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<?php

/**
 * @file classes/db/XMLDAO.inc.php
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Simon Fraser University
 * Copyright (c) 2000-2021 John Willinsky
 * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
 *
 * @class XMLDAO
 * @ingroup db
 *
 * @brief Operations for retrieving and modifying objects from an XML data source.
 */


import('lib.pkp.classes.xml.PKPXMLParser');

class XMLDAO {

	/**
	 * Parse an XML file and return data in an object.
	 * @see PKPXMLParser::parse()
	 * @param $file string
	 */
	function parse($file) {
		$parser = new PKPXMLParser();
		return $parser->parse($file);
	}

	/**
	 * Parse an XML file with the specified handler and return data in an object.
	 * @see PKPXMLParser::parse()
	 * @param $file string
	 * @param $handler reference to the handler to use with the parser.
	 */
	function parseWithHandler($file, $handler) {
		$parser = new PKPXMLParser();
		$parser->setHandler($handler);
		return $parser->parse($file);
	}

	/**
	 * Parse an XML file and return data in an array.
	 * @see PKPXMLParser::parseStruct()
	 * @param $file string
	 * @param $tagsToMatch array
	 * @return array?
	 */
	function parseStruct($file, $tagsToMatch = array()) {
		$parser = new PKPXMLParser();
		return $parser->parseStruct($file, $tagsToMatch);
	}
}