XML

Updated for version 3.38

BeardLib.Utils.XML

Bunch of functions useful when dealing with tables from custom_xml files.

Functions

Function	Return Type	Description
GetNode(Table tbl, String meta)	Table	Returns the first node the function finds that have the meta meta
FindNode(Table tbl, String metas)	Table	Same as GetNode but allows you to find the node like this: node/a/b/c
GetNodes(Table tbl, String meta)	Table	Same as GetNode but packs every node it finds into a table
GetNodeIndex(Table tbl, Table node)	Number	Returns the index of node in tbl if it finds it. Returns null if it doesn't exist
GetIndexMeta(Table tbl, String meta)	Number	Returns the index of the first node the function find that has the meta meta
GetMetaIndics(Table tbl, String meta)	Table	Like GetIndexMeta but packs every result into a table

Other

Function	Description
SetNode(Table tbl, Table node, Table new_node)	Searches for node in tbl and sets it as new_node
SetNodeMeta(Table tbl, String node, Table new_node)	Like SetNode but searches for the node using a meta
CleanKeys(Table tbl, Boolean shallow)	Cleans the table from keys; keeping only the indices. shallow keeps the cleaning process only in the first level of the table without cleaning it all
CleanIndices(Table tbl, Boolean shallow)	Like CleanKeys but cleans the indices instead. This function including CleanKeys can be used for nodes too
Clean(Table tbl, Boolean shallow)	A special clean function. Removes keys only if the table contains at least two indices of the same meta, removes indices if only one of the same meta as the key exists. In other words, makes sure that when you save the XML it won't duplicate shit
InsertNode(Table tbl, Table node)	Like table insert but, inserts a node properly so script serializer (what converts it into custom_xml) won't think the key and first index are the same thing