-- | General XML stuff.
--
module Xml (
+ Child(..),
DtdName(..),
FromXml(..),
FromXmlFk(..),
ToDb(..),
parse_opts,
pickle_unpickle,
- unpickleable )
+ unpickleable,
+ unsafe_read_document,
+ unsafe_unpickle )
where
-- System imports.
(/>),
PU,
SysConfigList,
+ XmlTree,
isElem,
no,
readDocument,
withSubstDTDEntities,
withValidate,
xpickleVal,
+ xunpickleDocument,
xunpickleVal,
yes )
+
+
-- | Common associated type shared by 'FromXml' and 'FromXmlFk'. This
-- basically just forces the client to define the \"database
-- version\" of his type.
from_xml :: a -> Db a
--- | Some database types cannot be constructed from the XML type
--- alone; they must be supplied a foreign key to a parent object
--- first. Members of this class can be converted from an XML
--- representation to a database representation in this manner.
+-- | A class for XML representations which are children of other
+-- elements. The foal is to associate a child XML element with its
+-- parent element's database type. This is required to construct the
+-- database analogue of @a@ in 'FromXmlFk'.
--
-class (ToDb a) => FromXmlFk a where
+class Child a where
-- | The type of our parent object, i.e. to the type to whom our
-- foreign key will point.
type Parent a :: *
+
+-- | Some database types cannot be constructed from the XML type
+-- alone; they must be supplied a foreign key to a parent object
+-- first. Members of this class can be converted from an XML
+-- representation to a database representation in this manner.
+--
+class (Child a, ToDb a) => FromXmlFk a where
-- | The function that produces a @Db a@ out of a foreign key and an
-- @a@. The parameter order makes it easier to map this function
-- over a bunch of things.
from_xml_fk :: DefaultKey (Parent a) -> a -> Db a
+
-- | Represents the DTD filename (\"SYSTEM\") part of the DOCTYPE
-- definition.
newtype DtdName = DtdName String
try_unpickle = runX $ readDocument parse_opts filepath
>>>
xunpickleVal unpickler
+
+
+-- | Unpickle from a 'FilePath' using the given pickler. Explode if it
+-- doesn't work.
+--
+unsafe_unpickle :: FilePath -> PU a -> IO a
+unsafe_unpickle filepath unpickler =
+ fmap head $ runX $ xunpickleDocument unpickler parse_opts filepath
+
+
+-- | Read an XML document from a 'FilePath' into an XmlTree. Explode if it
+-- doesn't work.
+--
+unsafe_read_document :: FilePath -> IO XmlTree
+unsafe_read_document filepath =
+ fmap head $ runX $ readDocument parse_opts filepath