General

General — General library startup, shutdown and utility functions

Synopsis




extern      const unsigned int raptor_version_major;
extern      const unsigned int raptor_version_minor;
extern      const unsigned int raptor_version_release;
extern      const unsigned int raptor_version_decimal;
void        raptor_init                     (void);
void        raptor_finish                   (void);
void        (*raptor_simple_message_handler)
                                            (void *user_data,
                                             const char *message,
                                             ...);
void        (*raptor_message_handler)       (void *user_data,
                                             raptor_locator *locator,
                                             const char *message);
void        (*raptor_statement_handler)     (void *user_data,
                                             const raptor_statement *statement);
int         raptor_parsers_enumerate        (unsigned int counter,
                                             const char **name,
                                             const char **label);
int         raptor_syntaxes_enumerate       (unsigned int counter,
                                             const char **name,
                                             const char **label,
                                             const char **mime_type,
                                             unsigned char **uri_string);
int         raptor_syntax_name_check        (const char *name);
const char* raptor_guess_parser_name        (raptor_uri *uri,
                                             const char *mime_type,
                                             unsigned char *buffer,
                                             size_t len,
                                             unsigned char *identifier);
int         raptor_serializers_enumerate    (unsigned int counter,
                                             const char **name,
                                             const char **label,
                                             const char **mime_type,
                                             unsigned char **uri_string);
int         raptor_serializer_syntax_name_check
                                            (const char *name);
int         raptor_print_ntriples_string    (FILE *stream,
                                             unsigned char *string,
                                             const char delim);
unsigned char* raptor_ntriples_string_as_utf8_string
                                            (raptor_parser *rdf_parser,
                                             unsigned char *src,
                                             int len,
                                             size_t *dest_lenp);
const char* raptor_ntriples_term_as_string  (raptor_ntriples_term_type term);
char*       raptor_vsnprintf                (const char *message);

Description

How to initialise and terminate the library, get access to version numbers, set message and error handlers, list the parsed and serialized syntaxes provided in the library and various other utility functions.

Details

raptor_version_major

extern const unsigned int raptor_version_major;

Library major version number as a decimal integer.


raptor_version_minor

extern const unsigned int raptor_version_minor;

Library minor version number as a decimal integer.


raptor_version_release

extern const unsigned int raptor_version_release;

Library release version number as a decimal integer.


raptor_version_decimal

extern const unsigned int raptor_version_decimal;

Library full version as a decimal integer.

See also raptor_version_string.


raptor_init ()

void        raptor_init                     (void);

Initialise the raptor library.

This function MUST be called before using any of the raptor APIs.


raptor_finish ()

void        raptor_finish                   (void);

Terminate the raptor library.

Cleans up state of the library. If called, must be used after all other objects are destroyed with their destructor.


raptor_simple_message_handler ()

void        (*raptor_simple_message_handler)
                                            (void *user_data,
                                             const char *message,
                                             ...);

Simple message handler function.

Used by multiple functions including raptor_xml_escape_string(), raptor_iostream_write_xml_escaped_string(), raptor_new_qname(), raptor_qname_string_to_uri(), raptor_new_namespaces(), raptor_namespaces_init(), raptor_iostream_write_xml_element(), raptor_new_xml_writer().

user_data : user data
message : message to report
... : arguments for message

raptor_message_handler ()

void        (*raptor_message_handler)       (void *user_data,
                                             raptor_locator *locator,
                                             const char *message);

Message with location handler function.

Used during parsing and serializing for errors and warnings that may include location information. Multiple handlers may be set for parsers and serializers by raptor_set_fatal_error_handler(), raptor_set_error_handler(), raptor_set_warning_handler(), raptor_serializer_set_error_handler() and raptor_serializer_set_warning_handler().

Also used by raptor_www_set_error_handler() for location-based errors in WWW retrieval.

user_data : user data
locator : location associated with message or NULL
message : message to report

raptor_statement_handler ()

void        (*raptor_statement_handler)     (void *user_data,
                                             const raptor_statement *statement);

Statement (triple) reporting handler function.

user_data : user data
statement : statement to report

raptor_parsers_enumerate ()

int         raptor_parsers_enumerate        (unsigned int counter,
                                             const char **name,
                                             const char **label);

Get list of syntax parsers.

counter : index to list of parsers
name : pointer to store syntax name (or NULL)
label : pointer to store syntax label (or NULL)
Returns : non 0 on failure of if counter is out of range

raptor_syntaxes_enumerate ()

int         raptor_syntaxes_enumerate       (unsigned int counter,
                                             const char **name,
                                             const char **label,
                                             const char **mime_type,
                                             unsigned char **uri_string);

Get information on syntaxes.

counter : index into the list of syntaxes
name : pointer to store the name of the syntax (or NULL)
label : pointer to store syntax readable label (or NULL)
mime_type : pointer to store syntax MIME Type (or NULL)
uri_string : pointer to store syntax URI string (or NULL)
Returns : non 0 on failure of if counter is out of range

raptor_syntax_name_check ()

int         raptor_syntax_name_check        (const char *name);

Check name of a parser.

name : the syntax name
Returns : non 0 if name is a known syntax name

raptor_guess_parser_name ()

const char* raptor_guess_parser_name        (raptor_uri *uri,
                                             const char *mime_type,
                                             unsigned char *buffer,
                                             size_t len,
                                             unsigned char *identifier);

Guess a parser name for content.

Find a parser by scoring recognition of the syntax by a block of characters, the content identifier or a mime type. The content identifier is typically a filename or URI or some other identifier.

uri : URI identifying the syntax (or NULL)
mime_type : mime type identifying the content (or NULL)
buffer : buffer of content to guess (or NULL)
len : length of buffer
identifier : identifier of content (or NULL)
Returns : a parser name or NULL if no guess could be made

raptor_serializers_enumerate ()

int         raptor_serializers_enumerate    (unsigned int counter,
                                             const char **name,
                                             const char **label,
                                             const char **mime_type,
                                             unsigned char **uri_string);

Get information on syntax serializers.

counter : index into the list of syntaxes
name : pointer to store the name of the syntax (or NULL)
label : pointer to store syntax readable label (or NULL)
mime_type : pointer to store syntax MIME Type (or NULL)
uri_string : pointer to store syntax URI string (or NULL)
Returns : non 0 on failure of if counter is out of range

raptor_serializer_syntax_name_check ()

int         raptor_serializer_syntax_name_check
                                            (const char *name);

Check name of a serializer.

name : the syntax name
Returns : non 0 if name is a known syntax name

raptor_print_ntriples_string ()

int         raptor_print_ntriples_string    (FILE *stream,
                                             unsigned char *string,
                                             const char delim);

Print an UTF-8 string using N-Triples escapes.

stream : FILE* stream to print to
string : UTF-8 string to print
delim : Delimiter character for string (such as ") or \0 for no delim escaping.
Returns : non-0 on failure such as bad UTF-8 encoding.

raptor_ntriples_string_as_utf8_string ()

unsigned char* raptor_ntriples_string_as_utf8_string
                                            (raptor_parser *rdf_parser,
                                             unsigned char *src,
                                             int len,
                                             size_t *dest_lenp);

Turn an N-Triples string with escapes into a UTF-8 string.

Deprecated: This requires use of parser internals and was never in the public API header.

rdf_parser : parser object
src : data to read from
len : size of data
dest_lenp : pointer to length of destination (out) or NULL
Returns : a new UTF-8 string

raptor_ntriples_term_as_string ()

const char* raptor_ntriples_term_as_string  (raptor_ntriples_term_type term);

Deprecated: an internal debug function, do not use.

Get a label for a raptor_ntriples_term_type.

term : N-Triples term.
Returns : a pointer to a constant string.

raptor_vsnprintf ()

char*       raptor_vsnprintf                (const char *message);

Format output for a variable arguments list.

This is a wrapper around system versions of vsnprintf with different call and return conventions.

message : printf-style format string
Returns : a newly allocated string as the format result or NULL on failure