factor/contrib/xml/xml.facts

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! Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Daniel Ehrenberg
! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
USING: help kernel xml ;
HELP: string>xml
{ $values { "string" "a string" } { "xml-doc" "an xml document" } }
{ $description "converts a string into an " { $snippet "xml-doc" }
" datatype for further processing" } ;
HELP: xml>string
{ $values { "xml-doc" "an xml document" } { "string" "a string" } }
{ $description "converts an xml document into a string" }
{ $notes "does not preserve what type of quotes were used or what data was omitted from version declaration" } ;
HELP: xml-parse-error
{ $description "the exception class that all parsing errors in XML documents are in." } ;
HELP: xml-reprint
{ $values { "in" "a string of XML" } { "out" "reprinted XML" } }
{ $description "parses XML and converts it back into a string, for testing purposes" }
{ $notes "does not preserve what type of quotes were used or what data was omitted from version declaration" } ;
ARTICLE: { "xml" "intro" } "XML"
"The XML module attempts to implement the XML 1.1 standard, converting strings of text into XML and vice versa. It currently is a work in progress."
$terpri
"The XML module was implemented by Daniel Ehrenberg, with edits by Slava Pestov. Main functions implemented include:"
{ $subsection string>xml }
{ $subsection xml>string } ;