## xmlregexp

xmlregexp - regular expressions handling

basic API for libxml regular expressions handling used for XML Schemas and validation.

Author(s): Daniel Veillard

## Synopsis

    typedef struct _xmlRegExecCtxt xmlRegExecCtxt;
    typedef xmlRegExecCtxt * xmlRegExecCtxtPtr;
    typedef struct _xmlRegexp xmlRegexp;
    typedef xmlRegexp * xmlRegexpPtr;
    typedef void xmlRegExecCallbacks		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar * token,
    					 void * transdata,
    					 void * inputdata);
    int	xmlRegExecErrInfo		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar ** string,
    					 int * nbval,
    					 int * nbneg,
    					 xmlChar ** values,
    					 int * terminal);
    int	xmlRegExecNextValues		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 int * nbval,
    					 int * nbneg,
    					 xmlChar ** values,
    					 int * terminal);
    int	xmlRegExecPushString		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 void * data);
    int	xmlRegExecPushString2		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 const xmlChar * value2,
    					 void * data);
    void	xmlRegFreeExecCtxt		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec);
    void	xmlRegFreeRegexp		(xmlRegexpPtr regexp);
    xmlRegExecCtxtPtr	xmlRegNewExecCtxt	(xmlRegexpPtr comp,
    						 xmlRegExecCallbacks callback,
    						 void * data);
    xmlRegexpPtr	xmlRegexpCompile	(const xmlChar * regexp);
    int	xmlRegexpExec			(xmlRegexpPtr comp,
    					 const xmlChar * content);
    int	xmlRegexpIsDeterminist		(xmlRegexpPtr comp);
    void	xmlRegexpPrint			(FILE * output,
    					 xmlRegexpPtr regexp);

## Description

## Details

### Structure xmlRegExecCtxt

    struct _xmlRegExecCtxt {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlRegExecCtxt;

### Typedef xmlRegExecCtxtPtr

    xmlRegExecCtxt * xmlRegExecCtxtPtr;

A libxml progressive regular expression evaluation context

### Structure xmlRegexp

    struct _xmlRegexp {
    The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
    } xmlRegexp;

### Typedef xmlRegexpPtr

    xmlRegexp * xmlRegexpPtr;

A libxml regular expression, they can actually be far more complex thank the POSIX regex expressions.

### Function type xmlRegExecCallbacks

    void	xmlRegExecCallbacks		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar * token,
    					 void * transdata,
    					 void * inputdata)

Callback function when doing a transition in the automata

`exec`: | the regular expression context
`token`: | the current token string
`transdata`: | transition data
`inputdata`: | input data

### xmlRegExecErrInfo ()

    int	xmlRegExecErrInfo		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar ** string,
    					 int * nbval,
    					 int * nbneg,
    					 xmlChar ** values,
    					 int * terminal)

Extract error information from the regexp execution, the parameter @string will be updated with the value pushed and not accepted, the parameter @values must point to an array of @nbval string pointers on return nbval will contain the number of possible strings in that state and the @values array will be updated with them. The string values

`exec`: | a regexp execution context generating an error
`string`: | return value for the error string
`nbval`: | pointer to the number of accepted values IN/OUT
`nbneg`: | return number of negative transitions
`values`: | pointer to the array of acceptable values
`terminal`: | return value if this was a terminal state
`Returns`: | will be freed with the @exec context and don't need to be deallocated. Returns: 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.

### xmlRegExecNextValues ()

    int	xmlRegExecNextValues		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 int * nbval,
    					 int * nbneg,
    					 xmlChar ** values,
    					 int * terminal)

Extract information from the regexp execution, the parameter @values must point to an array of @nbval string pointers on return nbval will contain the number of possible strings in that state and the @values array will be updated with them. The string values

`exec`: | a regexp execution context
`nbval`: | pointer to the number of accepted values IN/OUT
`nbneg`: | return number of negative transitions
`values`: | pointer to the array of acceptable values
`terminal`: | return value if this was a terminal state
`Returns`: | will be freed with the @exec context and don't need to be deallocated. Returns: 0 in case of success or -1 in case of error.

### xmlRegExecPushString ()

    int	xmlRegExecPushString		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 void * data)

Push one input token in the execution context

`exec`: | a regexp execution context or NULL to indicate the end
`value`: | a string token input
`data`: | data associated to the token to reuse in callbacks
`Returns`: | 1 if the regexp reached a final state, 0 if non-final, and a negative value in case of error.

### xmlRegExecPushString2 ()

    int	xmlRegExecPushString2		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec,
    					 const xmlChar * value,
    					 const xmlChar * value2,
    					 void * data)

Push one input token in the execution context

`exec`: | a regexp execution context or NULL to indicate the end
`value`: | the first string token input
`value2`: | the second string token input
`data`: | data associated to the token to reuse in callbacks
`Returns`: | 1 if the regexp reached a final state, 0 if non-final, and a negative value in case of error.

### xmlRegFreeExecCtxt ()

    void	xmlRegFreeExecCtxt		(xmlRegExecCtxtPtr exec)

Free the structures associated to a regular expression evaluation context.

`exec`: | a regular expression evaluation context

### xmlRegFreeRegexp ()

    void	xmlRegFreeRegexp		(xmlRegexpPtr regexp)

Free a regexp

`regexp`: | the regexp

### xmlRegNewExecCtxt ()

    xmlRegExecCtxtPtr	xmlRegNewExecCtxt	(xmlRegexpPtr comp,
    						 xmlRegExecCallbacks callback,
    						 void * data)

Build a context used for progressive evaluation of a regexp.

`comp`: | a precompiled regular expression
`callback`: | a callback function used for handling progresses in the automata matching phase
`data`: | the context data associated to the callback in this context
`Returns`: | the new context

### xmlRegexpCompile ()

    xmlRegexpPtr	xmlRegexpCompile	(const xmlChar * regexp)

Parses a regular expression conforming to XML Schemas Part 2 Datatype Appendix F and builds an automata suitable for testing strings against that regular expression

`regexp`: | a regular expression string
`Returns`: | the compiled expression or NULL in case of error

### xmlRegexpExec ()

    int	xmlRegexpExec			(xmlRegexpPtr comp,
    					 const xmlChar * content)

Check if the regular expression generates the value

`comp`: | the compiled regular expression
`content`: | the value to check against the regular expression
`Returns`: | 1 if it matches, 0 if not and a negative value in case of error

### xmlRegexpIsDeterminist ()

    int	xmlRegexpIsDeterminist		(xmlRegexpPtr comp)

Check if the regular expression is determinist

`comp`: | the compiled regular expression
`Returns`: | 1 if it yes, 0 if not and a negative value in case of error

### xmlRegexpPrint ()

    void	xmlRegexpPrint			(FILE * output,
    					 xmlRegexpPtr regexp)

DEPRECATED: Don't use. No-op since 2.14.0.

`output`: | the file for the output debug
`regexp`: | the compiled regexp