tinypds is a small and simple event-driven single header-only library PDS 3 parser. tinypds_dom is a small and simple DOM-like single header-only library PDS 3 parser.

tinypds and tinypds_dom written in C with little or no dependencies.

In order to use tinypds in your project, just copy tinypds.h into your project. Note that this file contain both the interface and the implementation. To instantiate the implementation of tinypds add the following define in ONE source file before including tinypds.h:

#define TINY_PDS_IMPL

tinypds_dom depends on tinypds. Just like tinypds, copy the tinypds_dom.h fil into your project. This file contains both the interface and the implementation. This means that you must define the following variable in ONE source file before including tinypds_dom.h:

#define TINY_PDS_DOM_IMPL

A CMake configuration file is provided in order to build a static library, documentation or run a bundle of tests. A typical usage of CMake may be:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

On a Linux system, the Makefile will generate the static libraries libtinypds.a, libtinypds_dom.a and stand-alone unit test binaries.

make test will run the unit tests and generate a report with CTest.

make doc will generate the documentation with DoxyGen.

tinypds works on raw ASCII buffer. PDS file reading is left to the user.

The tinypds events and associated callbacks are :

• scalar attribute statement

  int attribute_begin(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  int attribute_end(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  • first and last are pointers to the first and last characters of the attribute name.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• pointer statement

  int pointer_begin(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  int pointer_end(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  • first and last are pointers to the first and last characters of the pointer name.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• single scalar value

  int scalar(const PDS_scalar *value, void *user_data)

  • value is a pointer to the current scalar value.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• sequence attribute start

  int sequence_begin(void *user_data)

  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• sequence attribute element

  int sequence_element(const PDS_scalar *scalar, void *user_data)

  • scalar is the current sequence element value.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• sequence attribute end

  int sequence_end(void *user_data)

  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• set attribute start

  int set_begin(void *user_data)

  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• set attribute element

  int set_element(const PDS_scalar *scalar, void *user_data)

  • scalar is the current set element value.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• set attribute end

  int set_end(void *user_data)

  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• object declaration start

  int object_begin(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  • first and last are pointers to the first and last characters of the object name.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• object declaration end

  int object_end(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  • first and last are pointers to the first and last characters of the object name.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• group declaration start

  int group_begin(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  • first and last are pointers to the first and last characters of the group name.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• group declaration end

  int group_end(const char *first, const char *last, void *user_data)

  • first and last are pointers to the first and last characters of the group name.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

• parsing error

  void error(const PDS_error_description *desc, void *user_data)

  • desc contains the description of the current error:
    • line pointer to the beginning of the line being parsed.
    • number current line number.
    • position index of the erroneous character in the line.
    • status current status.
    • msg error message.
  • user_data is a pointer to the user data.

Callbacks returning an int must return 0 if an error occured.

The callbacks are set using the following functions :

PDS_set_attribute_callbacks(&callbacks, attribute_begin, attribute_end)

PDS_set_pointer_callbacks(&callbacks, pointer_begin, pointer_end)

PDS_set_group_callbacks(&callbacks, group_begin, group_end)

PDS_set_object_callbacks(&callbacks, object_begin, object_end)

PDS_set_scalar_callback(&callbacks, scalar)

PDS_set_sequence_callbacks(&callbacks, sequence_begin, sequence_element, sequence_end)

PDS_set_set_callbacks(&callbacks, set_begin, set_element, set_end)

PDS_set_error_callback(&callbacks, error)

Finally the parsing is started by calling PDS_parse. An implementation example can be found in test/PDS_parse.c

tinypds_dom works on raw ASCII buffer just like tinypds.

• parsing

  int PDS_DOM_parse(const char *buffer, size_t len, PDS_item **pds, PDS_error_description *error)

  • buffer is a string of len characters containing the PDS document to be parsed.
  • pds will contain the pointer to first item of the PDS tree.
  • If something went wrong, error will contain the line where the error occured and a description of that error.
  • This function returns 1 upon success and 0 otherwise.

• cleanup

  void PDS_DOM_delete(PDS_item *pds)

  This function releases the memory used by the PDS tree pointed by pds.

• query

  PDS_item* PDS_DOM_find(const char *name, PDS_item *current, PDS_search_type search, int check_current)

  This function will search the PDS tree for the first item (object, group or attribute) which name matches the one given as argument. The PDS_item argument gives the starting point of the search. The PDS_search_type parameter specifies the way the tree should be traversed. 4 modes are available.

  • PDS_ONLY_SIBLINGS only the siblings of the current item will be checked.
  • PDS_ONLY_CHILDREN only the children of the current item will be checked.
  • PDS_CHILDREN_RECURSIVE all the children of the current item will be recursively checked.
  • PDS_SIBLINGS_RECURSIVE all siblings and their associated children will be recursively checked.

  The last parameter indicates if the starting point must be checked or ignored.

• traversal The following functions and macros give a way to walk along the PDS tree.

    PDS_item* PDS_DOM_sibling(PDS_item* pds)

  Returns a pointer the first sibling item.

    PDS_item* PDS_DOM_parent(PDS_item* pds)

  Returns a pointer to the parent item.

    PDS_item* PDS_DOM_object_begin(PDS_item* pds)

  Returns a pointer to the first item of the current object.

    PDS_item* PDS_DOM_object_end(PDS_item* pds)

  Returns a pointer to one past the last item of current object.

    PDS_DOM_object_foreach(obj, element)

  Iterates over object items. The iteration is only performed on the first level.

    PDS_item* PDS_DOM_group_begin(PDS_item* pds)

  Returns a pointer to the first item of the current group.

    PDS_item* PDS_DOM_group_end(PDS_item* pds)

  Returns a pointer to one past the last item of current group.

    PDS_DOM_group_foreach(grp, element)

  Iterates over group items

• data access

  PDS_DOM_typeof(pds)

  Returns the type of current item (attribute, pointer, object or group).

  PDS_DOM_is_attribute(pds)

  Returns 1 if the current item is an attribute and 0 otherwise.

  PDS_DOM_is_pointer(pds)

  Returns 1 if the current item is a pointer and 0 otherwise.

  PDS_DOM_is_object(pds)

  Returns 1 if the current item is an object and 0 otherwise.

  PDS_DOM_is_group(pds)

  Returns 1 if the current item is a group and 0 otherwise.

  PDS_DOM_has_scalar(pds)

  Returns 1 if the current item contains a scalar. This is the case for attributes and pointers.

  PDS_scalar_type PDS_DOM_scalar_typeof(PDS_item *pds)

  Returns the type of the scalar attached to current item.

  int PDS_DOM_scalar_count(PDS_item *pds)

  Returns the number of scalars attached to current item.

  int PDS_DOM_scalar_get(PDS_item *pds, PDS_scalar *scalar)

  Gets the scalar attached to current item. This function will return an error for sets and sequences.

  int PDS_DOM_set_get(PDS_item *pds, PDS_scalar *scalar, int i)

  Gets the scalar at index i in the set attached to current item

  int PDS_DOM_sequence1d_get(PDS_item *pds, PDS_scalar *scalar, int i)

  Gets the scalar at index i in the 1 dimensional sequence attached to current item.

  int PDS_DOM_sequence2d_get(PDS_item *pds, PDS_scalar *scalar, int i, int j)

  Gets the scalar at row i and column j in the 2 dimensional sequence attached to current item.

  int PDS_DOM_sequence2d_rows(PDS_item *pds)

  Returns the number of rows of the 2 dimension sequence attached to current item.

  int PDS_DOM_sequence2d_cols(PDS_item *pds, int i)

  Returns the number of columns of the ith row of the 2 dimension sequence attached to current item.

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