RE: [boost] Re: XML interface: SAX? DOM? something else? ... and what about writing?

From: scleary_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-10-01 09:55:49

Correction:

> A DataStream supports:
>   typedef ... element_type;
>   bool eoi(); // End Of Input
>   element_type next(); // may only be called if !eoi()
> 
> Whereas a buffered DataStream supports:
>   typedef ... element_type;
>   bool eoi();
>   const element_type & get(); // "current" data item; may only be 
> called if !eoi()
>   void next(); // discards the "current" data item; can only be 
> called after get(), putback(), or eoi() which returned false
>   element_type consume(); // equivalent to get(), then next()
>   void putback(const element_type & x); // places x back into input 
> stream

Sorry, the information above was from a short-lived old design.  For the
BufferedDataStream, rename "next()" to "discard()", then rename "consume()"
to "next()".  This allows every BufferedDataStream to also be a DataStream.

        -Steve