RegexXMLReader Documentation

An Implementation of the XMLReader Interface

Elizabeth Barham

Copyright (c) 2003 Elizabeth Barham

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$Revision: 1.12 $ - $Date: 2003/09/20 03:29:32 $

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose
1.2. History
1.3. Rationale
2. The RegexXMLReader Stylesheet
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Directives
2.2.1. for-each
2.2.2. replace
2.2.3. group
2.2.4. match-string
2.2.5. text
2.2.6. warning
2.2.7. error
2.2.8. otherwise
2.2.9. attribute
2.2.10. match
2.2.11. split
2.2.12. call-template
2.2.13. wrapper
2.2.14. pull-out-following-split
2.3. Embedded Attributes
2.3.1. match
3. Using RegexXMLReader from within an Application
4. Using RegexXMLReader from the Command-Line
5. Tutorial
5.1. A Simple CSV Example
A. GNU Free Documentation License
A.1. PREAMBLE
A.2. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
A.3. VERBATIM COPYING
A.4. COPYING IN QUANTITY
A.5. MODIFICATIONS
A.6. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
A.7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
A.8. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
A.9. TRANSLATION
A.10. TERMINATION
A.11. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
A.12. ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
List of Tables
2-1. for-each Attributes
2-2. replace Attributes
2-3. group Attributes
2-4. attribute Attributes
2-5. match Attributes
2-6. split Attributes
2-7. call-template Attributes
2-8. pull-out-following-split Attributes
List of Examples
2-1. text Example
2-2. warning Example
2-3. error Example
2-4. otherwise Example
2-5. attribute Example
2-6. match Example
2-7. split Example
2-8. call-template Example
2-9. wrapper Example
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