ yaml_mark_t start_mark; - /** The end of the node. */ + /* The end of the node. */ yaml_mark_t end_mark; }; -/** The incomplete node structure. */ +/* + * The incomplete node object. + * + * This structure provides the information about a node that a tag resolver + * could use to determine the specific node tag. This information includes + * the path from the root node and the node content for scalar nodes. + */ + typedef struct yaml_incomplete_node_s { - /** The node type. */ + /* The node type. */ yaml_node_type_t type; - /** The path to the new node. */ + /* The path to the new node. */ struct { - /** The beginning of the list. */ + /* The pointer to the beginning of the list. */ yaml_arc_t *list; - /** The length of the list. */ + /* The length of the list. */ size_t length; - /** The capacity of the list. */ + /* The capacity of the list (used internally). */ size_t capacity; } path; - /** The node data. */ + /* The node data. */ union { - /** The scalar parameters (for @c YAML_SCALAR_NODE). */ + /* The scalar parameters (for `YAML_SCALAR_NODE`). */ struct { - /** The scalar value. */ + /* The scalar value. */ yaml_char_t *value; - /** The length of the scalar value. */ + /* The length of the scalar value. */ size_t length; - /** Set if the scalar is plain. */ + /* Set if the scalar is plain. */ int is_plain; } scalar; } data; - /** The position of the node. */ + /* The position of the node. */ yaml_mark_t mark; } yaml_incomplete_node_t; -/** The document structure. */ +/* + * The document object. + * + * A document object represents the main structure of the YAML object model: + * the document graph consisting of nodes of three kinds: scalars, sequences, + * and mappings with the selected root node. + * + * An empty document object is allocated using the function + * `yaml_document_new()`. Then the function `yaml_parser_parse_document()` + * could be used to load a YAML document from the input stream. Alternatively, + * a document could be created with `yaml_document_create()` and its content + * could be specified using the families of functions `yaml_document_add_*()` + * and `yaml_document_append_*()`. A document with all associated nodes could + * be destroyed using the function `yaml_document_delete()`. + */ + typedef struct yaml_document_s { - /** The document nodes. */ + /* The document type. */ + yaml_document_type_t type; + + /* The document nodes (for internal use only). */ struct { - /** The beginning of the list. */ + /* The pointer to the beginning of the list. */ yaml_node_t *list; - /** The length of the list. */ + /* The length of the list. */ size_t length; - /** The capacity of the list. */ + /* The capacity of the list. */ size_t capacity; } nodes; - /** The version directive. */ + /* The version directive or `NULL`. */ yaml_version_directive_t *version_directive; - /** The list of tag directives. */ + /* The list of tag directives. */ struct { - /** The beginning of the tag directive list. */ + /* The pointer to the beginning of the list or `NULL`. */ yaml_tag_directive_t *list; - /** The length of the tag directive list. */ + /** The length of the list. */ size_t length; - /** The capacity of the tag directive list. */ + /** The capacity of the list (used internally). */ size_t capacity; } tag_directives; - /** Is the document start indicator implicit? */ + /** Set if the document start indicator is implicit. */ int is_start_implicit; - /** Is the document end indicator implicit? */ + /** Set if the document end indicator is implicit. */ int is_end_implicit; /** The beginning of the document. */ @@ -1036,717 +1543,1493 @@ typedef struct yaml_document_s { } yaml_document_t; -#if 0 - -/** +/* * Allocate a new empty document object. * - * @returns a new document object or @c NULL on error. + * A document object allocated using this function must be deleted with + * `yaml_document_delete()`. + * + * Returns: a new empty document object or `NULL` on error. The function may + * fail if it cannot allocate memory for a new object. */ YAML_DECLARE(yaml_document_t *) yaml_document_new(void); -/** - * Delete and deallocatge a document object. +/* + * Deallocate a document object and free the associated data. + * + * A document object must be previously allocated with `yaml_document_new()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. + * - `document`: a document object to be deallocated. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_document_delete(yaml_document_t *document); -/** +/* * Duplicate a document object. * - * @param[in,out] document An empty document object. - * @param[in] model A document to copy. + * This function creates a complete copy of an existing document and all the + * nodes it contains. The function accepts two objects: an empty document and + * a model document. The model is supposed to be initialized either with + * `yaml_parser_parse_document()` or constructed manually. The functions + * duplicate the content of the document and its nodes and assigns it to the + * empty document. + * + * Arguments: * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `document`: an empty document object. + * + * - `model`: a document to be copied. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the state of the model. In that case, the + * document remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_document_duplicate(yaml_document_t *document, yaml_document_t *model); -/** +/* + * Clear the document. + * + * This function clears the type of the document and destroys all the document + * nodes. After applying this function to a document, it becomes empty. It is + * supposed that the document was previously initialized using + * `yaml_parser_parse_document()` or created manually. Note that the function + * `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` also clears the given document. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(void) +yaml_document_clear(yaml_document_t *document); + +/* * Create a YAML document. * - * @param[out] document An empty document object. - * @param[in] version_directive The %YAML directive value or - * @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag_directives The list of the %TAG directives or - * @c NULL. The list must end with - * the pair @c (NULL,NULL). - * @param[in] is_start_implicit If the document start indicator is - * implicit. - * @param[in] is_end_implicit If the document end indicator is - * implicit. + * This function initializes an empty document object allocated with + * `yaml_document_new()`. Further, nodes could be added to the document using + * the functions `yaml_document_add_*()` and `yaml_document_append_*()`. The + * initialized document could be fed to `yaml_emitter_emit_document()`. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: an empty document object. + * + * - `version_directive`: a structure specifying the content of the `%YAML` + * directive or `NULL` if the directive could be omitted. Note that LibYAML + * supports YAML 1.1 only. The constructor does not check if the supplied + * version equals to 1.1, but the emitter will fail to emit the document if + * it is not so. + * + * - `tag_directives_list`: a pointer to a list specifying the content of the + * `%TAG` directives associated with the document or `NULL` if the document + * does not contain `%TAG` directives. The content of a tag directive is a + * pair (handle, prefix) of non-empty NUL-terminated UTF-8 strings. The tag + * handle is one of `!`, `!!` or a sequence of alphanumeric characters, `_` + * and `-` surrounded by `!`. The tag prefix is a prefix of any valid tag, + * that is, it is a non-empty prefix of either a global tag (a valid URI) or + * a local tag (an arbitrary string starting with `!`). The constructor does + * not check if the given directive values satisfy these requirements, but + * the emitter will fail to emit the document if they are not met. + * + * - `tag_directives_length`: the length of `tag_directives_list`; `0` if + * `tag_directives_list` is `NULL`. + * + * - `is_start_implicit`: `1` if the document start indicator `---` is omitted; + * `0` otherwise. Note that this attribute is only a stylistic hint and + * could be ignored by the emitter. + * + * - `is_end_implicit`: `1` if the document end indicator `...` is omitted; `0` + * otherwise. Note that this attribute is only a stylistic hint and could be + * ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the document parameters. In this case, the + * document remains empty. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_document_create(yaml_document_t *document, - yaml_version_directive_t *version_directive, - yaml_tag_directive_t *tag_directives, + const yaml_version_directive_t *version_directive, + const yaml_tag_directive_t *tag_directives_list, + size_t tag_directives_length, int is_start_implicit, int is_end_implicit); /** - * Delete a YAML document and all its nodes. + * Get a node of a YAML document. * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. + * The root node of the document has the id `0`. + * + * The pointer returned by this function is valid until any of the functions + * modifying the document is called. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id. The node id starts from `0` and increases by `1` + * for each newly added node. Specifying a negative `node_id` is possible, + * which is interpeted as the number (<total number of nodes> - `node_id`). + * + * Returns: a pointer to the node object or `NULL` if `node_id` is out of + * range. */ -YAML_DECLARE(void) -yaml_document_destroy(yaml_document_t *document); +YAML_DECLARE(yaml_node_t *) +yaml_document_get_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id); -/** - * Get a node of a YAML document. +/* + * Create a SCALAR node and attach it to the document. * - * The pointer returned by this function is valid until any of the functions - * modifying the documents is called. + * Note that the first node attached to a document becomes the root node. + * There must exist a path from the root node to any node added to the + * document, otherwise the function `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` will fail. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * - `anchor`: the node anchor or `NULL`. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. The function does not check whether this requirement is satisfied, + * but the emitter may fail to emit the node if it is not so. This parameter + * is considered as a stylistic hint and could be ignored by the emitter. + * The emitter may automatically generate an anchor for a node that does not + * specify it or specifies a duplicate anchor. + * + * - `tag`: the node tag. The tag should be a non-empty UTF-8 NUL-terminated + * string. The tag could be global (a valid URI) or local (an arbitrary + * string starting with `!`). The function does not check whether these + * requirements are satisfied, but the emitter will fail to emit the node if + * it is not so. + * + * - `value`: the scalar value. The value should be a string containing any + * valid UTF-8 character including NUL. The function does not check if + * `value` is a valid UTF-8 string, but the emitter will fail to emit the + * node if it is not so. + * + * - `length`: the length of the scalar value (in bytes) or `-1`. If `length` + * is set to `-1`, the `value` is assumed to be NUL-terminated. * - * @param[in] document A document object. - * @param[in] index The node id. + * - `style`: the node style. Note that this attribute only serves as a hint + * and may be ignored by the emitter. * - * @returns the node objct or @c NULL if @c node_id is out of range. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the given string buffers. If the function + * succeeds, the id of the added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` + * if it is not set to `NULL`. */ -YAML_DECLARE(yaml_node_t *) -yaml_document_get_node(yaml_document_t *document, int index); +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_scalar(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + const yaml_char_t *anchor, const yaml_char_t *tag, + const yaml_char_t *value, int length, + yaml_scalar_style_t style); -/** - * Get the root of a YAML document node. +/* + * Create a SEQUENCE node and attach it to the document. * - * The root object is the first object added to the document. + * Note that the first node attached to a document becomes the root node. + * There must exist a path from the root node to any node added to the + * document, otherwise the function `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` will fail. * - * The pointer returned by this function is valid until any of the functions - * modifying the documents is called. + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * - `anchor`: the node anchor or `NULL`. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. The function does not check whether this requirement is satisfied, + * but the emitter may fail to emit the node if it is not so. This parameter + * is considered as a stylistic hint and could be ignored by the emitter. + * The emitter may automatically generate an anchor for a node that does not + * specify it or specifies a duplicate anchor. * - * An empty document produced by the parser signifies the end of a YAML - * stream. + * - `tag`: the node tag. The tag should be a non-empty UTF-8 NUL-terminated + * string. The tag could be global (a valid URI) or local (an arbitrary + * string starting with `!`). The function does not check whether these + * requirements are satisfied, but the emitter will fail to emit the node if + * it is not so. * - * @param[in] document A document object. + * - `style`: the node style. Note that this attribute only serves as a hint + * and may be ignored by the emitter. * - * @returns the node object or @c NULL if the document is empty. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the given string buffers. If the function + * succeeds, the id of the added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` + * if it is not set to `NULL`. */ -YAML_DECLARE(yaml_node_t *) -yaml_document_get_root_node(yaml_document_t *document); +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_sequence(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + const yaml_char_t *anchor, const yaml_char_t *tag, + yaml_sequence_style_t style); -/** - * Create a SCALAR node and attach it to the document. +/* + * Create a MAPPING node and attach it to the document. + * + * Note that the first node attached to a document becomes the root node. + * There must exist a path from the root node to any node added to the + * document, otherwise the function `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` will fail. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. * - * The @a style argument may be ignored by the emitter. + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. - * @param[in] anchor A preferred anchor for the node or @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag The scalar tag. - * @param[in] value The scalar value. - * @param[in] length The length of the scalar value. - * @param[in] style The scalar style. + * - `anchor`: the node anchor or `NULL`. The anchor should be a non-empty + * NUL-terminated string containing only alphanumerical characters, `_`, and + * `-`. The function does not check whether this requirement is satisfied, + * but the emitter may fail to emit the node if it is not so. This parameter + * is considered as a stylistic hint and could be ignored by the emitter. + * The emitter may automatically generate an anchor for a node that does not + * specify it or specifies a duplicate anchor. * - * @returns the node id or @c 0 on error. + * - `tag`: the node tag. The tag should be a non-empty UTF-8 NUL-terminated + * string. The tag could be global (a valid URI) or local (an arbitrary + * string starting with `!`). The function does not check whether these + * requirements are satisfied, but the emitter will fail to emit the node if + * it is not so. + * + * - `style`: the node style. Note that this attribute only serves as a hint + * and may be ignored by the emitter. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for duplicating the given string buffers. If the function + * succeeds, the id of the added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` + * if it is not set to `NULL`. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) -yaml_document_add_scalar(yaml_document_t *document, - yaml_char_t *anchor, yaml_char_t *tag, yaml_char_t *value, - size_t length, yaml_scalar_style_t style); +yaml_document_add_mapping(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + const yaml_char_t *anchor, const yaml_char_t *tag, + yaml_mapping_style_t style); -/** - * Create a SEQUENCE node and attach it to the document. +/* + * Get the value of a `!!null` SCALAR node. * - * The @a style argument may be ignored by the emitter. + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a scalar, the node tag is + * equal to `tag:yaml.org,2002:null` and the node value is a valid null value. + * Given that the `!!null` tag admits only one valid value, the value is not + * returned. * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. - * @param[in] anchor A preferred anchor for the node or @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag The sequence tag. - * @param[in] style The sequence style. + * Arguments: * - * @returns the node id or @c 0 on error. + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!null` scalar, `0` otherwise. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) -yaml_document_add_sequence(yaml_document_t *document, - yaml_char_t *anchor, yaml_char_t *tag, yaml_sequence_style_t style); +yaml_document_get_null_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id); -/** - * Create a MAPPING node and attach it to the document. +/* + * Get the value of a `!!bool` SCALAR node. + * + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a scalar, the node tag is + * `tag:yaml.org,2002:bool` and the node value is a valid boolean value. The + * function returns the true value as `1` and the false value as `0`. * - * The @a style argument may be ignored by the emitter. + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. - * @param[in] anchor A preferred anchor for the node or @c NULL. - * @param[in] tag The sequence tag. - * @param[in] style The sequence style. + * - `document`: a document object. * - * @returns the node id or @c 0 on error. + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * - `value`: a pointer to save the node value or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!bool` scalar, `0` otherwise. If the + * function succeeds and `value` is not `NULL`, the node value is saved to + * `value`. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) -yaml_document_add_mapping(yaml_document_t *document, - yaml_char_t *anchor, yaml_char_t *tag, yaml_mapping_style_t style); +yaml_document_get_bool_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id, + int *value); -/** +/* + * Get the value of a `!!str` SCALAR node. + * + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a scalar, the node tag is + * `tag:yaml.org,2002:str` and the node value is a string that does not contain + * the NUL character. In this case, the function returns the node value. The + * produced value is valid until the document object is cleared or deleted. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * - `value`: a pointer to save the node value or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!str` scalar, `0` otherwise. If the + * function succeeds and `value` is not `NULL`, the node value is saved to + * `value`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_get_str_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id, + char **value); + +/* + * Get the value of an `!!int` SCALAR node. + * + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a scalar, the node tag is + * `tag:yaml.org,2002:int` and the node value is a valid integer. In this + * case, the function parses the node value and returns an integer number. The + * function recognizes decimal, hexdecimal and octal numbers including negative + * numbers. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * - `value`: a pointer to save the node value or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!int` scalar, `0` otherwise. If the + * function succeeds and `value` is not `NULL`, the node value is saved to + * `value`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_get_int_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id, + int *value); + +/* + * Get the value of a `!!float` SCALAR node. + * + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a scalar, the node tag is + * `tag:yaml.org,2002:float` and the node value is a valid float value. In + * this case, the function parses the node value and returns a float number. + * The function recognizes float values in exponential and fixed notation as + * well as special values `.nan`, `.inf` and `-.inf`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * - `value`: a pointer to save the node value or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!float` scalar, `0` otherwise. If the + * function succeeds and `value` is not `NULL`, the node value is saved to + * `value`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_get_float_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id, + double *value); + +/* + * Get the value of a `!!seq` SEQUENCE node. + * + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a sequence and the node + * tag is `tag:yaml.org,2002:seq`. In this case, the function returns the list + * of nodes that belong to the sequence. The produced list is valid until the + * document object is modified. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * - `items`: a pointer to save the list of sequence items or `NULL`. + * + * - `length`: a pointer to save the length of the sequence or `NULL`. + * `length` must be equal to `NULL` if and only if `items` is also `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!seq` sequence, `0` otherwise. If the + * function succeeds and `items` is not `NULL`, the list of sequence items is + * saved to `items` and the sequence length is saved to `length`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_get_seq_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id, + yaml_node_item_t **items, size_t *length); + +/* + * Get the value of a `!!map` MAPPING node. + * + * Use this function to ensure that the given node is a mapping and the node + * tag is `tag:yaml.org,2002:map`. In this case, the function returns the list + * of node pairs (key, value) that belong to the sequence. The produced list + * is valid until the document is modified. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: the node id; could be negative. + * + * - `pairs`: a pointer to save the list of mapping pairs or `NULL`. + * + * - `length`: a pointer to save the length of the mapping or `NULL`. + * `length` must be equal to `NULL` if and only if `pairs` is also `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` if the node is a valid `!!map` mapping, `0` otherwise. If the + * function succeeds and `pairs` is not `NULL`, the list of mapping pairs is + * saved to `pairs` and the mapping length is saved to `length`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_get_map_node(yaml_document_t *document, int node_id, + yaml_node_pair_t **pairs, size_t *length); + +/* + * Add a `!!null` SCALAR node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_scalar(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_NULL_TAG, "null", -1, YAML_ANY_SCALAR_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_null_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id); + +/* + * Add a `!!bool` SCALAR node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_scalar(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_BOOL_TAG, (value ? "true" : "false"), -1, + * YAML_ANY_SCALAR_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * - `value`: a boolean value; any non-zero value is true, `0` is false. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_bool_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + int value); + +/* + * Add a `!!str` SCALAR node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_scalar(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_STR_TAG, (const yaml_char_t *) value, -1, + * YAML_ANY_SCALAR_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * - `value`: a NUL-terminated UTF-8 string. The function does not check if + * `value` is a valid UTF-8 string, but if it is not so, the emitter will + * fail to emit the node. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_str_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + const char *value); + +/* + * Add an `!!int` SCALAR node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_scalar(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_INT_TAG, <string representation of the value>, -1, + * YAML_ANY_SCALAR_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * - `value`: an integer value. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_int_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + int value); + +/* + * Add a `!!float` SCALAR node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_scalar(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_FLOAT_TAG, <string representation of the value>, -1, + * YAML_ANY_SCALAR_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * - `value`: a float value. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_float_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id, + double value); + +/* + * Add a `!!seq` SEQUENCE node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_sequence(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_SEQ_TAG, YAML_ANY_SEQUENCE_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_seq_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id); + +/* + * Add a `!!map` MAPPING node to the document. + * + * This function is a shorthand for the call: + * + * yaml_document_add_mapping(document, node_id, NULL, + * YAML_MAP_TAG, YAML_ANY_MAPPING_STYLE) + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `node_id`: a pointer to save the id of the generated node or `NULL`. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for new buffers. If the function succeeds, the id of the + * added node is returned via the pointer `node_id` if it is not set to `NULL`. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_document_add_map_node(yaml_document_t *document, int *node_id); + +/* * Add an item to a SEQUENCE node. * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. - * @param[in] sequence The sequence node id. - * @param[in] item The item node id. -* - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * The order in which items are added to a sequence coincides with the order + * they are emitted into the output stream. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `sequence_id`: the id of a sequence node; could be negative. It is a + * fatal error if `sequence_id` does not refer to an existing sequence node. + * + * - `item_id`: the id of an item node; could be negative. It is a fatal error + * if `item_id` does not refer to an existing node. Note that it is possible + * for `item_id` to coincide with `sequence_id`, which means that the + * sequence recursively contains itself. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for internal buffers. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_document_append_sequence_item(yaml_document_t *document, - int sequence, int item); + int sequence_id, int item_id); -/** +/* * Add a pair of a key and a value to a MAPPING node. * - * @param[in,out] document A document object. - * @param[in] mapping The mapping node id. - * @param[in] key The key node id. - * @param[in] value The value node id. -* - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * The order in which (key, value) pairs are added to a mapping coincides with + * the order in which they are presented in the output stream. Note that the + * mapping key order is a presentation detail and should not used to convey any + * information. An ordered mapping could be represented as a sequence of + * single-paired mappings. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `document`: a document object. + * + * - `mapping_id`: the id of a mapping node; could be negative. It is a + * fatal error if `mapping_id` does not refer to an existing mapping node. + * + * - `key_id`: the id of a key node; could be negative. It is a fatal error + * if `key_id` does not refer to an existing node. + * + * - `value_id`: the id of a value node; could be negative. It is a fatal + * error if `value_id` does not refer to an existing node. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. The function may fail if it cannot + * allocate memory for internal buffers. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_document_append_mapping_pair(yaml_document_t *document, - int mapping, int key, int value); + int mapping_id, int key_id, int value_id); -#endif - -/** - * @defgroup callbacks Callback Definitions - * @{ - */ +/****************************************************************************** + * Callback Definitions + ******************************************************************************/ -/** +/* * The prototype of a read handler. * - * The read handler is called when the parser needs to read more bytes from the - * source. The handler should read no more than @a size bytes and write them - * to the @a buffer. The number of the read bytes should be returned using the - * @a size_read variable. If the handler reaches the stream end, @a size_read - * must be set to @c 0. + * The reader is called when the parser needs to read more bytes from the input + * stream. The reader is given a buffer to fill and should returns the number + * of bytes read. The reader should block if no data from the input stream is + * available, but it should return immediately if it could produce least one + * byte of the input stream. If the reader reaches the stream end, it should + * return immediately setting the number of bytes read to `0`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `data`: a pointer to an application data specified with + * `yaml_parser_set_reader()`. + * + * - `buffer`: a pointer to a buffer which should be filled with the bytes + * from the input stream. + * + * - `capacity`: the maximum capacity of the buffer. * - * @param[in,out] data A pointer to an application data specified by - * @c yaml_parser_set_reader(). - * @param[out] buffer The buffer to write the data from the source. - * @param[in] capacity The maximum number of bytes the buffer can hold. - * @param[out] length The actual number of bytes read from the source. + * - `length`: a pointer to save the actual number of bytes read from the input + * stream; `length` equals `0` signifies that the reader reached the end of + * the stream. * - * @returns On success, the handler should return @c 1. If the handler failed, - * the returned value should be @c 0. On EOF, the handler should set the - * @a size_read to @c 0 and return @c 1. + * Return: on success, the reader should return `1`. If the reader fails for + * any reason, it should return `0`. On the end of the input stream, the + * reader should set `length` to `0` and return `1`. */ typedef int yaml_reader_t(void *data, unsigned char *buffer, size_t capacity, size_t *length); -/** +/* * The prototype of a write handler. * - * The write handler is called when the emitter needs to flush the accumulated - * characters to the output. The handler should write @a size bytes of the - * @a buffer to the output. + * The writer is called when the emitter needs to flush the accumulated bytes + * into the output stream. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `data`: a pointer to an application data specified with + * `yaml_emitter_set_writer()`. * - * @param[in,out] data A pointer to an application data specified by - * @c yaml_emitter_set_writer(). - * @param[in] buffer The buffer with bytes to be written. - * @param[in] length The number of bytes to be written. + * - `buffer`: a pointer to a buffer with bytes to be written to the output + * stream. * - * @returns On success, the handler should return @c 1. If the handler failed, - * it should return @c 0. + * - `length`: the number of bytes to be written. + * + * Returns: on success, the writer should return `1`. If the writer fails for + * any reason, it should return `0`. */ typedef int yaml_writer_t(void *data, const unsigned char *buffer, size_t length); /** - * The prototype of a tag resolver. + * The prototype of a nonspecific tag resolver. + * + * The resolver is called when the parser encounters a node without an explicit + * tag. The resolver should determine the correct tag of the node from the + * path to the node from the root node and, in case of the scalar node, the + * node value. The resolver is also called by the emitter to determine whether + * the node tag could be omitted. * - * The resolve handler is called when the parser encounters a new node without - * an explicit tag. The handler should determine the correct tag of the node - * basing on the node kind, the path to the node from the document root and, - * in the case of the scalar node, the node value. The handler is also called - * by the emitter to determine whether the node tag could be omitted. + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] data A pointer to an application data specified by - * @c yaml_parser_set_writter() or - * @c yaml_emitter_set_writer(). - * @param[in] node Information about the new node. - * @param[out] tag The guessed node tag. + * - `data`: a pointer to an application data specified with + * `yaml_parser_set_resolver()` or `yaml_emitter_set_resolver()`. * - * @returns On success, the handler should return @c 1. If the handler failed, - * it should return @c 0. + * - `node`: information about the new node. + * + * - `tag`: A pointer to save the guessed node tag. The value returned by the + * resolved is immediately copied. + * + * Returns: on success, the resolver should return `1`. If the resolver fails + * for any reason, it should return `0`. */ typedef int yaml_resolver_t(void *data, yaml_incomplete_node_t *node, yaml_char_t **tag); -/** @} */ +/****************************************************************************** + * Parser Definitions + ******************************************************************************/ -/** - * @defgroup parser Parser Definitions - * @{ +/* + * An opaque definition of the parser object. + * + * A parser object is used to parse an input YAML stream producing a sequence + * of YAML tokens, events or documents. */ -/** The parser object. */ typedef struct yaml_parser_s yaml_parser_t; -/** - * Create a new parser object. +/* + * Allocate a new parser object. * - * This function creates a new parser object. An application is responsible - * for destroying the object using the @c yaml_parser_delete() function. + * An allocated parser object should be deleted with `yaml_parser_delete()` * - * @returns a new parser object or @c NULL on error. + * Returns: a new parser object or `NULL` on error. The function may fail if + * it cannot allocate memory for internal buffers. */ YAML_DECLARE(yaml_parser_t *) yaml_parser_new(void); -/** - * Destroy a parser. +/* + * Deallocate a parser and free the internal parser data. + * + * A parser object must be previously allocated with `yaml_parser_new()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. + * - `parser`: a parser object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_delete(yaml_parser_t *parser); -/** - * Get a parser error. +/* + * Clear and reinitialize the internal state of the parser. + * + * This function could be used for cleaning up a parser object after an error + * condition or after the end of the input stream is reached. A cleaned parser + * object may be reused to parse another YAML stream. Note that all the parser + * parameters including the read handler must be reset. * - * @param[in] parser A parser object. - * @param[out] error An error object. + * Arguments: + * + * - `parser`: a parser object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) -yaml_parser_get_error(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_error_t *error); +yaml_parser_clear(yaml_parser_t *parser); -/** - * Set a string input. +/* + * Get the parser error. + * + * Use this function to get a detailed error information after failure of one + * of the following functions: `yaml_parser_parse_token()`, + * `yaml_parser_parse_event()`, `yaml_parser_parse_document()`, + * `yaml_parser_parse_single_document()`. + * + * The pointer returned by the function is only valid until the parser object + * is not modified. However the error object could be safely copied. + * + * Arguments: * - * Note that the @a input pointer must be valid while the @a parser object - * exists. The application is responsible for destroing @a input after - * destroying the @a parser. + * - `parser`: a parser object. * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[in] buffer A source data. - * @param[in] length The length of the source data in bytes. + * Returns: a pointer to an error object. The returned pointer is only valid + * until the parser object is not modified or deleted. However the error + * object could be safely copied. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(yaml_error_t *) +yaml_parser_get_error(yaml_parser_t *parser); + +/* + * Set the parser to read the input stream from a character buffer. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `parser`: a parser object. + * + * - `buffer`: a pointer to character buffer containing the input stream. The + * buffer must be valid until the parser object is cleared or deleted. + * + * - `length`: the length of the buffer in bytes. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_set_string_reader(yaml_parser_t *parser, const unsigned char *buffer, size_t length); -/** - * Set a file input. +/* + * Set the parser to read the input stream from a file. * - * @a file should be a file object open for reading. The application is - * responsible for closing the @a file. + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[in] file An open file. + * - `parser`: a parser object. + * + * - `file`: a pointer to an open file object. The pointer must be valid until + * the parser object is cleared or deleted. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_set_file_reader(yaml_parser_t *parser, FILE *file); -/** - * Set a generic input handler. +/* + * Set an input stream reader for a parser. * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[in] reader A read handler. - * @param[in] data Any application data for passing to the read - * handler. + * Arguments: + * + * - `parser`: a parser object. + * + * - `reader`: a read handler. + * + * - `data`: application data for passing to the reader. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_set_reader(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_reader_t *reader, void *data); -#if 0 - -/** - * Set the standard resolve handler. +/* + * Set the standard nonspecific tag resolver for a parser. + * + * The standard resolver recognizes the following scalar tags: `!!null`, + * `!!bool`, `!!str`, `!!int`, and `!!float`. * - * The standard resolver recognize the following scalar kinds: !!null, !!bool, - * !!str, !!int and !!float. + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. + * - `parser`: a parser object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_set_standard_resolver(yaml_parser_t *parser); -/** - * Set the resolve handler. +/* + * Set a nonspecific tag resolver for a parser. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `parser`: a parser object. * - * The standard resolver recognize the following scalar kinds: !!null, !!bool, - * !!str, !!int and !!float. + * - `resolver`: a resolve handler. * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[in] resolver A resolve handler. - * @param[in] data Any application data for passing to the resolve - * handler. + * - `data`: application data for passing to the resolver. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_set_resolver(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_resolver_t *resolver, void *data); -#endif - -/** - * Set the source encoding. +/* + * Set the input stream encoding. + * + * Typically the parser guesses the input stream encoding by the BOM mark. If + * the BOM mark is not present, the UTF-8 encoding is assumed. An application + * could override the detection mechanism by specifying the the encoding + * explicitly. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[in] encoding The source encoding. + * - `parser`: a parser object. + * + * - `encoding`: the input stream encoding. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_parser_set_encoding(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_encoding_t encoding); -/** - * Scan the input stream and produce the next token. +/* + * Parse the input stream and produce the next token. + * + * An application may call this function subsequently to produce a sequence of + * tokens corresponding to the input stream. The first token in the sequence + * is STREAM-START and the last token is STREAM-END. When the stream ends, the + * parser produces empty tokens. * - * Call the function subsequently to produce a sequence of tokens corresponding - * to the input stream. The initial token has the type - * @c YAML_STREAM_START_TOKEN while the ending token has the type - * @c YAML_STREAM_END_TOKEN. + * An application must not alternate calls of the functions + * `yaml_parser_parse_token()`, `yaml_parser_parse_event()`, + * `yaml_parser_parse_document()` and `yaml_parser_parse_single_document()` on + * the same parser object. * - * An application is responsible for freeing any buffers associated with the - * produced token object using the @c yaml_token_delete() function. + * Arguments: * - * An application must not alternate the calls of @c yaml_parser_scan() with - * the calls of @c yaml_parser_parse() or @c yaml_parser_load(). Doing this - * will break the parser. + * - `parser`: a parser object. * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[out] token An empty token object. + * - `token`: an empty token object to save the token produced by the parser. + * An application is responsible for clearing or deleting the produced token. + * If the parser fails or the stream end is reached, the object is kept + * empty. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function succeeds and the + * stream end is not reached, the token data is saved to the given token + * object. If the function fails, the error details could be obtained with + * `yaml_parser_get_error()`. In case of error, the parser is non-functional + * until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_parser_parse_token(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_token_t *token); -/** +/* * Parse the input stream and produce the next parsing event. * - * Call the function subsequently to produce a sequence of events corresponding - * to the input stream. The initial event has the type - * @c YAML_STREAM_START_EVENT while the ending event has the type - * @c YAML_STREAM_END_EVENT. + * An application may call this function subsequently to produce a sequence of + * events corresponding to the input stream. The produced events satisfy + * the grammar: + * + * stream ::= STREAM-START document* STREAM-END + * document ::= DOCUMENT-START node DOCUMENT-END + * node ::= ALIAS | SCALAR | sequence | mapping + * sequence ::= SEQUENCE-START node* SEQUENCE-END + * mapping ::= MAPPING-START (node node)* MAPPING-END * - * An application is responsible for freeing any buffers associated with the - * produced event object using the @c yaml_event_delete() function. + * When the stream ends, the parser produces empty tokens. * - * An application must not alternate the calls of @c yaml_parser_parse() with - * the calls of @c yaml_parser_scan() or @c yaml_parser_load(). Doing this will - * break the parser. + * An application must not alternate calls of the functions + * `yaml_parser_parse_token()`, `yaml_parser_parse_event()`, + * `yaml_parser_parse_document()` and `yaml_parser_parse_single_document()` on + * the same parser object. * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[out] event An empty event object. + * Arguments: * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `parser`: a parser object. + * + * - `event`: an empty event object to save the event produced by the parser. + * An application is responsible for clearing or deleting the produced event. + * Alternatively the produced event could be fed to the emitter. If the + * parser fails or the stream end is reached, the object is kept empty. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function succeeds and the + * stream end is not reached, the event data is saved to the given event + * object. If the function fails, the error details could be obtained with + * `yaml_parser_get_error()`. In case of error, the parser is non-functional + * until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_parser_parse_event(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_event_t *event); -#if 0 - -/** +/* * Parse the input stream and produce the next YAML document. * - * Call this function subsequently to produce a sequence of documents - * constituting the input stream. + * An application may call this function subsequently to produce a sequence of + * documents constituting the input stream. When the stream ends, the parser + * produces empty documents. * - * If the produced document has no root node, it means that the document - * end has been reached. + * An application must not alternate calls of the functions + * `yaml_parser_parse_token()`, `yaml_parser_parse_event()`, + * `yaml_parser_parse_document()` and `yaml_parser_parse_single_document()` on + * the same parser object. * - * An application is responsible for freeing any data associated with the - * produced document object using the @c yaml_document_delete() function. + * Arguments: * - * An application must not alternate the calls of @c yaml_parser_load() with - * the calls of @c yaml_parser_scan() or @c yaml_parser_parse(). Doing this - * will break the parser. + * - `parser`: a parser object. * - * @param[in,out] parser A parser object. - * @param[out] document An empty document object. + * - `document`: an empty document object to save the document produced by the + * parser. An application is responsible for clearing or deleting the + * produced document. Alternatively the produced document could be fed to + * the emitter. If the parser fails or the stream end is reached, the object + * is kept empty. * - * @return @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function succeeds and the + * stream end is not reached, the document data is saved to the given document + * object. If the function fails, the error details could be obtained with + * `yaml_parser_get_error()`. In case of error, the parser is non-functional + * until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_parser_parse_document(yaml_parser_t *parser, yaml_document_t *document); -#endif +/* + * Parse the input stream containing a single YAML document. + * + * An application may call this function to ensure that the input stream contain + * no more that one document. If the stream is empty, the parser produces an + * empty document. If the stream contains a single document, the parser returns + * it. If the stream contains more than one document, the parser produces an + * error. + * + * An application must not alternate calls of the functions + * `yaml_parser_parse_token()`, `yaml_parser_parse_event()`, + * `yaml_parser_parse_document()` and `yaml_parser_parse_single_document()` on + * the same parser object. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `parser`: a parser object. + * + * - `document`: an empty document object to save the document produced by the + * parser. An application is responsible for clearing or deleting the + * produced document. Alternatively the produced document could be fed to + * the emitter. If the parser fails or the stream is empty, the object is + * kept empty. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function succeeds and the + * stream is not empty, the document data is saved to the given document + * object. If the function fails, the error details could be obtained with + * `yaml_parser_get_error()`. In case of error, the parser is non-functional + * until it is cleared. + */ -/** @} */ +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_parser_parse_single_document(yaml_parser_t *parser, + yaml_document_t *document); -/** - * @defgroup emitter Emitter Definitions - * @{ +/****************************************************************************** + * Emitter Definitions + ******************************************************************************/ + +/* + * An opaque definition of the emitter object. + * + * An emitter object is used to emit YAML events or documents into an output + * YAML stream. */ -/** The emitter object. */ typedef struct yaml_emitter_s yaml_emitter_t; -/** - * Create a new emitter object. +/* + * Allocate a new emitter object. * - * This function creates a new emitter object. An application is responsible - * for destroying the object using the @c yaml_emitter_delete() function. + * An allocated emitter object should be deleted with `yaml_emitter_delete()`. * - * @returns a new emitter object or @c NULL on error. + * Returns: a new emitter or `NULL` on error. The function mail fail if it + * cannot allocate memory for internal buffers. */ YAML_DECLARE(yaml_emitter_t *) yaml_emitter_new(void); -/** - * Destroy an emitter. +/* + * Deallocate an emitter and free the internal emitter data. + * + * An emitter object must be previously allocated with `yaml_emitter_new()`. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_delete(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); -/** - * Get an emitter error. +/* + * Clear and reinitialize the internal state of the emitter. + * + * This function could be used for cleaning up an emitter object after an error + * condition or after a complete YAML stream was produced. A cleaned emitter + * object may be reused to produce another YAML stream. Note that all the + * emitter parameters including the write handler must be reset. * - * @param[in] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[out] error An error object. + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) -yaml_emitter_get_error(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_error_t *error); +yaml_emitter_clear(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); -/** - * Set a string output. +/* + * Get the emitter error. * - * The emitter will write the output characters to the @a output buffer of the - * size @a size. The emitter will set @a size_written to the number of written - * bytes. If the buffer is smaller than required, the emitter produces the - * @c YAML_WRITE_ERROR error. + * Use this function to get a detailed error information after failure of one + * of the following functions: `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`, + * `yaml_emitter_open()`, `yaml_emitter_close()`, + * `yaml_emitter_emit_document()`, `yaml_emitter_emit_single_document()`. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] buffer An output buffer. - * @param[in] capacity The buffer size. - * @param[in] length The pointer to save the number of written - * bytes. + * The pointer returned by the function is only valid until the emitter object + * is not modified. However the error object could be safely copied. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * Returns: a pointer to an error object. The returned pointer is only valid + * until the emitter object is not modified or deleted. However the error + * object could be safely copied. + */ + +YAML_DECLARE(yaml_error_t *) +yaml_emitter_get_error(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); + +/* + * Set the emitter to dump the generated YAML stream into a string buffer. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `buffer`: a pointer to a buffer to store the generated YAML stream. The + * pointer must be valid until the emitter object is cleared or deleted. + * + * - `capacity`: the size of the buffer. The emitter will fail if the buffer + * is smaller than required to hold the whole stream. + * + * - `length`: a pointer to save the length of the produced stream (in bytes). */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_string_writer(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, unsigned char *buffer, size_t capacity, size_t *length); -/** - * Set a file output. +/* + * Set the emitter to dump the generated YAML stream into a file. + * + * Arguments: * - * @a file should be a file object open for writing. The application is - * responsible for closing the @a file. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] file An open file. + * - `file`: a pointer to a file open for writing. The pointer must be valid + * until the emitter object is cleared or deleted. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_file_writer(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, FILE *file); -/** - * Set a generic output handler. +/* + * Set the output stream writer for an emitter. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] writer A write handler. - * @param[in] data Any application data for passing to the write - * handler. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `writer`: a write handler. + * + * - `data`: application data for passing to the writer. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_writer(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_writer_t *writer, void *data); -#if 0 - -/** - * Set the standard resolve handler. +/* + * Set the standard nonspecific tag resolver for an emitter. + * + * The standard resolver recognizes the following scalar tags: `!!null`, + * `!!bool`, `!!str`, `!!int`, and `!!float`. * - * The standard resolver recognize the following scalar kinds: !!null, !!bool, - * !!str, !!int and !!float. + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_standard_resolver(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); -/** - * Set the resolve handler. +/* + * Set a nonspecific tag resolver for an emitter. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. * - * The standard resolver recognize the following scalar kinds: !!null, !!bool, - * !!str, !!int and !!float. + * - `resolver`: a resolve handler. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] resolver A resolve handler. - * @param[in] data Any application data for passing to the resolve - * handler. + * - `data`: application data for passing to the resolver. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_resolver(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_resolver_t *resolver, void *data); -#endif - -/** - * Set the output encoding. +/* + * Set the output stream encoding. + * + * The emitter uses the UTF-8 encoding for the output stream unless another + * encoding is specified explicitly. The encoding could be specified using + * this function or via the `encoding` parameter of the STREAM-START event. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] encoding The output encoding. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `encoding`: the output stream encoding. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_encoding(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_encoding_t encoding); -/** - * Set if the output should be in the "canonical" format as in the YAML - * specification. +/* + * Specify if the emitter should use the "canonical" output format. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] is_canonical If the output is canonical. + * The "canonical" format uses the flow style for collections and the + * double-quoted style for scalars. Node tags are always dumped explicitly. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `is_canonical`: `1` to set the "canonical" format, `0` otherwise. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_canonical(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, int is_canonical); -/** +/* * Set the intendation increment. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] indent The indentation increment (1 < . < 10). + * The default intendation increment is `2`. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `indent`: the indentation increment; a number between `2` and `9`. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_indent(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, int indent); -/** - * Set the preferred line width. @c -1 means unlimited. +/* + * Set the preferred line width. + * + * The default preferred line width is `80`. The given line width is only a + * stylistic hint and could be violated by the emitter. When the line width is + * exceeded, the emitter seeks for a way to move to the next line. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] width The preferred line width. + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `width`: the preferred line width; `-1` means unlimited. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_width(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, int width); -/** - * Set if unescaped non-ASCII characters are allowed. +/* + * Specify if non-ASCII characters could be emitted unescaped. + * + * By default, the emitter always escapes non-ASCII characters using the `\u` + * or `\U` format. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] is_unicode If unescaped Unicode characters are allowed. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `is_unicode`: `1` if unescaped non-ASCII characters are allowed; `0` + * otherwise. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_unicode(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, int is_unicode); -/** +/* * Set the preferred line break. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in] line_break The preferred line break. + * By default, the emitter uses the LN character for line breaks. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `line_break`: the preferred line break. */ YAML_DECLARE(void) yaml_emitter_set_break(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_break_t line_break); -/** - * Emit an event. +/* + * Emit an event to the output YAML stream. + * + * An application needs to call this function subsequently to produce a whole + * YAML stream. The event sequence must satisfy the following grammar: + * + * stream ::= STREAM-START document* STREAM-END + * document ::= DOCUMENT-START node DOCUMENT-END + * node ::= ALIAS | SCALAR | sequence | mapping + * sequence ::= SEQUENCE-START node* SEQUENCE-END + * mapping ::= MAPPING-START (node node)* MAPPING-END + * + * An application must not alternate the calls of the functions + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`, `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` and + * `yaml_emitter_emit_single_document()` on the same emitter object. + * + * Arguments: * - * The event object may be generated using the yaml_parser_parse() function. - * The emitter takes the responsibility for the event object and destroys its - * content after it is emitted. The event object is destroyed even if the - * function fails. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in,out] event An event object. + * - `event`: an event to emit. The event must be previously initialized using + * either one of the functions `yaml_event_create_*()` or with + * `yaml_parser_parse_event()`. The emitter takes the responsibility for the + * event data and clears the event, so that it becomes empty. The event is + * cleared even if the function fails. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. Note that the emitter may not + * immediately dump the given event, so that the function could indicate + * success on an errorneous event. In this case, some of the next calls of the + * function will generate an error. If the function fails, the error details + * could be obtained with `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. In case of error, the + * emitter is non-functional until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_emitter_emit_event(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_event_t *event); -#if 0 - -/** +/* * Start a YAML stream. * - * This function should be used before the first @c yaml_emitter_dump() is - * called. + * This function should be used in conjunction with + * `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` and `yaml_emitter_end()`. This function must + * be called once before any documents are emitted. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. + * Arguments: * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function fails, the error + * details could be obtained with `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. In case of + * error, the emitter is non-functional until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) -yaml_emitter_open(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); +yaml_emitter_start(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); -/** +/* * Finish a YAML stream. * - * This function should be used after the last @c yaml_emitter_dump() is - * called. + * This function should be used in conjunction with `yaml_emitter_start()` and + * `yaml_emitter_emit_document()`. This function must be called once after all + * documents are emitted. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. + * Arguments: * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function fails, the error + * details could be obtained with `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. In case of + * error, the emitter is non-functional until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) -yaml_emitter_close(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); +yaml_emitter_end(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); -/** +/* * Emit a YAML document. * - * The document object may be generated using the @c yaml_parser_load() - * function or the @c yaml_document_initialize() function. The emitter takes - * the responsibility for the document object and destoys its content after - * it is emitted. The document object is destroyed even if the function fails. + * Before emitting any documents, the function `yaml_emitter_start()` must be + * called. After all documents are emitted, the function `yaml_emitter_end()` + * must be called. + * + * An application must not alternate the calls of the functions + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`, `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` and + * `yaml_emitter_emit_single_document()` on the same emitter object. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. - * @param[in,out] document A document object. + * - `document`: a document to emit. The document must have a root node with + * all the other nodes reachable from it. The document may be prepared using + * the functions `yaml_document_create()`, `yaml_document_add_*()` and + * `yaml_document_append_*()` or obtained via `yaml_parser_parse_document()`. + * The emitter takes the responsibility for the document content and clears + * the document, so that it becomes empty. The document is cleared even if + * the function fails. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function fails, the error + * details could be obtained with `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. In case of + * error, the emitter is non-functional until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_emitter_emit_document(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, yaml_document_t *document); -#endif +/* + * Emit a YAML stream consisting of a single document. + * + * This function is a shorthand of the calls: + * + * yaml_emitter_start(emitter) + * yaml_emitter_emit_document(emitter, document) + * yaml_emitter_end(emitter) + * + * An application must not alternate the calls of the functions + * `yaml_emitter_emit_event()`, `yaml_emitter_emit_document()` and + * `yaml_emitter_emit_single_document()` on the same emitter object. + * + * Arguments: + * + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. + * + * - `document`: a document to emit. The document must have a root node with + * all the other nodes reachable from it. The document may be prepared using + * the functions `yaml_document_create()`, `yaml_document_add_*()` and + * `yaml_document_append_*()` or obtained via `yaml_parser_parse_document()`. + * The emitter takes the responsibility for the document content and clears + * the document, so that it becomes empty. The document is cleared even if + * the function fails. + * + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function fails, the error + * details could be obtained with `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. In case of + * error, the emitter is non-functional until it is cleared. + */ -/** - * Flush the accumulated characters to the output stream. +YAML_DECLARE(int) +yaml_emitter_emit_single_document(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, + yaml_document_t *document); + +/* + * Flush the accumulated characters. + * + * This function flushes the accumulated characters from the internal emitter + * buffer to the output stream. Note that the buffer is flushed automatically + * when a complete document has emitted or a stream has ended. + * + * Arguments: * - * @param[in,out] emitter An emitter object. + * - `emitter`: an emitter object. * - * @returns @c 1 if the function succeeded, @c 0 on error. + * Returns: `1` on success, `0` on error. If the function fails, the error + * details could be obtained with `yaml_emitter_get_error()`. In case of + * error, the emitter is non-functional until it is cleared. */ YAML_DECLARE(int) yaml_emitter_flush(yaml_emitter_t *emitter); -/** @} */ #ifdef __cplusplus } |