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XML format importer class

Copyright: 2008 Andrei Bautu
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 1 class

xml_database_importer:: (4 methods):
  get_parser()
  tag_open()
  tag_close()
  cdata()


Class: xml_database_importer  - X-Ref

XML format importer class (uses SAX for speed and low memory footprint).
Provides logic for parsing XML data and calling appropriate callbacks.
Subclasses should define XML data sources.

get_parser()   X-Ref
Creates and setups a SAX parser. Subclasses should use this method to
create the XML parser.

return: resource XML parser resource.

tag_open($parser, $tag, $attributes)   X-Ref
Callback function. Called by the XML parser for opening tags processing.

param: resource $parser XML parser resource.
param: string $tag name of opening tag
param: array $attributes set of opening tag XML attributes
return: void

tag_close($parser, $tag)   X-Ref
Callback function. Called by the XML parser for closing tags processing.

param: resource $parser XML parser resource.
param: string $tag name of opening tag
return: void

cdata($parser, $data)   X-Ref
Callback function. Called by the XML parser for character data processing.

param: resource $parser XML parser resource.
param: string $data character data to be processed
return: void