RE: [xml] Register character encoding handler

["Henke, Markus" <Markus_Henke ordat com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Veillard [mailto:veillard redhat com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:04 PM
> To: Henke, Markus
> Cc: 'xml gnome org'
> Subject: Re: [xml] Register character encoding handler
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 03:47:26PM +0100, Henke, Markus wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > since i've to support HP-ROMAN8 (-9) character encoding (and can't
> > ensure libiconv on every supported platform) i've written my own
> > 'xmlCharEncodingInputFunc' and 'xmlCharEncodingOutputFunc'.
> > The documentation says that i've to register them using
> > 'xmlNewCharEncodingHandler()', but that function is
> > *static* in 'encoding.c' and isn't declared in 'encoding.h'.
> > Just by mistake (and nobody has needed it by now) or have
> > i got something wrong?
> > (A fix would be trivial, but strictly seen an API change, so i
> > don't post it here...)
>
>   Just allocate an xmlCharEncodingHandler structure, fill it 
> up with "HP-ROMAN8", the input and output functions, and register
> it with xmlRegisterCharEncodingHandler() giving the address of
> the block.
>
>   I don't know why I made xmlNewCharEncodingHandler() static, 
> but there is still an API to register those.

I see.
xmlNewCharEncodingHandler() seemed to be more comfortable
since it encapsulates the necessary/useful steps to register
character handler, but it all can be done using existing
API functions.

> Daniel


Thanx, Markus