'Re: [xml] "xmlReadxxx & structured error handler & userData'

[Kasimier Buchcik <kbuchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi,

on 2/12/2004 4:20 PM Daniel Veillard wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:16:35AM -0500, Daniel Veillard wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 04:03:45PM +0100, Kasimier Buchcik wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > if using the xmlReadxxx functions with a registered structured error 
> > > handler, libxml2 channels a "xmlParserCtxtPtr" as the userData to the 
> > > error handler. This is due to "xmlInitParserCtxt" where ctxt->userData 
> > > is set to the ctxt itself, and the fact that the user cannot set 
> > > ctxt->userData explicitely here. I wonder if one could add an 
> > > initialization of "ctxt->userData = xmlStructuredError" after the 
> > > context has been created to the xmlReadxxx functions.
> >
> >  If you provide a contextual patch implementing it within 30 minutes
> > that could go in 2.6.6 ! Otherwise fill an RFE in bugzilla :-)
>
>
>   Actually, now that I think about it, no that's not the proper way.
> If you want to add your own metadata, then use the context _private
> field for those. Since the context is passed back to the error handler
> you should be able to get those from the structured error handler.

Yes, I wasn't sure about this. But the dilemma is that I can set 
*nothing* on the context, no userData nor _private, since the 
xmlParserContext is created inside the xmlReadxxx functions.

Regards,

Kasimier