Re: [xml] namespace structure and void * _private field

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 04:06:53PM -0500, David Hagood wrote:
> Is the "void *    _private" member of the _xmlNs intended for the use of
> libXML2, or for the use of the program *using* libXML2.
>
> In other words: If I wish to associate my own object with a given 
> namespace,
> can I use the "_private" member of the namespace object, or do I need to do
> some other mechanism to map from a namespace into my object (e.g. hashing 
> on
> the URL of the namespace)?

  You should be able to use it, yes, that's the purpose, but there is no hook
to free any associated data when namespaces nodes are freed, so the memory
management of your data need to be done independantly, probably at a document
level (or larger).

Daniel

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