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This can be a null pointer. <br /></td></tr> 81<tr class="separator:a9c240a35c18f053509b4b97ddccd9793"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 82<tr class="memitem:aa2edbc1c0d3e3e8259bd98de7f1cf500"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="aa2edbc1c0d3e3e8259bd98de7f1cf500"></a> 83 </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#aa2edbc1c0d3e3e8259bd98de7f1cf500">XMLHandle</a> (<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_node.html">XMLNode</a> &node)</td></tr> 84<tr class="memdesc:aa2edbc1c0d3e3e8259bd98de7f1cf500"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Create a handle from a node. <br /></td></tr> 85<tr class="separator:aa2edbc1c0d3e3e8259bd98de7f1cf500"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 86<tr class="memitem:afd8e01e6018c07347b8e6d80272466aa"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="afd8e01e6018c07347b8e6d80272466aa"></a> 87 </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#afd8e01e6018c07347b8e6d80272466aa">XMLHandle</a> (const <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> &ref)</td></tr> 88<tr class="memdesc:afd8e01e6018c07347b8e6d80272466aa"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Copy constructor. <br /></td></tr> 89<tr class="separator:afd8e01e6018c07347b8e6d80272466aa"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 90<tr class="memitem:a75b908322bb4b83be3281b6845252b20"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a75b908322bb4b83be3281b6845252b20"></a> 91<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a75b908322bb4b83be3281b6845252b20">operator=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> &ref)</td></tr> 92<tr class="memdesc:a75b908322bb4b83be3281b6845252b20"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Assignment. <br /></td></tr> 93<tr class="separator:a75b908322bb4b83be3281b6845252b20"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 94<tr class="memitem:a536447dc7f54c0cd11e031dad94795ae"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a536447dc7f54c0cd11e031dad94795ae"></a> 95<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a536447dc7f54c0cd11e031dad94795ae">FirstChild</a> ()</td></tr> 96<tr class="memdesc:a536447dc7f54c0cd11e031dad94795ae"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the first child of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 97<tr class="separator:a536447dc7f54c0cd11e031dad94795ae"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 98<tr class="memitem:a74b04dd0f15e0bf01860e282b840b6a3"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a74b04dd0f15e0bf01860e282b840b6a3"></a> 99<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a74b04dd0f15e0bf01860e282b840b6a3">FirstChildElement</a> (const char *name=0)</td></tr> 100<tr class="memdesc:a74b04dd0f15e0bf01860e282b840b6a3"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the first child element of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 101<tr class="separator:a74b04dd0f15e0bf01860e282b840b6a3"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 102<tr class="memitem:a9d09f04435f0f2f7d0816b0198d0517b"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a9d09f04435f0f2f7d0816b0198d0517b"></a> 103<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a9d09f04435f0f2f7d0816b0198d0517b">LastChild</a> ()</td></tr> 104<tr class="memdesc:a9d09f04435f0f2f7d0816b0198d0517b"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the last child of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 105<tr class="separator:a9d09f04435f0f2f7d0816b0198d0517b"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 106<tr class="memitem:a42cccd0ce8b1ce704f431025e9f19e0c"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a42cccd0ce8b1ce704f431025e9f19e0c"></a> 107<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a42cccd0ce8b1ce704f431025e9f19e0c">LastChildElement</a> (const char *name=0)</td></tr> 108<tr class="memdesc:a42cccd0ce8b1ce704f431025e9f19e0c"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the last child element of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 109<tr class="separator:a42cccd0ce8b1ce704f431025e9f19e0c"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 110<tr class="memitem:a428374e756f4db4cbc287fec64eae02c"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a428374e756f4db4cbc287fec64eae02c"></a> 111<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a428374e756f4db4cbc287fec64eae02c">PreviousSibling</a> ()</td></tr> 112<tr class="memdesc:a428374e756f4db4cbc287fec64eae02c"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the previous sibling of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 113<tr class="separator:a428374e756f4db4cbc287fec64eae02c"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 114<tr class="memitem:a786957e498039554ed334cdc36612a7e"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a786957e498039554ed334cdc36612a7e"></a> 115<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a786957e498039554ed334cdc36612a7e">PreviousSiblingElement</a> (const char *name=0)</td></tr> 116<tr class="memdesc:a786957e498039554ed334cdc36612a7e"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the previous sibling element of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 117<tr class="separator:a786957e498039554ed334cdc36612a7e"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 118<tr class="memitem:aad2eccc7c7c7b18145877c978c3850b5"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="aad2eccc7c7c7b18145877c978c3850b5"></a> 119<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#aad2eccc7c7c7b18145877c978c3850b5">NextSibling</a> ()</td></tr> 120<tr class="memdesc:aad2eccc7c7c7b18145877c978c3850b5"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the next sibling of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 121<tr class="separator:aad2eccc7c7c7b18145877c978c3850b5"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 122<tr class="memitem:ae41d88ee061f3c49a081630ff753b2c5"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="ae41d88ee061f3c49a081630ff753b2c5"></a> 123<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#ae41d88ee061f3c49a081630ff753b2c5">NextSiblingElement</a> (const char *name=0)</td></tr> 124<tr class="memdesc:ae41d88ee061f3c49a081630ff753b2c5"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Get the next sibling element of this handle. <br /></td></tr> 125<tr class="separator:ae41d88ee061f3c49a081630ff753b2c5"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 126<tr class="memitem:a03ea6ec970a021b71bf1219a0f6717df"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a03ea6ec970a021b71bf1219a0f6717df"></a> 127<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_node.html">XMLNode</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a03ea6ec970a021b71bf1219a0f6717df">ToNode</a> ()</td></tr> 128<tr class="memdesc:a03ea6ec970a021b71bf1219a0f6717df"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Safe cast to <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_node.html">XMLNode</a>. This can return null. <br /></td></tr> 129<tr class="separator:a03ea6ec970a021b71bf1219a0f6717df"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 130<tr class="memitem:a5e73ed8f3f6f9619d5a8bb1862c47d99"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a5e73ed8f3f6f9619d5a8bb1862c47d99"></a> 131<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_element.html">XMLElement</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a5e73ed8f3f6f9619d5a8bb1862c47d99">ToElement</a> ()</td></tr> 132<tr class="memdesc:a5e73ed8f3f6f9619d5a8bb1862c47d99"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Safe cast to <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_element.html">XMLElement</a>. This can return null. <br /></td></tr> 133<tr class="separator:a5e73ed8f3f6f9619d5a8bb1862c47d99"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 134<tr class="memitem:a6ab9e8cbfb41417246e5657e3842c62a"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a6ab9e8cbfb41417246e5657e3842c62a"></a> 135<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_text.html">XMLText</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a6ab9e8cbfb41417246e5657e3842c62a">ToText</a> ()</td></tr> 136<tr class="memdesc:a6ab9e8cbfb41417246e5657e3842c62a"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Safe cast to <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_text.html">XMLText</a>. This can return null. <br /></td></tr> 137<tr class="separator:a6ab9e8cbfb41417246e5657e3842c62a"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 138<tr class="memitem:aa387368a1ad8d843a9f12df863d298de"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="aa387368a1ad8d843a9f12df863d298de"></a> 139<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_unknown.html">XMLUnknown</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#aa387368a1ad8d843a9f12df863d298de">ToUnknown</a> ()</td></tr> 140<tr class="memdesc:aa387368a1ad8d843a9f12df863d298de"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Safe cast to <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_unknown.html">XMLUnknown</a>. This can return null. <br /></td></tr> 141<tr class="separator:aa387368a1ad8d843a9f12df863d298de"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 142<tr class="memitem:a108858be7ee3eb53f73b5194c1aa8ff0"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a id="a108858be7ee3eb53f73b5194c1aa8ff0"></a> 143<a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_declaration.html">XMLDeclaration</a> * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html#a108858be7ee3eb53f73b5194c1aa8ff0">ToDeclaration</a> ()</td></tr> 144<tr class="memdesc:a108858be7ee3eb53f73b5194c1aa8ff0"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Safe cast to <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_declaration.html">XMLDeclaration</a>. This can return null. <br /></td></tr> 145<tr class="separator:a108858be7ee3eb53f73b5194c1aa8ff0"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> 146</table> 147<a name="details" id="details"></a><h2 class="groupheader">Detailed Description</h2> 148<div class="textblock"><p>A <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> is a class that wraps a node pointer with null checks; this is an incredibly useful thing. Note that <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> is not part of the TinyXML-2 DOM structure. It is a separate utility class.</p> 149<p>Take an example: </p><pre class="fragment"><Document> 150 <Element attributeA = "valueA"> 151 <Child attributeB = "value1" /> 152 <Child attributeB = "value2" /> 153 </Element> 154</Document> 155</pre><p>Assuming you want the value of "attributeB" in the 2nd "Child" element, it's very easy to write a <em>lot</em> of code that looks like:</p> 156<pre class="fragment">XMLElement* root = document.FirstChildElement( "Document" ); 157if ( root ) 158{ 159 XMLElement* element = root->FirstChildElement( "Element" ); 160 if ( element ) 161 { 162 XMLElement* child = element->FirstChildElement( "Child" ); 163 if ( child ) 164 { 165 XMLElement* child2 = child->NextSiblingElement( "Child" ); 166 if ( child2 ) 167 { 168 // Finally do something useful. 169</pre><p>And that doesn't even cover "else" cases. <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> addresses the verbosity of such code. A <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a> checks for null pointers so it is perfectly safe and correct to use:</p> 170<pre class="fragment">XMLHandle docHandle( &document ); 171XMLElement* child2 = docHandle.FirstChildElement( "Document" ).FirstChildElement( "Element" ).FirstChildElement().NextSiblingElement(); 172if ( child2 ) 173{ 174 // do something useful 175</pre><p>Which is MUCH more concise and useful.</p> 176<p>It is also safe to copy handles - internally they are nothing more than node pointers. </p><pre class="fragment">XMLHandle handleCopy = handle; 177</pre><p>See also <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_const_handle.html">XMLConstHandle</a>, which is the same as <a class="el" href="classtinyxml2_1_1_x_m_l_handle.html">XMLHandle</a>, but operates on const objects. </p> 178</div><hr/>The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:<ul> 179<li><a class="el" href="tinyxml2_8h_source.html">tinyxml2.h</a></li> 180</ul> 181</div><!-- contents --> 182<!-- start footer part --> 183<hr class="footer"/><address class="footer"><small> 184Generated on Tue Nov 6 2018 09:38:26 for TinyXML-2 by  <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/index.html"> 185<img class="footer" src="doxygen.png" alt="doxygen"/> 186</a> 1.8.13 187</small></address> 188</body> 189</html> 190
