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#include <tinyxml.h>
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| TiXmlHandle (TiXmlNode *_node) | |
| Create a handle from any node (at any depth of the tree.) This can be a null pointer.  More... | |
| TiXmlHandle (const TiXmlHandle &ref) | |
| Copy constructor.  More... | |
| TiXmlHandle | operator= (const TiXmlHandle &ref) | 
| TiXmlHandle | FirstChild () const | 
| Return a handle to the first child node.  More... | |
| TiXmlHandle | FirstChild (const char *value) const | 
| Return a handle to the first child node with the given name.  More... | |
| TiXmlHandle | FirstChildElement () const | 
| Return a handle to the first child element.  More... | |
| TiXmlHandle | FirstChildElement (const char *value) const | 
| Return a handle to the first child element with the given name.  More... | |
| TiXmlHandle | Child (const char *value, int index) const | 
| TiXmlHandle | Child (int index) const | 
| TiXmlHandle | ChildElement (const char *value, int index) const | 
| TiXmlHandle | ChildElement (int index) const | 
| TiXmlNode * | ToNode () const | 
| TiXmlElement * | ToElement () const | 
| TiXmlText * | ToText () const | 
| TiXmlUnknown * | ToUnknown () const | 
| TiXmlNode * | Node () const | 
| TiXmlElement * | Element () const | 
| TiXmlText * | Text () const | 
| TiXmlUnknown * | Unknown () const | 
A TiXmlHandle is a class that wraps a node pointer with null checks; this is an incredibly useful thing. Note that TiXmlHandle is not part of the TinyXml DOM structure. It is a separate utility class.
Take an example:
<Document>
    <Element attributeA = "valueA">
        <Child attributeB = "value1" />
        <Child attributeB = "value2" />
    </Element>
<Document>
Assuming you want the value of "attributeB" in the 2nd "Child" element, it's very easy to write a lot of code that looks like:
TiXmlElement* root = document.FirstChildElement( "Document" );
if ( root )
{
    TiXmlElement* element = root->FirstChildElement( "Element" );
    if ( element )
    {
        TiXmlElement* child = element->FirstChildElement( "Child" );
        if ( child )
        {
            TiXmlElement* child2 = child->NextSiblingElement( "Child" );
            if ( child2 )
            {
                // Finally do something useful.
And that doesn't even cover "else" cases. TiXmlHandle addresses the verbosity of such code. A TiXmlHandle checks for null pointers so it is perfectly safe and correct to use:
TiXmlHandle docHandle( &document );
TiXmlElement* child2 = docHandle.FirstChild( "Document" ).FirstChild( "Element" ).Child( "Child", 1 ).ToElement();
if ( child2 )
{
    // do something useful
Which is MUCH more concise and useful.
It is also safe to copy handles - internally they are nothing more than node pointers.
TiXmlHandle handleCopy = handle;
What they should not be used for is iteration:
int i=0; 
while ( true )
{
    TiXmlElement* child = docHandle.FirstChild( "Document" ).FirstChild( "Element" ).Child( "Child", i ).ToElement();
    if ( !child )
        break;
    // do something
    ++i;
}
It seems reasonable, but it is in fact two embedded while loops. The Child method is a linear walk to find the element, so this code would iterate much more than it needs to. Instead, prefer:
TiXmlElement* child = docHandle.FirstChild( "Document" ).FirstChild( "Element" ).FirstChild( "Child" ).ToElement();
for( child; child; child=child->NextSiblingElement() )
{
    // do something
}
 
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| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::Child | ( | const char * | value, | 
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Return a handle to the "index" child with the given name. The first child is 0, the second 1, etc.
Definition at line 1708 of file tinyxml.cpp.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::Child | ( | int | index | ) | const | 
Return a handle to the "index" child. The first child is 0, the second 1, etc.
Definition at line 1689 of file tinyxml.cpp.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::ChildElement | ( | const char * | value, | 
| int | index | ||
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Return a handle to the "index" child element with the given name. The first child element is 0, the second 1, etc. Note that only TiXmlElements are indexed: other types are not counted.
Definition at line 1746 of file tinyxml.cpp.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::ChildElement | ( | int | index | ) | const | 
Return a handle to the "index" child element. The first child element is 0, the second 1, etc. Note that only TiXmlElements are indexed: other types are not counted.
Definition at line 1727 of file tinyxml.cpp.
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| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChild | ( | ) | const | 
Return a handle to the first child node.
Definition at line 1641 of file tinyxml.cpp.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChild | ( | const char * | value | ) | const | 
Return a handle to the first child node with the given name.
Definition at line 1653 of file tinyxml.cpp.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChildElement | ( | ) | const | 
Return a handle to the first child element.
Definition at line 1665 of file tinyxml.cpp.
| TiXmlHandle TiXmlHandle::FirstChildElement | ( | const char * | value | ) | const | 
Return a handle to the first child element with the given name.
Definition at line 1677 of file tinyxml.cpp.
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Return the handle as a TiXmlElement. This may return null.
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Return the handle as a TiXmlUnknown. This may return null.
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