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/**
    @file

    This file contains the definition of the xml::init class.
 */

#ifndef _xmlwrapp_init_h_
#define _xmlwrapp_init_h_

// xmlwrapp includes
#include "xmlwrapp/export.h"

/// XML library namespace
namespace xml
{

/**
    The xml::init class is used to configure the XML parser.

    If you want to use and of the xml::init member functions, do so before
    you start any threads or use any other part of xmlwrapp. The member
    functions may alter global and/or static variables and affect the behavior
    of subsequently created classes (and the parser in particular).
    In other words, this class is not thread safe.

    @note In xmlwrapp versions prior to 0.6.0, this class was used to initialize
          the library and exactly one instance had to be created before first
          use. This is no longer true: user code doesn't have to create any
          instances, but it @em can create as many instances as it wants.
 */
class XMLWRAPP_API init
{
public:
    init();
    ~init();

    /**
        This member function controls whether or not the XML parser should
        add text nodes for indenting when generating XML text output from a
        node tree. The default is true.

        @param flag True to turn on indenting, false to turn it off.
     */
    static void indent_output(bool flag);

    /**
        This member function controls whether or not the XML parser should
        remove ignorable whitespace around XML elements. The default
        is false.

        @param flag True to remove whitespace, false to leave alone.
     */
    static void remove_whitespace(bool flag);

    /**
        This member function controls whether or not the XML parser should
        substitute entities while parsing. The default is true.

        @param flag True to turn on substitution, false to turn off.
     */
    static void substitute_entities(bool flag);

    /**
        This member function controls whether or not the XML parser should
        load external (DTD) subsets while parsing. This will only affect the
        loading of the subsets, it does not cause files to be validated. The
        default is true.

        @param flag True to turn on loading, false to turn it off.
     */
    static void load_external_subsets(bool flag);

    /**
        This member function controls whether or not the XML parser should
        validate every XML document that is parses with its DTD. The default
        is false.

        @return flag True to turn on validation, false to turn it off.
     */
    static void validate_xml(bool flag);

private:
    init(const init&);
    init& operator=(const init&);

    void init_library();
    void shutdown_library();

    static int ms_counter;
};

} // namespace xml

// use a "nifty counter" to ensure that any source file that uses xmlwrapp
// will initialize the library prior to its first use
namespace
{
    xml::init g_xmlwrapp_initializer;
}

#endif // _xmlwrapp_init_h_